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Construction on the new ballroom extension of the White House in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
U.S. court orders halt to Trump ballroom construction
The Republican president lashed out after the 2-1 ruling, calling it ¡°horrendous, politically motivated, and unlawful.¡±
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.
Bits of blue paint float on the bottom of Washington's iconic Reflecting Pool on Friday. The problems with the peeling paint appear widespread across the 610-meter-long pool.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2026
Peeling paint adds to woes of Trump¡¯s pool project
The $14 million pool repainting project is already running into problems: the paint is peeling off and the pool is full of green algae.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump attend a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 31, 2026
Trump to headline 250th anniversary fair opening after performers drop out
Organizers have not publicly detailed the reasons for the departures, though ?the exits have ?raised questions about the viability of the event as originally ?envisioned.
Secret Service agents are seen at the White House in Washington on Saturday after shots were reported fired.
WORLD / Politics
May 24, 2026
Gunman killed by U.S. Secret Service after opening fire near White House
U.S. media said the suspect had a history of mental health concerns and had multiple prior interactions with Secret Service members.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rushed out by Secret Service agents after loud bangs were heard during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2026
Trump¡¯s security again faces scrutiny after press dinner shooting
Hundreds of agents from several law enforcement agencies were tasked with protecting the annual bash, ?which also included a handful of Cabinet officials.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel (left) U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin (second right) and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, shortly after a shooting incident at a press gala event Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2026
Trump evacuated as shooter opens fire at Washington gala event
The suspect, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was in custody and his home was being raided.
Japanese Ambassador Shigeo Yamada (fifth from right) and others plant a cherry tree in Washington on Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2026
Japan gifts 250 cherry trees to U.S. to mark 250th birthday
About 3,000 cherry trees donated in 1912 by Tokyo line the Potomac River in Washington.
Haiku and paintings on the theme of cherry blossoms by elementary school students from Japan and the U.S. are displayed in Washington on Monday.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2026
Cherry blossom haiku and art by Japanese and U.S. children on show in Washington
The exhibition marks Â鶹´«Ã½ gifting of 250 cherry blossom trees to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States¡¯ founding this year.
Temporary pipes divert sewage into the C&O Canal in order to repair the Potomac Interceptor, a six-foot-wide wastewater pipe that collapsed in January, dumping hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage into the Potomac River, in Cabin John, Maryland, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Feb 19, 2026
Washington mayor asks Trump for disaster declaration over Potomac spill
After part of a sewer line failed in Maryland¡¯s Montgomery County on Jan. 19, some 250 million gallons of untreated sewage flowed into the Potomac over the next several days.
Buddhist monks arrive at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington on Tuesday before taking part in an interfaith ceremony during the final days of their 2,300-mile "Walk for Peace."
WORLD / Society
Feb 11, 2026
Walk for peace: Buddhist monks arrive in Washington after 2,300-mile journey
The monks began their walk in Texas more than three months ago, ?at times ?braving frigid winter temperatures, sometimes with bare feet.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference on Friday at the ministry.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 9, 2026
Defense chief Koizumi to meet Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday
Â鶹´«Ã½ defense minister said he hopes to exchange views on the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region.
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a news conference at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday.
WORLD
Dec 23, 2025
Trump says ¡®terrible¡¯ Epstein files are tarnishing reputations
The Epstein files, and the fight over their disclosure, have sparked infighting among Trump¡¯s supporters.
The White House announced Thursday that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington will be renamed as the Trump-Kennedy Center.
WORLD
Dec 19, 2025
The Kennedy Center is adding ¡®Trump¡¯ to its name, White House says
The U.S. president filled the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with allies earlier this year.
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. The president has received criticism from some staunch loyalists after he posted remarks about the deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2025
Trump condemned for saying critical filmmaker brought on own murder
Among those voicing shock were some staunch Trump loyalists.
The U.S. Justice Department building in Washington. The department must release its vast cache of records on Jeffrey Epstein¡¯s sex-trafficking empire by Dec. 19.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2025
Countdown to disclosure: Epstein deadline tests U.S. transparency
The looming release of documents is the latest milestone in the long-running effort to uncover the full extent of Jeffrey Epstein¡¯s network.
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks at a news conference following an arrest as part of the investigation into a would-be U.S. Capitol pipe bomber, at the Justice Department in Washington, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2025
Man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of U.S. Capitol riot
The arrest followed a lengthy investigation in which the FBI had long struggled to identify a suspect.
U.S. National Guard members patrol in Washington on Nov. 27.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2025
Appeals court allows Trump¡¯s D.C. troop deployment for now
The order from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit bolsters Trump¡¯s efforts to mobilize military forces in Democrat-led cities.
A picture of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national suspected of shooting two national guard members, is displayed at a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 28, 2025
What we know about the suspect in national guard shooting near White House
The Afghan national, who had entered the U.S. through a Biden-era?immigration program in 2021, had no known criminal history, according to a federal law enforcement dossier.
Pictures of two national guard members and a picture of a suspect at a news conference in Washington on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2025
Trump vows to freeze ¡®third world¡¯ migration after national guard member killed
The president has blamed Biden-era immigration vetting failures for the incident, and ordered a sweeping review of asylum cases.
¡®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.
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.
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.
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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