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JAPAN

Tokyo police arrested a 47-year-old man on Saturday on suspicion of killing a 29-year-old woman in an apartment in Tokyo's Roppongi district in 2018.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2026
Man arrested over 2018 murder in Tokyo's Roppongi district
The suspect, Nobuaki Takahashi, had left for Malaysia the day after the 2018 murder.
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks during a news conference in Naha on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2026
Denny Tamaki will seek third term as Okinawa governor
Genta Koja, 42, a former deputy mayor of Naha, plans to run as a de facto candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
A memorial ceremony for victims of a 2005 train derailment is held in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2026
Victims mourned 21 years after JR West train crash in Amagasaki
On April 25, 2005, a train entered a curved section at a speed far exceeding the limit and derailed, with the first and second cars colliding with a nearby apartment building.
Takayuki Kobayashi, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council, presents the party's recommendations to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2026
Japan assesses feasibility of sending minesweepers to Strait of Hormuz
Kobayashi said that sending minesweepers after the war is one option for securing 91²Ö¿â national interests within legal constraints.
Two helicopters doing water drops fly over smoke from a forest fire on a hillside near the town of Otsuchi, in Iwate Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2026
Over 3,200 forced to evacuate as crews battle Iwate wildfires
As of Saturday morning, blazes in the mountainous areas of Iwate region had burned about 700 hectares since breaking out three days ago.
A Justice Ministry panel discusses how the voices of individuals should be protected under publicity and portrait rights, amid a rise in the unauthorized use of celebrities' voices by generative artificial intelligence, at the ministry in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2026
Japan to protect celebrity voices against AI use
The Justice Ministry is set to compile guidelines on the scope and standards for illegal acts under current law by this summer.
Authorities are concerned that the spread of baseless information in the case of Yuki Adachi, whose father was arrested after the boy's body was found this month, could impede police investigations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2026
Kyoto police warn of misinformation in case of arrested father and dead boy
Authorities are concerned that such baseless information circulating on social media could impede their investigation.

ASIA PACIFIC

Head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr., speaks during the opening ceremony of the U.S.-Philippines Balikatan joint military exercises, at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2026
China holds live-fire drills in waters near Luzon as Japan joins military exercises in Philippines
The Chinese drills included live-fire shooting, sea-air coordination, rapid maneuvers and ?maritime replenishments to test integrated joint combat capabilities.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping walk, as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, last October.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 25, 2026
Taiwan fears it will be ¡®on the menu¡¯ at Xi¡¯s summit with Trump
By Jenny Leonard, Tan Ying Zhen and Miaojung Lin
At the meeting, Xi is likely to press Trump to agree to change the island's status by opposing Taiwan independence.

WORLD

A Palestinian woman registers before casting her ballot at a polling station in the village of Beit Furik, southeast of the Israel-occupied West Bank city of Nablus, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2026
Palestinian local elections give some Gazans first chance to vote in years
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta
The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority hopes the symbolic inclusion of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah will reinforce its claim to ?authority over the territory.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer steps outside No. 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2026
Starmer¡¯s rivals need everything to go wrong for him all at once
By Alex Wickham and Joe Mayes
Labour members of Parliament say a series of events need to take place in quick succession to make the prime minister's position untenable.
Nikolay Solovyov, a retired engineer at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, gestures next to a model of the facility, in Slavutych, Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD
Apr 25, 2026
From radiation to invasion: A Chernobyl worker's two wars
Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, an experience he likens to a war. Now, he's living through a second war.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the country's nuclear material production base and nuclear weapons institute, at an undisclosed location in a photo released in January last year.
WORLD
Apr 25, 2026
Nuclear nonproliferation meeting at U.N. comes amid raging global wars
The ongoing war in Ukraine, Iran's nuclear program and the war there, non-nuclear states' fears over proliferation and North Korea's developing arsenal could all be deal-breakers.
Experts are warning that some common claims about birth control pills' side effects represent misinformation ¡ª and that methods based on tracking fertility require strict adherence to be effective.
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 25, 2026
'Natural' birth control risks unwanted pregnancy, experts warn
Helping drive this trend are influencers, who often promote natural birth control as a way for women to "liberate" themselves from the hormonal effects of the pill.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, last October.
WORLD
Apr 25, 2026
Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift
By Phil Stewart
The message also proposes reviewing the U.S. position on Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands, an American official said.
A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, in September 2024.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2026
U.S. adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods
The U.S. is ?one of very few Western nations that still uses the death penalty, although public support for capital punishment has gradually ?declined among Americans.
The Epaminondas ship is seen during seizure by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Strait of Hormuz in this image released Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2026
Iranian foreign minister arrives in Pakistan; Trump expects offer satisfying U.S. demands
The U.S. president said that Iran plans to make an offer aimed at satisfying U.S. demands, but added that he did not yet know what the offer entailed.

BUSINESS

Goldwin President Takao Watanabe at the company's new story in New York on Friday
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2026
91²Ö¿â Goldwin opens flagship store in New York
The company hopes to use the New York store as a base to promote recognition of the Goldwin brand.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings is facing significant financial challenges stemming from the triple meltdown at its tsunami-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2026
Chief of government-backed JIC could become next Tepco chairman
If the appointment is approved, the 74-year-old will become the fifth chairman in a row picked from outside the major power company.
Denso¡¯s office in Tokyo in March
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2026
Denso to withdraw proposal to take over Rohm, report says
Denso was unable to get Rohm's support for the acquisition, the Nikkei daily reported.
DeepSeek has unveiled preview versions of a long-awaited new flagship model called V4, which costs less than many alternatives to use but doesn¡¯t meaningfully narrow the U.S. lead in AI capabilities.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 25, 2026
DeepSeek¡¯s long-awaited new model fails to narrow U.S. lead in AI
DeepSeek unveiled the V4 Flash and V4 Pro series on Friday, touting top-tier performance in coding benchmarks and big advancements in reasoning and agentic tasks.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building amid a major renovation, in Washington last July.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 25, 2026
U.S. drops Powell probe, smoothing path for Warsh to lead Fed
Fallout from the probe into Chair Jerome Powell had thrown the Fed's expected leadership transition into chaos.
European Union Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shake hands after signing a memorandum of understanding for a strategic partnership on critical minerals at the State Department in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2026
U.S. and EU deepen cooperation on critical minerals with eye to broader agreement
The two signed a memorandum of understanding for a partnership on producing and securing critical minerals, with a specific ?action plan ?for trade announced separately.

ENVIRONMENT

French Environment Minister Monique Barbut speaks during a news conference in Paris on April 24.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 25, 2026
G7 says nature talks a success as climate sidelined for U.S.
The Group of Seven skirted any direct mention of global warming to appease the U.S., its largest and most powerful member.

Sports

Curacao's Kenji Gorre (right) kicks the ball past Jamaica's Dexter Lembikisa during a World Cup qualifier in Willemstad, Curacao, on Oct. 11, 2025.
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 25, 2026
Tiny Curacao looks ahead to World Cup with big dreams on and off field
The qualification is expected to give a boost?to tourism on the paradisical island of white sand beaches, which received 1.5 million visitors last year.

LIFE

Alongside the simplified management of a convenience store, Inkonbini asks players to help a small cast of regular shoppers with not only their shopping but problems in their personal lives.
LIFE / Digital
Apr 25, 2026
Inkonbini: Slice-of-life, cozy gaming from Japan¡¯s convenience stores
By Gendel Gento
Inkonbini developer Dima Shen says convenience stores are like "safe rooms" from video games: familiar, friendly and always there when you need them.

CULTURE

¡°The Dream of the Fisherman¡¯s Wife,¡± a rarely exhibited print by Hokusai, will be on display at the Shinjuku Kabukicho Noh Theater for a limited time, from May 1 to 10.?
CULTURE / Art
Apr 25, 2026
Hokusai¡¯s erotic art on display at a Kabukicho noh theater
By Kim Kahan
"Kabukicho in Full Bloom" is the third in a series of shunga art exhibitions organized by the Smappa!Group, which operates host bars and restaurants across Shinjuku's Kabukicho.
Magnitude 6.2 quake shakes Hokkaido
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake, measuring an upper 5 on Japan¡¯s seismic intensity scale, struck Hokkaido before 5:30 a.m. on Monday.
Beyond the hub-and-spoke: Japan quietly emerges as a secondary connector
Commander of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment, Maj. Gen. Toshikatsu Musha, and commander of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Amphibious and Mine Warfare Force, Rear Adm. Ikeuchi Izuru, attend the opening ceremony of the U.S.-Philippines Balikatan joint military exercises, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on April 20.
The language around Japan¡¯s new bike rules leaves no room for ¡®maybe¡¯
Under the new blue ticket system, cyclists will have one week in which to pay fines for minor traffic violations.
China holds live-fire drills in waters near Luzon as Japan joins military exercises in Philippines
Head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr., speaks during the opening ceremony of the U.S.-Philippines Balikatan joint military exercises, at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on Monday.
Laps of icy roads in China show sodium batteries making an EV breakthrough
A CATL sodium-ion battery model.
The American chef reconnecting with Japan through a Kyoto restaurant
Located in Kyoto¡¯s historic geisha district, the SoNoMa experience begins in the front room of the restaurant, where guests are served a welcome drink and a trio of small bites.
Hokusai¡¯s erotic art on display at a Kabukicho noh theater
¡°The Dream of the Fisherman¡¯s Wife,¡± a rarely exhibited print by Hokusai, will be on display at the Shinjuku Kabukicho Noh Theater for a limited time, from May 1 to 10.?
Inkonbini: Slice-of-life, cozy gaming from Japan¡¯s convenience stores
Alongside the simplified management of a convenience store, Inkonbini asks players to help a small cast of regular shoppers with not only their shopping but problems in their personal lives.
Japanese developers worry over construction supply shortages amid Iran war
Paul Nikel, President of West Canada Homes, with an increasingly rare supply of plastic foam
Professional sumo awaits three potential new stars
Bill Christopher Li, now known as Honoikazuchi, at the All-Japan championships at the Kokugikan on Nov. 30

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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