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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an interview with The New York Times in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2026
Trump lays out a vision of power restrained only by ¡®my own morality¡¯
The U.S. leader brushed aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier before delivering remarks for the Navy's 250th anniversary in Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 5.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Shorter days, signs of fatigue: Trump faces realities of aging in office
Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency.
U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington in August 2022, after returning from a trip to Kentucky.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2025
How Biden¡¯s inner circle protected a faltering president
¡°Your biggest issue is the perception of age,¡± Mike Donilon, the president¡¯s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him.
U.S. President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One at Hagerstown Regional Airport, in Hagerstown, Maryland, on June 20.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2024
Inside the weekend when Biden decided to withdraw
U.S. President Joe Biden did not tell most of his staff until a minute before making his announcement to the world on social media on Sunday.
U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama attend a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2024
Secluded at beach house, Biden stews at allies¡¯ pressure to drop out
He considers former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the main instigator but is irritated at ex-President Barack Obama, seeing him as a puppet master behind the scenes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2023
Frantic negotiations, late nights and no deal on America¡¯s debt
But all of the talking has so far failed to produce a deal to raise the country¡¯s debt limit, raising fears of a potentially catastrophic default that could upend financial markets.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2023
With Biden¡¯s 2024 bid, Kamala Harris will be under more scrutiny
She is seen as the administration¡¯s most visible advocate on issues including voting rights, access to abortion and combating climate change.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 8, 2023
Jill Biden stumbles by inviting NCAA winners (and losers) to White House after Women¡¯s Final Four
President Joe Biden said both the men¡¯s and women¡¯s basketball champions would be invited to the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023
Inside the hunt for UFOs at the end of the world
As quickly as the national craziness over downed objects began, the United States called off the search, leaving answers encased in Arctic ice and under the whitecaps of Lake Huron.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 12, 2022
For Biden and Xi, a long relationship with rising mutual suspicion
The men, who first met as vice presidents, plan to hold face-to-face talks for the first time as national leaders, and at a time when animus defines U.S.-China relations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2022
Putin warns the West and Ukraine, but keeps his intentions a mystery
The Russian leader is an avid geopolitical tactician, and talks Monday showcased his ability to force the West to pay attention to the Kremlin¡¯s long-standing grievances.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2022
As a Supreme Court justice pondered retirement, Biden bet on a hands-off strategy
The president believed pressuring Stephen Breyer, the court¡¯s oldest justice, to retire might backfire. A chorus of liberals took a different approach.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 12, 2021
At 9/11 ceremonies, moments of silence, tributes and tears
Even as time has passed, the people who gathered across the U.S. and the globe said the wounds from 9/11 have remained fresh.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 15, 2021
Beneath Biden¡¯s folksy demeanor, a short fuse and an obsession with details
As Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2021
After another police shooting, Biden urges calm. Activists want answers.
After U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned a campaign promise to establish a police oversight commission during his first 100 days in office, administration officials have provided few details about how far he will go to combat racism in policing.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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