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JAPAN

The disaster management agency, which would serve as the government¡¯s command center for disaster prevention and response, will be created through the reorganization and strengthening of the Cabinet Office¡¯s disaster management division.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Parliament begins debate on bill to create disaster management agency
The new agency, aimed to be launched this autumn with its headquarters in Tokyo, would serve as the government's command center for disaster prevention and response.
Japan's annual saury catches were around 300,000 tons until 2009 before plunging to about 18,000 tons in 2022.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Japan seeks to reduce saury fishing quotas at annual talks in Osaka
At the ongoing meeting in Osaka, Japan is proposing a 10% quota cut to support stock recovery, but China is expected to oppose it.
Restoration work of Kumamoto Castle's main tower (front) has been completed, but the Uto-yagura tower (back, covered) is still undergoing repairs 10 years after a pair of powerful earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 14, 2026
Kumamoto castle restoration continues 10 years after quakes
The initial aim was to complete reconstruction in fiscal 2037, but the goal was extended to fiscal 2052 due to the complexity of the work involved.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (left) helps hold up a nameplate for one of the two new drone-focused offices established within the Ground Self-Defense Force on Monday in Tokyo, in this image posted to X by the GSDF.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Taking lessons from Ukraine and Middle East, GSDF establishes new drone offices
By Jesse Johnson
A promotion office will oversee research and development of unmanned assets, while a systems office will focus on their procurement and maintenance.
A memorial altar marking the 10th anniversary of the foreshock of the Kumamoto earthquake in the town of Mashiki on Tuesday
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Victims mourned as Kumamoto Prefecture marks 10 years since deadly earthquakes
The April 2016 quakes claimed the lives of a total of 278 people in Kumamoto and neighboring Oita Prefecture, including deaths from indirect causes.
A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman¡¯s Musandam province, on Sunday. The fate of some 40 Japan-linked ships stranded in the Persian Gulf remains uncertain, with a blockade of the strait having been in place since Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Fate of Japan-linked ships in Persian Gulf remains uncertain
"We don't know again how the situation will develop," a Japanese government official said regarding Japanese ships leaving the Persian Gulf.
Pre-cooked fish packs offered on the online shopping site Fishlle!
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Underutilized fish see rising online demand in Japan
The fisheries industry is seeking ways to make use of fish that are not widely distributed as food or are too small for traditional markets.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Greenhouse gas emissions in Japan fell to record low in fiscal 2024
In fiscal 2024, emissions in Japan were down 28.7% from fiscal 2013 and the amount of carbon dioxide released slipped below 1 billion tons for the first time since then.
Polic cordon off the area around where the body of a child was found on Monday in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2026
Police find body in search for missing Kyoto boy
Yuki Adachi, 11, a student at a local public elementary school, has been missing since March 23.

ASIA PACIFIC

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum during a two day state visit to Hanoi in 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
China model gains appeal in Vietnam as police expand power
By Francesco Guarascio
The two communist neighbors have swung between conflict and cooperation over centuries, with Hanoi now leaning more openly toward Beijing.
Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam takes his oath as Vietnam's President during the legislature's session at the National Assembly in Hanoi on April 7.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Xi to meet Vietnam leader as Hormuz blockade risks energy flows
By Francesca Stevens
The war in Iran has raised global supply risks and is pushing Hanoi to deepen cooperation with China, its largest trading partner.
Philippine Navy spokesman Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad points to a photo where Filipino soldiers seized yellow bottles from Chinese fishermen suspected to contain cyanide in waters of Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, during a press conference in Manila on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Philippines warns of 'sabotage' after cyanide seizure in disputed South China Sea atoll
Officials warned ?that the cyanide could damage marine life and weaken the reef supporting a warship that Manila grounded there to reinforce its maritime claim.

WORLD

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the 2026 Liberal National Convention in Montreal, Canada, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Carney clinches majority government to push energy and trade ambitions
By Brian Platt and Nojoud Al Mallees
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has maintained wide popularity, has pushed to diversify Canada's trade relationships and build new export infrastructure.
Copies of The Wall Street Journal for sale in in New York on April 9. On Monday, a federal judge dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal over its report of a birthday card sent to financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2026
U.S. judge throws out Trump's defamation case against Wall Street Journal
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen
U.S. District Court Judge Darrin P. Gayles said Trump had not ?come close to meeting the "actual malice" standard that public figures must clear in defamation.
A victim receives treatment at State Specialist hospital, following Nigerian military jets striking a village market.
WORLD
Apr 14, 2026
¡®No warning¡¯: Survivors say Nigerian air force bombed packed market
By Nicholas ROLL
Human rights groups and local officials say it is yet another massacre of civilians by the Nigerian military, which says it was targeting a militant logistics hub.
A woman holding a Peruvian flag reading "I love you, Peru" stands in front of riot police during a protest outside the offices of the ONPE in Lima on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Counting continues in Peru election as runoff with Fujimori seems likely
By Lucinda Elliott and Marco Aquino
With none of the leading presidential candidates anywhere near the 50% required to win outright, a June 7 ?runoff appears highly likely, prolonging political uncertainty.
Mohamed El Junayd, 43, sits near damaged cars at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on April 8, at Corniche al-Mazraa in Beirut on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 14, 2026
Israel presses assault on Lebanon border town ahead of U.S.-hosted talks
By Laila Bassam, Steven Scheer and Jana Choukeir
Hezbollah fighters ?holed up inside Bint Jbeil were ready to fight to the death, Lebanese sources said, citing the strategic and symbolic significance of the town.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Trump begins Hormuz blockade even as U.S. and Iran eye more talks
A naval blockade took effect after Trump's deadline passed, with the U.S. moving to cut off vessels in the waterway from transiting to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a joint news briefing in Kyiv on July 2, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Hungary vote removes Ukraine's staunchest foe in EU
By Daniel Flynn, Yuliia Dysa and Lili Bayer
Viktor Orban ¡ª a nationalist who maintained warm ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin ¡ª systematically opposed Brussels' efforts to support Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV attends a meeting with the Algerian community at the Basilica of our lady of Africa in Algiers on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 14, 2026
Pope Leo vows to continue Iran war critiques after Trump attacks
By Donato Paolo Mancini
The comments are likely to further escalate tensions between the president and the U.S.-born pope, who has been denouncing the war in Iran with increasing frequency.

BUSINESS

Nissan plans to reduce the number of models from the current 56 to 45 and streamline 80% of its volume into a three main "families¡± of vehicles built on shared platforms.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2026
Nissan's Espinosa plans 20% reduction in models in plan to reinvigorate carmaker
By Chester Dawson and Nicholas Takahashi
The long-awaited strategy marks the CEO's first effort to reshape Nissan after its troubled, two-decade partnership with Renault and an aborted merger with Honda Motor.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 14, 2026
Private sector representatives urge Takaichi to overhaul budget processes
The members of a key government panel also called for setting a new investment quota for crisis management and growth.
Fukuoka Financial Group has hired 10 people in the past year and plans to recruit another 20 in the period ending March 2028, said Akira Kudo, the company¡¯s head of market operations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2026
Japan¡¯s largest regional bank takes on big names in hiring spree
By Taiga Uranaka
Fukuoka Financial Group wants to boost its front office staff to around 100 by March 2028 as it looks to expand its ?5.8 trillion investment portfolio.
Georges Elhedery, CEO of HSBC Holdings, during an interview in Hong Kong on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2026
HSBC CEO warns U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is damaging global confidence
By Denise Wee, David Ingles and Yvonne Yue Li
The London-based lender is among the European banks most exposed to the Middle East, a region that accounts for roughly 4% of its pretax profit.
Japan has become one of the world¡¯s most active markets for mergers and acquisitions in terms of deal growth as the nation¡¯s companies face pressure from investors to deploy cash into growth investments.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2026
M&A boom in Japan is fueling record corporate bond sales
By Atsuko Fukase
Japan has become one of the most active markets for mergers and acquisitions in terms of deal growth as investors pressure companies there to deploy cash into growth investments.
A vessel is seen at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman¡¯s Musandam province, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2026
What does a U.S. naval blockade of Iran mean for oil flows?
Oil tankers were steering clear of the strait on Monday.
An oil tanker is docked unloading crude oil at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province, on April 7.
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2026
Xi¡¯s petroyuan dream gets new life from Trump¡¯s war in Iran
The conflict is spurring a fresh wave of enthusiasm over prospects for China's currency to more effectively rival the U.S. dollar.

Opinion

Taiwan's Kuomintang Chairperson Cheng Li-wun leaves after a news conference in Beijing on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader looks backward in Beijing trip
By Matthew Fulco
Yet with no Taiwanese government position, Cheng had no authority to negotiate on Taipei's behalf with Xi.

Sports

Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the Angels during the first inning at Yankee Stadium in New York on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 14, 2026
After blasting 5 homers, Yankees walk off Angels on wild pitch
The Yankees snapped their skid on a night when Aaron Judge homered twice for his 47th ?career multi-homer game.
Astros starting pitcher Tatsuya Imai departs the mound during a first-inning pitching change against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 14, 2026
Astros place Imai and Pena on injured list
Pitcher Tatsuya Imai is 1-0 with a 7.27 ERA ?in ?three starts for Houston after arriving from Japan this past offseason on a three-year, $54 million deal.
Members of the Waseda University and Cal State Los Angeles pose for photos after a game on March 2. Waseda¡¯s tour is a reminder that the relationship between Japan and the U.S. is built on over a century of academic and athletic exchange.?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 14, 2026
Meaning of Waseda's U.S. tour goes far beyond baseball diamond
By Laura Studarus
While Waseda went home triumphant in four out of its five games in California, what it gained transcended the win-loss column.
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert (left) poses for photos with Azzi Fudd, who was selected first overall by the Dallas Wings at the 2026 WNBA Draft in New York City on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 14, 2026
Wings select UConn star Azzi Fudd No. 1 overall in WNBA draft
Fudd became the seventh UConn player to be selected No. 1 overall in the WNBA draft when Dallas took her at the outset of Monday night's festivities ?in New York.
Silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama celebrates during the men's free skating medal ceremony at the Figure Skating World Championships in Prague on March 28.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Apr 14, 2026
Kagiyama to take break from competition in 2026-27 season
By Pearl Josephine Nazare
The 22-year-old is a four-time??Olympic silver ?medalist, having finished second in both ?the individual and team events at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Games.
Jehovah's Witnesses followers sue Japanese government
According to court records, the plaintiffs include the Japanese branch of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Debt-laden Japan should review spending on gender equality, survey finds
A woman holds a handheld fan bearing the image of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's wedding photo, during an election campaign event in Tokyo on Feb. 7.
Japanese researchers look at 800-year-old books and trees for signs of extreme solar events
A drawing of Fujiwara no Teika, known as a courtier, <i>waka</i> poet and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods
Japan freezes visa applications for foreign restaurant workers
Filipinos with specified skills qualifications learn how to prepare fish for sushi in Tokyo in 2022.
At Ueno Station, ¡®Freedom¡¯ restored
¡°Freedom,¡± a mural in JR Ueno Station, created in 1951, has been repaired three times, most recently in 2025.
Where Tokyo goes to sweat and soak
As Tokyo&#039;s public bathhouses age, many are embracing more contemporary aesthetics to stay relevant for a younger class of customer.
At Ueno Station, ¡®Freedom¡¯ restored
¡°Freedom,¡± a mural in JR Ueno Station, created in 1951, has been repaired three times, most recently in 2025.
Inside Iizukatei, a 200-year-old home turned boutique hotel in Tochigi
Recognized as a tangible cultural property in 2003, the former residence of the Iizuka family is now a boutique hotel in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture.
Tokyo¡¯s sake calendar is filled to the brim
The recently concluded Sake Park invited younger brewers to make sake more approachable for attendees in their 20s and 30s.
Japan¡¯s tighter immigration controls yielding results
An immigration control passport stamp issued in Japan. A surge in arrivals from overseas has coincided with a tightening of immigration controls under a government initiative aimed at reducing overstayers.

Podcast

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

Longform

Projects like the BuddhaBot aim to re-create dialogue once lost to time, raising questions about whether AI can extend the teachings of Buddha or merely simulate them.
Can AI replace a priest? Japan¡¯s temples and shrines are testing the limits.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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