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U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday as he departs for his New Jersey golf club in Bedminster for the weekend.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2026
Democrats plan Trump investigations over impeachment if they win House
Some senior Democrats have discussed using hearings, subpoenas and document requests to obtain records from entities tied to Trump¡¯s political and business orbit, the sources said.
U.S. President Donald Trump wears a Trump 2028 hat while he speaks during the 2026 White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2026
U.S. appeals court rules Trump cannot implement mail-in voting order
Trump has made winning approval in Congress of a divisive package of voting restrictions ¡ª called the SAVE America Act ¡ª one of his top ?priorities.
A sign outside the Smithsonian¡¯s National Museum of American History in Washington earlier this month
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2026
Trump orders disclaimer signs outside museum of American history
The highly unusual move marks the 80-year-old Republican¡¯s latest battle in his ideological war on American cultural institutions and monuments.
U.S. President Donald Trump salutes at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which was rescheduled from April after it was interrupted when a man tried to force his way through security and fired a shotgun, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2026
Trump seethes as Iran war spirals anew with no end in sight
A leader who has long resisted the path of retreat, Trump has now gone into revenge mode against the Islamic Republic, according to one insider.
A man drinks from a water fountain amid a heat wave in New York City on July 4.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2026
Energy efficiency is no communist plot
Politics, not policy, drives the backlash against power conservation in the U.S.
Money in politics mostly affirms politicians¡¯ existing beliefs and voter preferences and efforts to restrict it often end up empowering outside groups.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2026
Money isn¡¯t the root of all political evil
Money from super PACs and 501(c)4s flows to politicians that those entities already agree with and only helps as much as the candidate uses it.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces that an agreement has been reached on the city's 2027 budget at City Hall on June 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2026
Mamdani¡¯s American dream
Something new has emerged with the rise of so-called democratic socialists in the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2026
Trump accuses China of 2020 voting interference, contradicting U.S. intelligence findings
U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s 25-minute address underscores his effort to make election security a central political issue ahead of November¡¯s midterm elections.
People vote during primary elections at the Brooklyn Museum in New York on June 23.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2026
Trump officials sought ways to sidestep election agency before firings
Some officials were frustrated with what they saw as the Election Assistance Commission¡¯s slowness in updating guidelines for states on voting machines.
More than 40 tall ships take part in a special parade in New York Harbor on Saturday to mark America's 250th anniversary.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2026
U.S. democracy wasn¡¯t inevitable ¡ª neither is 250 more years
Many of the threats facing colonists more than two centuries ago are again confronting Americans today.
Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate, campaigns in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 9.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2026
Platner urged to drop Senate bid after assault allegations
Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who has rapidly lost support from Democrats following a sexual assault allegation, has one week to decide whether to drop out under state law.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks off the stage after speaking at a Fourth of July rally, marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, on the National Mall in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 5, 2026
U.S. turns 250 with Trump center stage
The birthday was marked with parades, flyovers and fireworks, as President Donald Trump stamped his mark on the landmark anniversary.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a celebration for the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota, U.S., on Friday.
WORLD
Jul 4, 2026
Trump extols America and rails at communism in U.S. 250th celebration
He urged Americans to protect the freedoms envisioned by the nation¡¯s founders against what he called the ¡°communist¡± threat posed by progressive Democrats.
"I love ?my country. I am a proud American," says Tabitha Dell'Angelo, a college professor and former Democratic school board member. "But this version of the celebration does not feel like it's ?about America, but instead a celebration of (U.S. President Donald) Trump."
WORLD / Politics
Jul 3, 2026
Happy birthday, America? At 250, nation may be too divided to celebrate as one
With U.S. President Trump stamping his imprint on the official commemoration, many Americans are struggling with how to separate the politics from the pageantry.
U.S. President Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped ?to ?34%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2026
Few in U.S. say Iran war was worth it, poll finds
Only 23% of Americans think the U.S. is now in a stronger position with Iran compared with its position before the war, the poll found.
New Americans stand for the national anthem at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library in Manhattan in July 2018.?
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2026
The U.S. ¡®assimilate or go home¡¯ crowd could use a history lesson
Recent immigrants also match or outperform earlier generations in noneconomic integration metrics.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2026
Trump¡¯s Iran deal sparks anger among Republican hawks
The terms of the deal have alarmed some of the same Republicans who spent years denouncing former President Barack Obama¡¯s 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran as dangerously weak.
The greatest threat to the American republic is not any particular conspiracy but a paranoid political mindset that increasingly views opponents as agents of vast and sinister plots.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2026
U.S. politics is reaching peak paranoia
The paranoid style begins with a simple proposition: The world is divided between good and evil.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2026
Trump faces new Republican resistance in Congress as midterm pressures build
Multiple Republican factions have stepped forward to rebuke his war against Iran, his White House ballroom ?and his $1.8 billion ¡°anti-weaponization¡± fund.
U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting with his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD
May 30, 2026
U.S. judge freezes Trump ¡®slush fund¡¯ for allies
The decision is another setback for one of President Donald Trump¡¯s most politically explosive second-term initiatives.
¡®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.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
¡®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.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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