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Protesters hold portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader?Ayatollah Ali?Khamenei along with Pakistani, Palestinian and Iranian flags during a demonstration against the U.S. and Israel in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2025
Pakistan condemns U.S. strikes in Iran while embracing Trump
Pakistan¡¯s response to the Iran crisis suggests a calibrated approach as the government seeks closer political and economic ties with the Trump administration.
A house damaged during a Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, in India-administered Kashmir, on May 14
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 26, 2025
India and Pakistan battle for global sympathy after border truce
Both sides are sending delegations to global capitals to influence international perception of the conflict, as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals continue to simmer.
A Pakistan Ranger stands guard at the Pakistan-India joint check post at Wagah border, near Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 15, 2025
Pakistan and India shift to war of words after shooting stops
¡°Mr. Modi, if you take this route again, you will get a devastating answer,¡± Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.
An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard along a street in Srinagar on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 2, 2025
India renews call for ¡®justice¡¯ after U.S. urges de-escalation
Relations between India and Pakistan have rapidly deteriorated in the wake of an attack last week that India and the U.S. have called an act of terrorism.
An injured train passenger is being transported following an operation against armed militants who ambushed the train in the remote mountainous area in Mach, southwestern Balochistan province in Pakistan on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2025
Pakistan train hijacking ends with more than 50 people killed
The outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army took responsibility for the attack.?
Pakistan's former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a news conference in Lahore on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2024
Pakistan closer to a Sharif government after PM consensus
Nawaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, nominated his younger sibling Shehbaz for the post.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2022
Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan to face contempt case, Pakistan court says
Khan says his remarks against the judge who denied bail to his aide were unintentional, but held back from offering an unconditional apology.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2022
Imran Khan¡¯s street politics sets up showdown with Pakistan army
Since his ouster in a no-confidence vote in April, Khan has sought to rally his supporters to hit the streets and push for a fresh national vote.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 12, 2022
Derided by Imran Khan as U.S. puppet, new Pakistan prime minister bets on centrism
Sharif¡¯s ability to reset Pakistan¡¯s foreign policy will be much harder after Khan accused the U.S. of pushing for his ouster, stoking anti-Americanism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 11, 2022
Pakistan to vote in new leader as ousted PM Imran Khan rallies supporters
A united opposition bloc cobbled together 174 lawmakers to vote against Khan ¡ª two more than required to remove him from office ¡ª after midnight on Sunday in Islamabad.
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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