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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby speaks during a media event in Los Angeles on March 24.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2026
United Airlines CEO pitched American Airlines tie-up in meeting with Trump, sources say
A combination of two of the largest U.S. network carriers would be the most consequential consolidation since the last wave of big airline mergers ?ended more than a decade ago.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol as passengers wait in line at a TSA checkpoint, after hundreds of ICE agents were deployed to airports to help fill TSA staffing gaps, at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2026
TSA says 460 airport officers quit as standoff poses major security risks
The funding stalemate has forced 50,000 airport security officers to go without pay has caused delays at airports and is posing major security risks.
A United Airlines aircraft taxis next to the wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet that collided with a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, on Monday.
WORLD
Mar 24, 2026
Two pilots killed in New York runway collision as Trump sends ICE to airports
The crash at LaGuardia Airport also injured dozens of passengers and led to hundreds of flight cancellations in the latest disruption for airports amid a personnel shortage.
A Transportation Security Administration agent at New York's LaGuardia airport on Sunday
WORLD
Mar 23, 2026
Staff absences soar at some U.S. airports as ICE agents prepare to screen travelers
Over a third of Transportation Security Administration staff at major U.S. airports were absent amid a partial shutdown, with immigration enforcement agents set to fill in.
The coal industry celebrated the announced U.S. reversal on climate action, saying it would help stave off retirements of aging coal-fired power plants.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 13, 2026
Trump revokes basis of U.S. climate regulation and ends vehicle emission standards
It is the most sweeping climate policy rollback to date, after a string of regulatory cuts and other moves intended to unfetter fossil fuel development.
Overturning the legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules, which will lead to the repeal of vehicle emissions rules, marks the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump's ?most sweeping climate change policy rollback to date.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 11, 2026
White House says Trump plans to rescind climate change finding key to auto rules
Overturning the legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules will mark the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump's ?most sweeping climate change policy rollback to date.
The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran outside the Iranian Embassy in London on Monday
WORLD / Society
Jan 15, 2026
Iran closes airspace to most flights as U.S. withdraws some personnel from bases
U.S. President ?Donald Trump has been weighing intervention in Iran as it cracks down on its biggest anti-government protests in years, while Tehran has said it would retaliate.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will allow Nvidia to export its second most powerful AI chips to China after the company was previously barred from doing so.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 14, 2026
U.S. gives green light to Nvidia H200 chip exports to China
Under a new rule, Nvidia can export but will need to certify that there are enough chips in the U.S., while Chinese customers must demonstrate "sufficient security procedures."
Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Nov. 26. Along with social media handles, the U.S. would require all travelers who must complete an Electronic System for Travel Authorization form to submit email addresses used over the last 10 years and names, birth dates, residences and the birthplaces of parents, siblings, children and spouses.
WORLD
Dec 12, 2025
U.S. travel group and foreign tourists leery of Trump plan to vet social media
The change, expected to take effect on Feb. 8, would require travelers to the U.S. from countries in the visa waiver program to submit social media data.
An Airbus A320 production line in Hamburg, Germany, in June 2018.
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2025
From 'Icarus bug' to flawed panels: Airbus counts cost of relying on single model
This week, Airbus got a brutal reminder that even the world¡¯s most-delivered jet isn¡¯t immune to shocks as disparate as solar flares and flawed metal.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces his administration will ease fuel economy standards, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. A reduction to the standards, proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, would cost Americans an additional $185 billion in fuel and increase carbon dioxide emissions by about 5%.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 4, 2025
Trump proposes easing fuel rules, in boost for automakers, despite emissions
A reduction to the standards, proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, would cost Americans more for fuel and increase carbon dioxide emissions by about 5%.
Flight timings and cancellations are displayed on the departures board, a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2025
Trump tells air traffic controllers to return to work as flight cancellations jump
The shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, has forced 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration agents to work without pay.
Canceled flights at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on Friday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2025
U.S. flight delays and cancellations accelerate amid record shutdown
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned air travel would fall to a ¡°trickle¡± in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Smoke rises from the wreckage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2025
Investigators find 'black boxes' from UPS plane crash that killed at least 12
The 34-year-old MD-11 freighter was bound for Honolulu with three crew members aboard when it crashed just after clearing a fence at the end of the runway during takeoff.
The U.S. transportation secretary warned on Tuesday that if the federal government shutdown continued, he would have to close some of the national airspace to air traffic, which could upend American aviation.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2025
U.S. orders 10% flights cut at major U.S. airports due to shutdown
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cited air-traffic control safety concerns for the reduction as a government shutdown hit a record 36th day.
Smoke rises from the wreackage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025
At least seven dead after UPS plane crashes in Kentucky and erupts into ball of fire
Seven, including all three aboard the aircraft, were killed, while 11 others on the ground were injured.
An FAA air traffic control tower at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Oct. 24
WORLD / Society
Oct 28, 2025
Thousands of U.S. flights delayed as government shutdown halts paychecks
Roughly 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must work without pay amid a government shutdown.
Transportation Security Administration agents at a security checkpoint at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, on Monday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. air safety workers tighten belts as shutdown drags on
The 60,000 men and women responsible for keeping American skies safe have gone unpaid throughout the government shutdown.
Unlike with many foreign carriers, Russia did not ban Chinese airlines from flying over its airspace, and they have been using this advantage to increase market share on international routes.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2025
Chinese airlines oppose Trump plan to ban flying over Russia on U.S. routes
Last week, the U.S. Transportation Department proposed banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on routes to and from the United States.
Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch (L) and his wife Sarah at the White House in 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump says that Murdoch and business leaders Larry Ellison and Michael Dell will be involved in an upcoming deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 22, 2025
Lachlan Murdoch, Michael Dell, Ellison involved in TikTok deal, Trump says
The proposed investors would give Trump influence over an app that helps shape public discourse on politics and culture with its 170 million U.S. users.
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¡¯

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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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