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Tom Perry
People walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings after Israeli airstrikes in Beirut on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 19, 2026
Israel steps up Beirut strikes and hits bridges in south Lebanon
Lebanese authorities say at least 10 were killed in the airstrikes.
A Bedouin man who left Sweida governorate as part of an agreement between the Syrian government and Druze militants sleeps in a school that is used as a shelter on July 22.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2025
In Syria¡¯s south, Bedouins uprooted by sectarian clashes see little hope of return
Fear, hostility and grievances on both sides leave little hope of displaced Bedouins returning soon to Sweida, a Druze-majority province.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) greets interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa (left) as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on in Riyadh on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 15, 2025
Syrian leader¡¯s path from global jihad to meeting Trump
The meeting is a huge boost for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa as he tries to bring the fractured country under his control and revive its economy.
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Jan. 16
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2025
Syria¡¯s al-Sharaa declared president for transition, consolidating his power
Al-Sharaa said the first priority in Syria was to fill a vacuum in government ¡°in a legitimate and legal way.¡±
Southern Lebanon near the country's border with Israel on Wednesday, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect
WORLD
Nov 28, 2024
Hezbollah faces long recovery, with thousands of fighters believed killed
One source said the Iran-backed group may have lost up to 4,000 people ¡ª well over 10 times the number killed in its monthlong 2006 war with Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on July 25.
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2024
With Sinwar dead, Israel aims to lock in strategic gains before U.S. election
Goals include reshaping the regional landscape in Israel¡¯s favor and shielding its borders from any future attacks, according to sources.
People inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2024
After heavy Israeli blows, Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war
Friends and foes alike are now watching how effectively the Iran-backed group resists Israeli troops that have crossed into Lebanon.
Palestinian woman Nisreen holds the hand of her son Majd Salem, a six-month-old malnourished Palestinian baby who weighed 3.5 kilograms when he was born and gained just 300 grams in six months, at Kamal Adwan hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on May 9.
WORLD / Society
Jun 25, 2024
Gaza faces the threat of famine: How children starve
More than 1 million of Gaza¡¯s inhabitants face the most extreme form of malnutrition ¡ª classified by the IPC as ¡°Catastrophe or Famine.¡±
Israeli military vehicles maneuver inside the central Gaza strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2023
Alarm over possibility of Palestinian displacement in Gaza war
Comments by some Israeli politicians ¡ª including some close to the government ¡ª have stoked Palestinian and Arab fears of a new Nakba.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2023
Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1 billion in Lebanon courts
Ghosn had been awaiting trial in Japan on charges of underreporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 30, 2023
Sudan risks long conflict as entrenched rivals struggle for control
Even with hundreds of people killed and the capital Khartoum turned into a war zone, there has been little sign of compromise between leaders of the two warring factions.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 9, 2023
Earthquake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Bashar Assad
Amid an outpouring of sympathy for the Syrians hit by the earthquake, Damascus is seizing the moment.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2023
Lebanese elite bury blast probe, pushing fragile state closer to edge
There is now little hope of justice ever being served over the explosion that killed 220 people and devastated swathes of Beirut.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 26, 2022
What became of the Arab Spring?
As the birthplace ¡ª and sole success story ¡ª of the uprisings against autocratic rule looks set to revert to dictatorship, here¡¯s a glance at other countries swept up in the movement.
Magnitude 7.2 quake hits northern Japan
A screenshot of the Japan Meteorological Agency website shows the seismic intensity of Thursday morning's earthquake.
Double barrage of storms to hit Japan this week
A map depicting the paths of Typhoon Mekkhala and Tropical Storm Higos
Two Japanese held in China for allegedly smuggling export-restricted goods
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks during a news conference on Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk¡¯s idea for orbital data centers
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son dismissed the idea of space-based data centers, arguing that the AI race will be won by computing power on Earth.
Japanese companies get serious about workplace DEI
People working in human resources departments participate in a workshop in Tokyo in January. The participants played a card game in which they took on roles of people with various disabilities.
Remembering the wrestlers who rarely make the headlines
Tsurugisho throws salt at a one-day sumo event at the Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
China¡¯s mineral squeeze testing Japan¡¯s military buildup
Samples of rare earth luminescent materials displayed at an exhibition on China¡¯s manufacturing achievements at the National Museum in Beijing in March
Stepping up, not aside: Japan¡¯s retirement-age tour guides
Yoichi Miura (third from left) now divides his time between his import business and guiding international visitors across Japan.
Japan-South Korea detente persists ¡ª but breakthrough remains elusive
While Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have kept relations from sliding backward, experts say they have struggled to turn stability into concrete steps forward.
Japan¡¯s AI goldrush faces backlash as data centers sprout up in urban areas
Erin and Munekazu Tanikawa look out from their balcony at the construction site of a planned 52-meter-tall data center that would dominate their surroundings, in the city of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, last month.

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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Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.
The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan¡¯s culture of conformity
By Tomoko Otake

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