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Iranian women walk along a busy street in Tehran on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2026
As some hijabs come off in Iran, restrictions stay in place
Though enforcement of wearing hijab appears to have slackened, authorities can still summon women for not wearing the headscarf and shut down cafes for not upholding the rule.
Smoke plumes billow from the site of airstrikes near Azadi Tower in western Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 11, 2026
¡®Put our faith in God¡¯: Tehran residents adapt to wartime
Tehran and other Iranian cities have been plunged into a conflict of an intensity unseen in the country since the 1980s war against Saddam Hussein¡¯s Iraq.
Iranians walk through Tehran's Grand Bazaar on Tuesday. Tokyo on Wednesday called for the release of a Japanese national who it says was detained in Tehran on Jan. 20.
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Feb 25, 2026
Tokyo ¡®strongly demands¡¯ release of Japanese national held in Iran since Jan. 20
Details were not immediately clear, but media reports named the person as Shinnosuke Kawashima, Japanese public broadcaster NHK¡¯s Tehran bureau chief.
Fireworks light up the sky next to Milad Tower in Tehran to mark the 47th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2026
Anti-Khamenei slogans in Tehran before revolution anniversary: social media footage
People took to balconies in the Iranian capital to chant slogans including ¡°death to Khamenei,¡°?¡°death to the dictator¡± and ¡°death to Islamic republic,¡°?according to footage.
Then-Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, in Tehran in June 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2026
America¡¯s Venezuela playbook won¡¯t work in Iran
Whether the Islamic Republic is ripe to fall from an external U.S. or Israeli nudge is a complicated question.
People walk past closed shops following protests over a plunge in the Iranian currency's value in Tehran on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jan 2, 2026
Fresh clashes kill six in Iran cost-of-living protests
The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation, and have since spread to other parts of the country.
Iranian women perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on Nov. 14. The country is suffering from severe water shortages.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2025
When communism is the only option
Iran¡¯s flailing response to a nationally destabilizing water crisis should be a warning to everyone.
A tourist gazes out over the sea from the top of a dune near Chabahar in Iran's southern Sistan-Baluchistan province in 2018. Faced with myriad problems including gridlocked traffic and a sinking earth surface in its current capital, Iran is considering a drastic solution: moving it to an altogether different location in Makran on the Gulf of Oman.
WORLD
Feb 18, 2025
Iran mulls moving capital to ¡®lost paradise¡¯ on southern coast
Tehran is experiencing traffic snarls, water shortages, resource mismanagement, extreme air pollution and subsidence.
Persepolis soccer team fans at Azadi stadium in Tehran in August 2022
SOCCER
Mar 12, 2024
Tehran soccer derby ignites passions in Iran
The Azadi stadium, home to both teams, is one of the largest in the world, and will see its seats packed for the game.
An unveiled woman stands on top of a vehicle on Oct. 26, 2022, as thousands make their way toward Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's hometown in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2023
Year after protests, Iran even more toxic for U.S.
Amini died on September 16, 2022, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the strict dress code imposed on women by the clerical leadership.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 16, 2022
Fire erupts at Iran¡¯s most notorious prison amid national protests
Contradictory reports on social media cited an explosive device, an attempted escape and an infiltration of the prison from the outside.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2021
Iran seeks to cool tensions in Iraq
Iran is intervening in Iraq to quell destabilizing internal unrest stirred up by Iranian-backed militias as Tehran seeks to preserve its deep influence in the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 10, 2020
Ukraine wants to search Iran plane crash site for missile debris
Ukraine outlined four potential scenarios on Thursday to explain the deadly crash of one of its airliners in Iran, including a missile strike and terrorism, as Iranian investigators said the plane was on fire before it fell to the ground.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2019
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker ends hunger strike in Iran
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has ended a hunger strike in Tehran designed to push for her release, her husband told the BBC on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2018
As tensions with U.S. rise, Iran¡¯s Revolutionary Guard says it held Persian Gulf drills
Iran¡¯s Revolutionary Guard confirmed Sunday it has held war games in the Persian Gulf over the past several days, saying they were aimed at ¡°confronting possible threats¡± by enemies, state news agency IRNA reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2018
Iran stages pro-government rallies, derides Trump¡¯s ¡®blunder¡¯ at U.N.
Thousands of government supporters staged rallies in Iran for a fourth day on Saturday in a backlash against widespread anti-government protests that the clerical establishment has blamed on the country¡¯s enemies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2016
Tehran vows ¡®firm response¡¯ unless Obama stops Iran sanctions renewal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday demanded that U.S. President Barack Obama block an extension of sanctions passed by Congress, saying Tehran will otherwise ¡°firmly respond.¡±
WORLD
May 28, 2016
Hajj row escalates as Iran and Saudi Arabia miss new deal
An Iranian delegation has left Saudi Arabia without an agreement for its citizens to attend the Muslim hajj pilgrimage this year, Saudi media have reported, a second failure by the rival Middle East powers to strike a deal.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2015
Tehran trial of Iranian-American journalist on unspecified charges to be closed, brother says
The trial in Iran of jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian will be closed to the public when it starts on Tuesday, his brother said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2015
Iran¡¯s long-postponed rise is all but inevitable
Only a cataclysmic war will prevent Iran from fulfilling its long-postponed destiny as a major economic, political and scientific nation.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
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 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.
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.
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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