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Then?Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, then-U.S. President Joe Biden and other Group of Seven leaders and officials visit Itsukushima Shrine during their summit in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May 2023.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2026
Nationalists abroad and patriots at home
Japan is viewed as sophisticated, exotic, economically advanced ¡ª a combination that makes it susceptible to reporting that oscillates between admiration and caricature.
Aurora and her six-year-old daughter, who were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sent to a family detention center in Texas, during an interview in California on July 23
WORLD
Jul 29, 2026
Thousands of children and their sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from U.S. child migrant agency
Since January 2025, the Office of Refugee Resettlement has shared more than 460,000 ¡°leads¡± with ICE about unaccompanied children, their sponsors and additional household members.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during the team's visit to the White House in Washington on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 24, 2026
Dodgers visit Donald Trump at White House as some fans express anger
It was the second consecutive visit for the Dodgers, who defeated the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series and were honored by Trump the following April.
A boy stands near a makeshift street-side memorial for Johan Sebastian Duran, a driver who was fatally shot on July 13 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 16, 2026
Trump demands ICE restart traffic stops after Maine killing
U.S. Homeland Security effectively scrapped a new policy announced Tuesday that had suspended most vehicle stops except in serious criminal cases.
A person places a message on a fence as mourners attend a candlelight memorial service after a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2026
ICE agent fatally shoots driver in Maine, days after similar death in Texas
Monday¡¯s ICE-involved killing in Maine brought to at least seven the number of ?people shot dead during immigration enforcement operations since Trump returned to office.
Yanfeng Ge shows a picture of his brother, Chaofeng Ge, who was found dead in ICE custody in 2025, in Dickens, Texas, on May 26.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump
Fifty people have died in immigration detention since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office, with experts questioning care standards during the deportation crackdown.
A rare rebellion by Senate Republicans against U.S. President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse was ?an extraordinary act of defiance against Trump.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2026
Trump¡¯s ¡®weaponization¡¯ fund put on hold after fierce opposition from Congress
The nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse has sparked uproar, including from Republican senators.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol at LaGuardia International Airport in New York on March 23.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
For minorities, fear of World Cup immigration curbs overshadows soccer devotion
The risk of ICE activity around U.S. matches has sparked concerns among the Hispanic community, 20% of the U.S. population, and the Haitian community.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to NCAA Collegiate National Champions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2026
Trump¡¯s deportation drive could cost Republicans in midterms, poll shows
Some 52% of Americans in a six-day poll completed Monday said they were less likely to support a candidate who backs the U.S. president¡¯s approach to deportations.
A United Airlines aircraft taxis next to the wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 24, 2026
Two pilots killed in New York runway collision as Trump sends ICE to airports
The crash at LaGuardia Airport also injured dozens of passengers and led to hundreds of flight cancellations in the latest disruption for airports amid a personnel shortage.
A Transportation Security Administration agent at New York's LaGuardia airport on Sunday
WORLD
Mar 23, 2026
Staff absences soar at some U.S. airports as ICE agents prepare to screen travelers
Over a third of Transportation Security Administration staff at major U.S. airports were absent amid a partial shutdown, with immigration enforcement agents set to fill in.
Passengers wait in long TSA lines as a partial government shutdown continues, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 22, 2026
Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports over funding impasse
Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on ?March 27 amid a partial government shutdown.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents stand guard as people take part in a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 30.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 22, 2026
DHS agent killed U.S. citizen in March 2025, records show
The shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez appears to be the first known instance of a U.S. citizen being killed during U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s immigration crackdown.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks with former President Barack Obama as they attend the State Funeral Service for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington on Jan. 9.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2026
Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump racist monkey clip
Trump has told reporters he stood by the thrust of the video¡¯s claims about election fraud, but that he had not seen the offensive clip at the end.
The family of a detained migrant speaks to immigration officers in an attempt to gain information at the U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, New York, on Jan. 16.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Feb 15, 2026
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn¡¯t stopped.
Under Trump, the number of people in ICE detention reached about 68,000 this month, up about 75% from when Trump took office last year.
Local community member Becky Ringstrom sits in her car while describing what happened when she was detained by federal immigration agents.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2026
ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars
Thousands of local activists are being arrested for violating Title 18, Section 111 of the U.S. Code, a catch-all for interfering with a federal officer conducting official duties.
Hunter Hess competes at the world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on March 30.
OLYMPICS / Freestyle skiing
Feb 9, 2026
Donald Trump takes aim at skier over comments about representing U.S.
During a news conference in Milan on ?Friday, Hunter Hess, a ?freestyle skier, said it was ¡°a little hard¡± ?to represent the U.S. and that?he felt mixed emotions.
A person holds a sign calling for the protection, and not detention, of children as people gather during a demonstration and vigil outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on Jan. 28.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2026
Toddler returned to ICE custody was denied medication, lawsuit says
Detention center staff allegedly took away medication and nutritional drinks given to the 18-month-old girl after she was hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness.
The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on Jan. 28. The facility has become a harsh symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, with disease running rampant among the throng of people held there, including some families who entered the United States legally.
WORLD
Feb 8, 2026
Bugs in food and sickness haunt immigrants held in Texas
Historically, asylum-seekers have generally been allowed to live and work in the United States while their claims work their way through the court system.
The Olympic rings outside Team USA's accommodation at the athletes' village in Milan on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2026
IOC hoping fans won¡¯t jeer U.S. team or officials during opening ceremony
Italian politicians have strongly criticized the presence of ICE agents in the country, set to accompany the U.S. State Department¡¯s Diplomatic Security Service.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
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.
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.
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.
¡®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.
¡®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.
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.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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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.
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