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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after disembarking Air Force One as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2026
Trump attacks Pope Leo, calling him ¡®terrible¡¯ for foreign policy and ¡®weak¡¯ on crime
?The U.S.-born pontiff has emerged as an outspoken critic of the U.S. president's foreign and immigration policies.
A Tesla robotaxi drives on a street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, on June 22. CEO Elon Musk has set an ambitious timeline of having "millions of Teslas operating autonomously¡± by the second half of next year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 1, 2025
How Tesla and Waymo¡¯s radically different robotaxi approaches will shape the industry
The differing strategies have far-reaching implications for the early pecking order in the nascent autonomous-driving space.
Tesla's story about keeping used cars for "robotaxis" fits a long pattern of unfulfilled promises to deploy self-driving vehicles ¡ª most recently announced for June in Austin, Texas.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2025
Tesla took back leased cars for use as ¡¯robotaxis,¡¯ but sold them instead
Despite repeated promises, the robotaxis never came and Tesla flipped many of the off-lease cars to new buyers.
Signage at a Tesla store in Colma, California, on Monday. Tesla shares plunged to their worst day in more than four years, extending a slide in 2025 amid growing concerns on Wall Street about demand for the company's electric cars.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 11, 2025
Tesla¡¯s stock defied gravity for years. Is Elon Musk¡¯s EV party over?
The bulk of Tesla's worth rests on hopes for autonomous vehicles it hasn't yet delivered, despite Musk's continued promises.
The Tesla gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Nothing in Texas law would stop Tesla from launching a robotaxi service.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 11, 2025
Tesla robotaxis by June? Musk turns to Texas for hands-off regulation
Nothing in Texas law would stop Tesla from launching a robotaxi service.
Properties destroyed by the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, in 2017
WORLD
Jan 28, 2025
Earlier California fire shows how Los Angeles could rebuild
The experiences of those who rebuilt in Coffey Park and Santa Rosa show the power of collective action, and local government success in streamlining construction.
Thursday night's electronic dance music-infused event had the signature trappings of Elon Musk's salesmanship, but some Tesla investors and experts said they were hoping for more concrete details.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 12, 2024
Tesla¡¯s robotaxi event was long on Musk promises. Investors wanted more details.
Concrete details on how the company plans to transform from an automaker into an autonomous driving and artificial intelligence titan were missing.
U.S. President Donald Trump and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 30, 2020
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2024
Musk scorns subsidies, but Tesla still lobbies for U.S. benefits
Despite Musk's gradual embrace of Trump, the company continues to lobby the U.S. and state governments for benefits championed by the Democratic Party.
Tesla's charging network is widely viewed as a signature achievement for the EV maker and a key driver of its sales. Tesla Superchargers account for more than 60% of U.S. high-speed charging ports, federal statistics show.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2024
The inside story of Elon Musk¡¯s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff
Former charging chief met Musk expecting the go-ahead for a massive expansion of the charging network, but ended up getting fired along with her 500-member team.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2021
A look at the intimate details Amazon knows about us
The company now makes the data it collects on U.S. customers available upon request failing to defeat a measure requiring such disclosures.
¡®AI simply can¡¯t replicate it¡¯: Japan embraces zine trend
A staff member taking a printed newspaper out of the machine at the Kyoto Shimbun factory in Kumiyama, Kyoto Prefecture.
Kyoto police search for missing American tourist
James "Weston" Higginbotham was last seen in Kyoto on May 29.
Japan should prepare for an intense typhoon season this year, experts say
Elevated water levels are seen along the Tama River in Kawasaki's Tama Ward as Tropical Storm Jangmi brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Kanto region Wednesday.
Japan likely sold Treasurys to fund yen intervention
Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura speaks to reporters in Tokyo on May 1 following reports of Japan's possible intervention in the currency market.
Man sues hospital after wife gives birth using someone else¡¯s sperm
The Kyoto District Court in the city of Kyoto heard a complaint Wednesday from a man who says his estranged wife presented someone else's sperm as his and was able to undergo successful fertility treatment using it without his awareness.
How Japan created its naphtha supply bottleneck
Japan received 93% of its oil via the Strait of Hormuz prior to the Feb. 28 start of the Iran war.
¡®Fujiko¡¯ transforms a mother¡¯s resilience into festival gold
¡°Fujiko¡± stars Yuki Katayama (left) as a scrappy single mother who fights for her autonomy in 1970s and ¡¯80s Japan.
Japan should prepare for an intense typhoon season this year, experts say
Elevated water levels are seen along the Tama River in Kawasaki's Tama Ward as Tropical Storm Jangmi brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Kanto region Wednesday.
The LDP wants another coalition partner. Will it happen?
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), delivers a question during a House of Representatives plenary session on May 25. Making the DPP a coalition member would make it easier for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (above left) to drive forward her legislative agenda.
Japan¡¯s Cannes moment signals a new global push
Tao Okamoto (left) and Virginie Efira (right) shared the Cannes Film Festival¡¯s best actress honor for their roles in Ryusuke Hamaguchi¡¯s ¡°All of a Sudden,¡± a coproduction between Japan, France, Belgium and Germany.

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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