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Taro Tsurugashima presents a petition with 53,000 signatures calling for a revision to the stricter business manager visa eligibility requirements, on May 13 in Tokyo.

JAPAN / Society

Foreign business owners face frantic scramble to leave Japan amid tighter visa rules

By Himari Semans

Stricter criteria for the business manager visa has left many owners, some of whom have been in Japan for decades, out in the cold.

Taro Tsurugashima presents a petition with 53,000 signatures calling for a revision to the stricter business manager visa eligibility requirements, on May 13 in Tokyo.

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda has been taking time to gauge the effects of the conflict in the Middle East.

BUSINESS / Economy

Bank of Japan might be behind the curve on interest rate increases

By Kazuaki Nagata

The wait-and-see approach is becoming an issue with yen weak, bond prices falling and doubts increasing about fiscal discipline.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaks at a news conference on the second anniversary of him taking office, at the presidential building in Taipei on Wednesday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Trump says he’ll speak to Taiwan leader, calling democratic island a ‘problem’

By Jesse Johnson

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te — a move that would break with years of diplomatic precedent.

Japan is a leading and growing market for HTPs, also known as heat-not-burn products. They use electronic devices to heat tobacco and create a nicotine-containing aerosol without burning it.

JAPAN / Science & Health

Heated tobacco products may be more harmful than cigarettes, Japan panel review says

By Tomoko Otake

The literature review found that heated tobacco products may produce greater amounts of cancer-causing substances than regular cigarettes.

A couple (played by Haruka Ayase, right, and the mononymous Daigo) struggling to come to terms with the death of their son welcome a humanoid (Rimu Kuwaki, center) modeled after their child in “Sheep in the Box.”

CULTURE / Film

Hirokazu Kore-eda says human imagination still matters in the age of AI

By Sebastien Raineri

The director's new film is a meditation on grief, humanoids and creativity at a time when AI is reshaping the film industry.

A couple (played by Haruka Ayase, right, and the mononymous Daigo) struggling to come to terms with the death of their son welcome a humanoid (Rimu Kuwaki, center) modeled after their child in “Sheep in the Box.”

Minamitorishima has no resident population and is off-limits to the general public.

Survey begins to determine remote island’s suitability for nuclear disposal site

By Eric Johnston

91仓库 waste management organization will carry out a literature review on the geology of Minamitorishima, located nearly 2,000 kilometers from Tokyo.

Tochigi police officers seize materials from the apartment of Kaito Takemae and his wife in Yokohama on Thursday.

Tochigi robbery-murder suspect tried to flee to South Korea

The 28-year-old alleged instructor of the crime was taken into custody shortly before his planned flight to Seoul at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in the early hours of Sunday.

Takaichi Cabinet’s approval rate almost flat at 59.4%

Asteroid traces found in Japan may be linked to extinction of dinosaurs

Saitama man arrested over alleged drunken driving of fake police car

Ex-Japan Post worker arrested over alleged bribery case

Former economics professor and Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda is the second among members who voted in favor of holding settings steady at bank's last policy meeting to have since signaled the likelihood of rate hikes to come. But she has also hinted at caution, saying it’s important to assess the impact stemming from the Middle East conflict.

BOJ should raise policy rate at appropriate pace, says board member Junko Koeda

By Erica Yokoyama and Toru Fujioka

Koeda was among those who voted with the majority in favor of holding settings steady at the last policy meeting on April 28.

Mizuho Bank will have its 14.99% equity stake in Rakuten Card swapped with Rakuten Bank shares, the parent companies of the two banks said Wednesday.

Mizuho Bank to acquire stake in Rakuten Bank

The two megabanks will work together in services for corporate clients, aiming to bolster their earnings from lending and fee business.

Indian pharma fuels Africa’s ‘zombie drug’ and opioid crisis

Japan’s core machinery orders fall 9.4% in March

Nikkon weighs going private; Bain Capital, Blackstone and others likely to bid

By Taro Fuse, Hideki Suzuki, Manuel Baigorri and Takako Taniguchi

Prabowo’s biggest crackdown on tycoons shocked his own officials

By Faris Mokhtar, Eddie Spence and Harry Suhartono

Vessels sail through the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday.

Iran is consolidating control of Hormuz with checkpoints and diplomatic deals

With Iran now in de facto control of the strait, the system can involve intense vetting by the Iranian government and sometimes fees in exchange for safe passage.

Aid agencies are intensifying efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ebola outbreak likely started months ago and spread undetected

By Naomi Kresge and Janice Kew

The rare Bundibugyo strain circulated for "a couple months" before being identified in blood samples on May 15.

Malians tell of torture and killings by army and Russian fighters

Xi may visit North Korea as early as next week, Yonhap says

By Soo-hyang Choi

Iran’s threat to Strait of Hormuz submarine cables

By Tom Barfield and Maha LOUBARIS

Trump’s $1.776 billion ’weaponization’ fund sparks outrage, but court challenges will be tough

By Tom Hals and Jonathan Stempel

Middle-distance runner Sherry Drury will follow the example of a growing number of Japanese athletes by moving to the U.S. for college and competing under the NCAA system.

Runner Sherry Drury looks to grow on and off track with move to U.S.

By Mai Yoshikawa

The teen says her decision to move aboard is about growth and broadening her horizons.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder get past Spurs, level series 1-1

Southampton fails in bid to overturn expulsion from world’s richest match

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani delivers on mound and at plate in win over Padres

Aston Villa wins Europa League title to end 30-year wait for silverware

Chinese leader Xi Jinping greets U.S. President Donald Trump during an event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14.

China’s messaging is as important as its policy

Brad Glosserman

That gap between public understanding of what China is doing and why and the reality of Beijing's policy speaks to a broader failure that deserves more attention.

How China and U.S. navigate the Strait of Hormuz stranglehold

By Imran Khalid

Containing Ebola is hard. The U.S. made it worse

By Lisa Jarvis

Why the Trump-Xi summit ended in an impasse

By Matthew Fulco

Japan’s challenge in a world moving beyond old alliances

By Sayuri Shirai

Workers in the sewing section of a factory, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, in November 2025

Garment workers face heat risks in Bangladesh as energy cuts curb cooling

By Md. Tahmid Zami

Factories have turned off cooling amid energy restrictions caused by the Mideast war, with workers sweltering and a drop in productivity likely costing billions of dollars.

In India’s parched heart, high power costs put cooling out of reach

By Rajesh Kumar Singh

Italy pays the price of Meloni’s stalled green energy transition

By Giuseppe Fonte, Gavin Jones and Francesca Landini

Japan’s new emissions trading program: Key climate tool or paper tiger?

By Nithin Coca

Clean energy seen as ‘structurally immune’ to Hormuz-style shock

By Alastair Marsh

Anri says younger overseas listeners first surprised her during a 2023 performance in Los Angeles, where most of the audience was in their 20s. Nearly five decades after her debut, songs such as “Last Summer Whisper” and “I Can’t Stop the Loneliness” continue finding new fans.

Before city pop went global, there was Anri

By Patrick St. Michel

Long after city pop became an online phenomenon, the singer continues to find new fans worldwide.

‘Soul Mate’ reaches for pathos but remains hollow

By Mike Fu

Spain, sculpted in sand at Tottori museum’s landmark 20th exhibition

By Gendel Gento

At Cannes, director Koji Fukada says AI undermines the creative process

By Hanna Rantala

For all its nonsense, ‘Mystery Arena’ is weirdly entertaining

By James Hadfield

A little love for soy milk, tofu’s unsung precursor

By Makiko Itoh

One of Japan’s best meals is hidden in a Yamagata hot spring town

By Robbie Swinnerton

How Japanese grammar captures the gap between legal outcomes and public judgment

By Yaeko Kabe

Forza Horizon 6 is all gas, no brakes in series’ first Japan pit stop

By Gendel Gento

Tokyo native Noemi Minami founded Koen Book Club in 2021 with two friends. The club continues to meet monthly in public parks across Tokyo, weather permitting.

Anglophone bookworms unite across Japan

By Mike Fu

Book clubs, book swaps and other reading events are providing a space for wholesome offline socializing in Tokyo and beyond.

Sturdy Tanpopo is a ‘dandy lioness’

Exuberant eater Minori will bless your home

Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears

By Simon Scott and Ben Stubbings

Italian creatives find their niche in Japan

By Agnese Dionisio

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Anri says younger overseas listeners first surprised her during a 2023 performance in Los Angeles, where most of the audience was in their 20s. Nearly five decades after her debut, songs such as “Last Summer Whisper” and “I Can’t Stop the Loneliness” continue finding new fans.

Before city pop went global, there was Anri

By Patrick St. Michel

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