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Shipping containers on a container ship at the Port of Long Beach, California.

BUSINESS / Economy

Trump rebuilds tariffs with forced-labor duties on 60 economies

Duties on items from the European Union and Taiwan will be at least 10% and products from Japan will be taxed at at least 12.5%.

Shipping containers on a container ship at the Port of Long Beach, California.

Toranomon Kotohira Tower in Tokyo, where the office of the Russian state airline Aeroflot is located.

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A Russian spy, suddenly cast into the spotlight, flees Japan

By Michael Schwirtz, Adam Goldman and Jane Bradley

The spy was at the center of a secret operation to smuggle high-tech weapon components into Russia.

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers an opening statement during a ministerial meeting of the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers' meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.

51吃瓜网 / Politics

Japan and China’s top diplomats hold first chat since Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks

By Jesse Johnson

Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Thursday he had spoken briefly with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, a day earlier on the sidelines of ASEAN-related meetings in Manila.

The summer heat hits Ginza, Tokyo, on Thursday. According to the Tokyo Fire Department, 453 people were transported to hospitals due to heatstroke on Wednesday alone.

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As Japan bakes, over 10,000 rushed to hospital for heatstroke in a week

By Jessica Speed

Some 10,857 people were transported by ambulance from July 13 through July 19, more than double the same period last year.

The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in “the very first day it appeared in the world,” says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.

CULTURE

Inside Toho Archive’s mission to save Japan’s cinematic memory

By Sebastien Raineri

Formed in 2023 as the direct successor to a film processing lab, Toho Archive is at the forefront of preserving Japan’s cinematic heritage.

The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in “the very first day it appeared in the world,” says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.

Liberal Democratic Party's policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi speaks at a ruling parties meeting in Tokyo on July 17.

Parliament extension grounds some lawmakers from overseas travel

By Eric Johnston

The Lower House’s rules committee turned down requests from senior Liberal Democratic Party officials so they would be available to respond to questions during the extension.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a meeting on fundamental national policies at the National Diet in Tokyo last week.

Cabinet spokesman defends Takaichi’s grueling sleep schedule

The prime minister’s social media post about being unable to get enough sleep drew criticism for running counter to workstyle reform efforts.

Japan and Solomon Islands leaders agree to bolster ties

Japan and Russia to resume youth exchanges after seven-year hiatus

JIP’s priorities take center stage even as household relief stalls

By Kenji Yoshida

Public housing completed in Ishikawa for Noto quake victims

The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. Japan could enlist the BOJ to support yield management through a more active role in the bond market, potentially by resuming bond purchases.

Japan may move to managing yields, not yen, Deutsche Bank says

By Naomi Tajitsu

Controlling the yield curve to tamp down borrowing costs is a tactic Japan has deployed in the past, between 2016 and 2024.

Eel products sold at an Aeon supermarket in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on June 24

Japanese retailers offer various eel products for Day of the Ox

Two major supermarket chains have cut prices for their mainstay grilled eel items after a bountiful fry catch last year.

Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania

By Sarah Hilton and Akemi Terukina

Former head of Japanese barbecue chain arrested over tax evasion

Seven-Eleven Japan warns stores over unauthorized character item resale

India’s solar push idles factories unable to shake reliance on China

Washington and Riyadh have for years been discussing a nuclear cooperation deal that would give Saudi Arabia access to U.S. technology and American companies a chance to win big contracts for Saudi atomic energy facilities.

Why is U.S.-Saudi nuclear pact causing alarm in Washington and Middle East?

Worries about security, weapons proliferation and political complications in a tinderbox region have been central concerns.

Damaged tanks are seen in front of the Central Bank of Sudan building, after the Sudanese army deepened its control over Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces, in Khartoum on April 27, 2025.

Surrounded by militias, Sudanese fear endless cycle of war

By Bahira AMIN

Sudan’s army is relying on a new coalition of militias to fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, itself a militia that had come under the auspices of the state.

Trump vows to punish Iran for Houthi attacks in Red Sea as oil surges over $100

Iran flew IRGC commanders, missile gear to Yemen’s Houthis, sources say

By Maggie Michael and Parisa Hafezi

How Abhijeet Dipke became the face of India’s first Gen Z protest movement

By Tora Agarwala

Trump says Saudi nuclear deal subject to forming Israel ties

Kirishima (right) defeats Atamifuji by <i>oshidashi</i> at IG Arena in Nagoya on Sunday.

Nagoya Basho enters final stretch with everything to play for

By John Gunning

Aonishiki’s push for both the Emperor’s Cup and a return to ōzeki has become the defining story of Nagoya, but several dangerous challengers remain firmly in the hunt.

Norway set to file formal complaint over Folarin Balogun red card saga

Japan Football Association taps Go Oiwa as next men’s national team coach

Jalen Brunson says Knicks players have not discussed White House visit

Lewis Hamilton hoping to head into F1’s August break on high note

By Alan Baldwin

A recent Pew Research Center report on global attitudes concludes that views of the U.S. worsened last year to the point where more people now view China with higher regard.

Tumbling U.S. status in the world should be no surprise

Brad Glosserman

A recent Pew Research Center report on global attitudes concludes that views of the U.S. worsened last year to the point where more people now view China with higher regard.

Why Nepal’s Gen Z protestors are back in the streets

By Brabim Karki

Energy efficiency is no communist plot

By Mark Gongloff

Can Germany become a reliable pillar of European security?

By Kikyo Taguchi

Japan’s imperial succession and the invention of tradition

By Edward Iftody

Residents look at the sky illuminated by wildfires in Le Porge in southwestern France, early on Thursday.

Spain and France continue to battle wildfires as intense heat grips Southern Europe

Wildfires have burned more land in Europe this year than the annual average in the past two decades, as the continent has ?endured three virtually back-to-back heat waves.

South Africa’s data center ‘gold rush’ risks resource crunch

By Kate Bartlett

Investors see pollution plan silver lining in EU carbon overhaul

‘Cruel, wasteful’: Senegal port a hot spot for illegal shark fins

By Marchio Gorbiano and Becca MILFELD

U.N. to list more sites as ‘in danger’ from conflict or climate change

Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.

A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock

By Alyssa I. Smith

Fuji Rock Festival has long been known for its international headliners, but Kaze Fujii is poised to make a big splash on the Green Stage.

Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan

Maya Ongaku’s DIY dream is getting bigger

By James Hadfield

It was 60 years ago today: Japan’s top Beatles fan keeps the Budokan flame burning

By Tim Hornyak

Zainichi drama ‘Trophy’ is a sweet, if slight, coming-of-age tale

By James Hadfield

Blended with your favorite flavored powder, hard-boiled eggs make the simplest mousse ever.

A hard-boiled fact: Eggs work for dessert, too

By Simon Daly

Got a few old eggs lying around? Turn them into a somewhat healthy sweet treat.

Kansai’s first Michelin-selected sommelier knows how to read a room

By Weiwen Lin

Japanese has a word for when your husband makes you sick

By Yaeko Kabe

‘Tony Hawk with Japanese trains’: Denshattack! makes derailing a blast

By Owen Ziegler

Surviving the Uchiwa Festival, Japan’s hottest ‘matsuri’

By Jessica Kozuka

Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.

Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.

By Megha Wadhwa

From classrooms in India’s northeast to nursing homes in Japan, an emerging labor corridor hopes to improve lives in both countries.

A friendly ‘peaches-and-cream’ fellow

Found on Jan. 1, Osechi is a New Year’s darling

Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan

By Elizabeth Beattie

Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way

By Mai Yoshikawa

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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