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Wataru Endo speaks before a Japan practice at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 12, 2026
Japan captain Wataru Endo pulls out of World Cup due to injury and retires from national team
Endo, who endured ?an injury-plagued?season with Liverpool, has been replaced by Borussia Moenchengladbach striker ?Shuto Machino

CULTURE

High-school students Ai (Anna Yamada, left) and Yu (Yuzu Aoki, right) fight back against a hive mind in Yuta Shimotsu¡¯s ¡°New Group.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Jun 12, 2026
¡®New Group¡¯ has big ideas but wobbly foundations
By James Hadfield
Human pyramids and other gymnastic formations become an ominous metaphor in Yuta Shimotsu¡¯s sophomore feature, but the film¡¯s reach exceeds its grasp.
Before Meiko Kaji¡¯s hyperviolent action movies in the 1970s attracted a cult following, she made great efforts to learn the ropes of the entertainment industry.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 12, 2026
Meiko Kaji studied hard to smolder on screen
By Mark Schilling
The star of ¡°Lady Snowblood¡± and other 1970s action films looks back on the serendipities that shaped her early career ¡ª and her dogged determination to hone her craft.
Asics will spin off trendy shoe brand Onitsuka Tiger
Widely popularized by ¡°Kill Bill,¡± Onitsuka Tiger started as a sport shoe brand and later became a fashion trend under parent Asics.
¡®Messenger of God¡¯ and six others arrested over teen¡¯s confinement
Nara police have arrested a self-proclaimed "messenger of God" and six others over the confinement of a company executive's teenage son at a relative's house in Yokohama.
Benefits for foreign tourists spark debate in Japan
Tourists in Nara Park in March
Trump faces backlash over Naruto-style hero video
A video posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on his social media account shows him portraying himself as the protagonist of the Japanese anime series ¡°Naruto.¡±
Parliamentary panel approves draft proposal on revising Imperial House Law
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako with other royal family members at the Akasaka Palace's imperial garden in Tokyo in April
Could Hoshoryu be the last Mongolian yokozuna?
Hoshoryu attends a Japan Sumo Association event in Tokyo in September 2025.
How Tokyo aims to turn retired military equipment into lasting strategic returns
A security guard takes a selfie beside the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Amagiri, an Asagiri-class destroyer, upon its arrival for a goodwill visit in Metro Manila in February 2018.
What was left unsaid may be biggest takeaway from Xi-Kim summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watch a welcome performance at Pyongyang Gymnasium on Monday.
Foreign couples are turning Japan into a wedding destination
Californians Ben and Ariella Jacoby, who married with Mount Fuji as their backdrop, are part of a growing trend of inbound weddings in Japan.

Podcast

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

Longform

Community programs and tracking systems are expanding across Japan as local governments search for ways to prevent dementia-related disappearances.
He told his wife he was ¡®coming home.¡¯ Then he disappeared.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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