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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference, following a U.S.-Iran deal, in Jerusalem on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2026
Netanyahu, Israel¡¯s arch-survivor, set to face voter fury over Iran deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed he intends to ?stand ?in an election that must be held by October, but polls put his right-wing coalition on course to lose.
President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump¡¯s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
Netanyahu and Trump on collision course as U.S. and Iran agree to halt war
The goals of both leaders remain unmet, with serious clashes remaining between them over Lebanon.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid gesture as they announce their political union ahead of this year's general election, in Herzliya, Israel, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
Netanyahu¡¯s biggest rivals join forces for Israel¡¯s next election
Polls since Hamas¡¯ 2023 ?attack on southern Israel have predicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose the next election, due by the end of ?October.
A pile of small crucifixes on the day of the Christian Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City on April 10. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that an Israeli soldier's desecration of a crucifix went against Jewish values of tolerance and that he would be punished.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2026
Israeli soldier¡¯s desecration of crucifix in south Lebanon draws condemnation
A photo posted by Younis Tirawi, a Palestinian reporter, shows an Israeli soldier taking the blunt side of an axe to a fallen sculpture of Jesus on the ?cross.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the plenum of the Knesset, Israel¡¯s parliament, in Jerusalem in January. His approval ratings have slipped and, with legislative elections due by late October, the political risks he faces are rising.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2026
Despite Israeli firepower, Netanyahu struggles for political gains in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is paying ?a political price for a military campaign launched with U.S. President Donald Trump that has not delivered a decisive outcome.
People inspect the remnants of an Iranian missile that landed in a settlement in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 10, 2026
As U.S. and Iran talk truce, Israel digs in for a ¡®forever war¡¯
Creating ¡°buffer zones¡± in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon reflects a strategic shift that puts Israel in a semipermanent state of war, Israeli military and defense officials said.
Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, speaks during a parliamentary session in Jerusalem on Monday as Israel's parliament passes a law that makes the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 31, 2026
Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks
The law, which has drawn international criticism of Israel, would only apply to Israelis convicted of murder whose attacks aimed at ¡°ending Israel¡¯s existence.¡±
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 26, 2026
Netanyahu seeks to avoid snap vote as 51³Ô¹ÏÍø gives no boost in polls
The prime minister¡¯s camp had seen a chance for his to capitalize on the opening salvo that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by holding elections ahead of an expected October date.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on the day of Trump's address in Jerusalem last October
WORLD
Mar 24, 2026
Trump OK¡¯d Iran operation after Netanyahu argued for joint killing of Khamenei, sources say
The Israeli leader argued there might never be a better chance to kill the Iranian supreme leader and avenge previous efforts to assassinate Donald Trump.
On Saturday, ?Trump had ?warned that Iranian power plants would be destroyed if Tehran failed to "fully open" the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping within 48 hours. Trump set a deadline of around 7:44 p.m. EDT on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 23, 2026
Trump delays threat to bomb Iran power plants as he touts progress in talks
The price of the Brent crude oil ?benchmark was down around 7% near $104.
The site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs on Saturday
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2026
Israel and Lebanon to talk as war with Hezbollah rages, Haaretz reports
Three Lebanese officials said Beirut is forming a delegation for talks but no date has been set.
A woman holds a poster of Iran's new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei (R), next to his late father Ali Khamenei, during a rally in support of him at Enghelab Square in Tehran on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 10, 2026
Trump says war could be over soon as Iran rallies behind new hard-line leader
The conflicting signals sent markets on a roller coaster, with oil prices surging and stock markets nosediving before swinging in the other direction.
Iran's Assembly of Experts announced Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader on March 8, 2026.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 9, 2026
Iran names Khamenei¡¯s hard-line son Mojtaba as new supreme leader
The position gives Mojtaba the final say in all matters of state in the Islamic Republic.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, in December lat year.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 4, 2026
Netanyahu¡¯s war alliance with Trump faces test as Iran crisis widens
At the outset of the bombing campaign on Saturday, both sides said regime change was the goal. Days later, the U.S. said it had a different aim in mind.
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu poses for a photo during an interview with The Japan Times in Taipei in March.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Taiwan¡¯s deputy foreign minister made secret trip to Israel
It was unclear if Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu touched upon Taiwan¡¯s new multilayered air defense system, which is partly modeled on Israel¡¯s air-defense system.
Destroyed buildings in the Nuseirat camp for displaced Palestinians, in the central Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. The death of a Bedouin tribal leader based in Israeli-held Rafah in southern Gaza would be a boost to Hamas, which has branded him a collaborator and ordered its fighters to kill or capture him.
WORLD
Dec 5, 2025
Anti-Hamas Gazan tribal leader killed in setback for Israeli policy
Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin tribal leader based in southern Gaza, had led the most prominent of several small anti-Hamas groups that emerged in Gaza during the war.
Red Cross transports the body of a deceased Israeli hostage as part of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2025
Hamas hands over bodies of two Israeli hostages
The bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch were returned to Israel for burial after an identification process was completed.
A Palestinian man reacts next to the body of a man, who according to medics was killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2025
Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating U.S.-brokered ceasefire
The development is the latest test of the fragile deal brokered earlier this month.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid and fuel line up at the crossing into the Gaza Strip at the Rafah border on the Egypt side, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Rafah, Egypt, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2025
Border crossing to stay closed, Israel says, as U.S. alleges Hamas ceasefire violation
Its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over bodies of deceased hostages as the two sides continued to trade blame over ceasefire violations.
Palestinians celebrate in Khan Younis on Thursday following news of a new Gaza ceasefire deal.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
Joy in Israel and Gaza after ceasefire announced
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu¡¯s office said the ceasefire would take effect once ratified by the Israeli government.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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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
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