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U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Friday. Trump shared a message posted by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on social media offering to host talks between the U.S. and Israel in Pakistan, but the U.S. president has made no indication of whether he will accept the offer.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2026
Pakistan offers to host talks with U.S. and Iran in Islamabad in bid to end war
Trump¡¯s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and U.S. Vice President JD Vance, could travel to Islamabad, said one senior Western diplomat.
An aerial view of a cleared patch of the Shakarparian forest in Islamabad. Trees across Islamabad are being felled for infrastructure and even military monuments, prompting local anger and lawsuits.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 8, 2026
Pakistan¡¯s capital picks concrete over trees, angering residents
Trees are being felled across Islamabad for infrastructure and military monuments.
Mourners attend the funeral of Shiite Muslims on Saturday a day after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad .
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2026
Thousands mourn Islamabad suicide bombing victims as four arrests made
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for ?the attack, the deadliest of its kind in Islamabad in more than a decade.
People mourn the death of relatives following a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque, outside a hospital in Islamabad on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 7, 2026
Islamic State group claims suicide blast at Islamabad mosque
The deadliest attack in Pakistan¡¯s capital since the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing left at least 31 people dead and 169 more wounded.
Firefighters douse a car at the suicide blast site in Islamabad on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 12, 2025
Pakistan ¡®in a state of war¡¯ after explosion kills 12 in capital
The attack has raised alarm that insurgent violence, confined in recent years to Pakistan¡¯s western regions, has reached its urban centers.
Security officials at the site of an explosion in New Delhi on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2025
Blasts rock capitals of India and Pakistan, raising tensions
Suspicions?have been running deep between the neighbors following a four-day military clash earlier this year in which both countries conducted strikes on each other.
A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party gestures after tear gas was fired by the police to disperse the crowd during a protest to demand Khan's release in Islamabad on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2024
Pakistani forces launch midnight raid on Khan¡¯s supporters
At least six people, including four paramilitary soldiers, were killed before the night raid was launched.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2016
Pakistan opposition leader Khan, a former cricket hero, admits using an offshore company
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan, who tried to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a row over offshore wealth, has acknowledged using an offshore company to avoid paying British tax on a London property sale.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2013
The dawning of Pakistan¡¯s political renaissance?
Executive authority in Pakistan, a country long prone to military coup, increasingly is in the hands of elected representatives, rather than dispersed among various competing institutions. The political establishment has been revitalized.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
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 to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
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.
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.

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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