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JAPAN

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a news conference following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
China hits out at Takaichi for meeting Taiwan’s presidential adviser
By Aya Wagatsuma
A number of other issues continue to test ties between Beijing and Tokyo, including China’s increasing military activity around a disputed cluster of islands.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a news conference in Gyeongju, South Korea, following the end of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
Takaichi rules out dissolving Lower House for snap election
The prime minister said her government must focus on accelerating the rollout of economic measures, including steps to tackle inflation.
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 2, 2025
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
By Elizabeth Beattie
Japan's convenience stores, with their myriad products and services as well as creative hacks, have proven to be a hit with travelers.
Executives of six ruling and opposition parties discuss scrapping the add-on levy for gasoline during their meeting in the parliament building on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2025
Japan sees no stable funding for costly policy plans
Six ruling and opposition parties broadly agreed Friday to scrap the add-on levy for gasoline on Dec. 31 and for gas oil on April 1 next year.
Hussain Al-Shahristani, president of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs (second from left), and other officials visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2025
Pugwash Conference opens in Hiroshima
The 63rd Pugwash Conference opened in Hiroshima on Saturday, with nearly 200 participants set to discuss the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks in an interview at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2025
Kihara vows bold revision of security documents
The Takaichi administration, inaugurated Oct. 21, aims to revise the documents next year.

ASIA PACIFIC

Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2025
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
By Karen Lema and david lague
Batanes province in the Philippines is on the front line of the great power competition between the United States and China.
U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist as he boards Air Force One before traveling to South Korea, from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2025
Trump plays nice with Asian allies stung by repeated threats
By Alastair Gale, Philip J. Heijmans and Eric Martin
While allies in Asia have ample reason to be wary of U.S. President Donald Trump, the message from his regional tour appeared to be that America isn't going anywhere.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is greeted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during their meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
South Korea hosts Xi as Chinese leader rekindles fraught ties
The visit was the Chinese leader's first since 2014 and comes after years of strained ties over everything from trade to cultural disputes.

WORLD

Police officers and a dog handler work on the platform at Huntingdon Station in Huntingdon, U.K., on Saturday following a stabbing on a train.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2025
Police arrest two suspects after U.K. train stabbings seriously injure nine
While Britain has some of the strictest gun controls in the world, rampant knife crime has been branded a 'national crisis.'
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday. Trump on Saturday threatened Nigeria with potential military action and said the United States might cut off aid, accusing the West African country’s government of failing to protect Christians.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
Trump threatens U.S. military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
Trump's post on Nigeria came a day after adding it back to a list of nations that the U.S. says have violated religious freedom.
Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, speaks at a campaign event in the Queens borough of New York on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
Obama calls Mamdani, praises campaign ahead of New York mayoral election
Mamdani, a Uganda-born state assembly member, has polled well ahead of his main rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, ahead of the Nov. 4 general election.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks on the day he meets with Caribbean parliamentarians from 14 countries to sign a peace agreement in the region, amid rising tensions with the United States, at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
Trump’s move on Venezuela splinters region over possible strike
As U.S. President Donald Trump steps up his targeting of Venezuela, the region’s fragmented governments are failing to agree on any joint response to rein him in.
Fireworks light up the sky during the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, on Saturday.
WORLD
Nov 2, 2025
Egypt officially opens grand museum near pyramids
Spanning half a million square meters, the museum houses around 100,000 artifacts — half of them on display — dating back more than six millennia.

BUSINESS

There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2025
Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
If he does, it would mark the first sitting president ever to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court.

Sports

Sanfrecce Hiroshima players hold up the championship cup at National Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 2, 2025
Throwing prowess makes the difference as Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins Levain Cup final
By Sean Carroll
Shuto Nakano’s throw-ins were key in his side’s 3-1 triumph over Kashiwa Reysol at Japan National Stadium on Saturday.
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 2, 2025
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Yoshinobu Yamamoto — who had started Friday's Game 6 victory — closed out the win by getting the final three outs and was named Most Valuable Player of the series.
Forever Young trains with American Stage ahead of the 2025 Breeders Cup Championship at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Oct. 29.
MORE SPORTS / Horse Racing
Nov 2, 2025
Forever Young gives Japan first Breeders' Cup Classic triumph
the globe-trotting Forever Young got his nose in front coming off the final turn and had enough to hold off late closing Sierra Leone and Fierceness — last year's runner-up.
South Africa wing Kurt-Lee Arendse scores a try against Japan at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 2, 2025
Springboks plunder nine tries in 61-7 rout of Japan
Japan’s lone try came via fullback Yoshitaka Yazaki in a rare entry into the Springbok 22, but they could not cope with the physicality of their opponents in difficult conditions.

CULTURE

The current exhibition at 21_21 Design Site is A-POC Able’s first venture outside fashion, though it follows in the footsteps of its founder Issey Miyake, who launched a lighting collection in 2011 with Italian company Artemide.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 2, 2025
New generations of designers carry Issey Miyake's legacy
By Phoebe Amoroso
From pleated garments to glowing lamps, the designer’s philosophy continues to evolve through new brands, collaborations and generations.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
Asia-Pacific leaders call for shared trade benefits as APEC summit wraps up
A South Korean protester holds a placard showing a caricature of U.S. President Donald Trump depicted as a thief during a rally ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
By Alex K.T. Martin

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