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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on April 7
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2025
Netanyahu to meet Trump as U.S. intensifies Gaza ceasefire push
The talks come as Israel intensifies its offensive on Gaza City with the aim of eliminating Hamas¡¯ remaining military strongholds.
Israeli soldiers drive a tank in southern Israel, on the border with the Gaza Strip, earlier this year.
WORLD
Aug 2, 2025
Israeli military intelligence goes back to basics with focus on spies, not tech
The agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enter the White House in Washington on April 7.
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2025
Trump casts Netanyahu adrift with shifts on Iran, Houthis and Gaza
The freeing of the last living U.S. citizen held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip is another sign the U.S. president is starting to make unilateral decisions.
Displaced Palestinians flee the Shejaiya district, east of Gaza City, on April 3.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 11, 2025
Israel¡¯s push into Gaza lays ground for full-scale occupation
The move would risk increasing the death toll in Gaza, siphoning more reserve soldiers away from an economy stifled by war and further isolating Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben Gvir shake hands as the government approves Netanyahu's proposal to reappoint Ben Gvir as minister of National Security on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 20, 2025
Netanyahu tightens grip on divided Israel with return to war
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening, with more demonstrations in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Smoke billows behind a cemetery (foreground) during Israeli strikes west of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 19, 2025
Israeli Gaza strikes widen attacks on Iran¡¯s militant allies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the renewed strikes were ¡°only the beginning¡± and vowed to maintain military pressure until Hamas releases hostages.
The rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia on Jan. 30
WORLD / Society
Feb 7, 2025
Trump call for Gazan exit echoes in destroyed homes
The war has stopped after 16 months, but the destruction left in its wake leaves Palestinians in a daily battle of trying to decide whether to stay or go.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2024
Netanyahu¡¯s office accused of leaks to foil Gaza cease-fire
Opposition leaders and liberal commentators say it¡¯s the latest example of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu¡¯s manipulation of the public discourse around the war.
A billboard in Tehran depicts missiles over Tel Aviv on Saturday, after Israel targeted multiple Iranian military facilities with airstrikes overnight.
WORLD
Oct 27, 2024
Israel¡¯s limited attack on Iran may help spur regional deal
The restraint on Saturday allows Iran to dismiss it as ineffective, possibly setting the stage for a limited response or no response at all.
Israeli Home Front Command soldiers walk down a street in Caesarea, Israel, on Saturday following a drone attack from Lebanon.
WORLD
Oct 21, 2024
Israel hones plans to attack Iran after attempt on Netanyahu
While neither the prime minister nor his wife were home, his ministers and he said it was another reason retaliation against Iran is warranted.
A man watches as smoke billows over southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, Lebanon, on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 27, 2024
Israel rejects cease-fire talks and keeps up attacks in Lebanon
Airstrikes will continue until all of Israel¡¯s objectives have been achieved, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Rescuers sift through the rubble Saturday at the scene of an Israeli strike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs a day earlier.
WORLD
Sep 22, 2024
Israel¡¯s risky new posture against Hezbollah stops short of war
The attacks are aimed at preemptively degrading Hezbollah¡¯s military prowess so that they won¡¯t be able to launch an attack similar to the Oct. 7 strike by Hamas.
A man raises his arms in front of burning wooden pallets on Sunday as protesters block Tel Aviv's Ayalon highway during an antigovernment rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since October.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2024
Hostage deaths prompt angry Israelis to push Netanyahu¡¯s red lines
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested to demand a truce with Hamas.
Smoke billows from an area targeted by an Israeli airstrike between the southern Lebanese border villages of Zibqin and Yater on Sunday.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2024
Middle East on edge after Israel bombs Lebanon in preemptive strike
Israeli officials said they had precise intelligence Hezbollah was about to fire missiles at northern Israel and aim drones at a key intelligence center.
Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel¡¯s Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2024
Israel braces for attack by Iran as U.S. urges Gaza cease-fire
The top U.S. diplomat said Sunday that the exact timing of any attacks remained unclear, but they would likely start within the next 24 to 48 hours.
U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2024
A confident Netanyahu takes his message to a weakened Biden
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu¡¯s visit to the White House is seen by many as a sign of U.S. President Joe Biden¡¯s declining ability to impose his will on the world.
A Palestinian youth moves containers of water past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on May 28.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2024
Israel pushes back against Gaza ceasefire Biden has outlined
Hamas said it welcomed any proposal ¡°based on a permanent ceasefire¡°?as well as ¡°a total withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.¡±
Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video on Sunday.
WORLD
May 27, 2024
Scores killed as Israel strikes tent city in assault on Rafah
The Israeli military said it carried out the strike based on ¡°precise intelligence¡± and that it killed two ¡°senior¡± Hamas officials.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2024
Israel¡¯s war Cabinet in turmoil, but Netanyahu seen as secure
Two of the three members of Israel¡¯s war Cabinet have now spoken out against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu¡¯s policies.
An Iron Dome missile battery site in southern Israel on April 17
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2024
For Israel, Iran crisis tests limits of allies¡¯ aid and domestic unity
Rather than offering to fight for Israel as they have in the past, Western allies are suggesting that no one challenge Iran militarily just now.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan¡¯s anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend ¡ª or want to pay off their debts ¡ª at host clubs.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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