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Japan coach Eddie Jones, seen on Nov. 15 in Cardiff, guided the Brave Blossoms to a win over Georgia on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Nov 23, 2025
Japan slips past Georgia to shake up rankings ahead of Rugby World Cup draw
Japan and Wales will now go into the World Cup draw as second seeds.
A Georgian anti-government demonstrator protests outside parliament in central Tbilisi on Oct. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
After a year of rallies and no revolution, Georgia¡¯s protesters still defiant
Mass rallies have gripped Georgia since a disputed parliamentary election last October plunged Tbilisi into turmoil and prompted the EU to effectively freeze its accession bid.
Mikheil Kavelashvili, elected by lawmakers as Georgia's new president, takes an oath during his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Tbilisi on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 30, 2024
New Georgian president sworn in; predecessor calls him illegitimate leader
The presidential standoff is seen as a watershed moment in Georgia, which had been regarded as among the most pro-Western of the former Soviet states.
Supporters of Georgia's opposition parties hold a rally to protest against the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union, in Tbilisi on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2024
Georgia pro-EU protesters defiant as thousands rally for 11th day
Thousands of people gathered outside the parliament building in the capital Tbilisi on Sunday, waving EU flags and blowing whistles.
Georgian anti-government protesters face off against police during consecutive days of mass demonstrations against the government's postponement of European Union accession talks in central Tbilisi on Dec. 3.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2024
Georgia?has crossed a Russian Rubicon
A tipping point came last week when authorities in the capital Tbilisi sent masked police to raid the headquarters of opposition parties.
Police disperse anti-government protesters during a ninth consecutive day of mass demonstrations against the government's postponement of European Union accession talks, in central Tbilisi early Saturday.
WORLD
Dec 7, 2024
Dozens arrested in overnight crackdown on Georgia pro-EU protests
Security forces fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the thousands of people who had gathered outside parliament in Tbilisi.
The fall of Aleppo in Syria to political chaos in Tbilisi, Georgia, and even recent events in Paris, give us a glimpse of a possible post-American new world disorder.
COMMENTARY
Dec 4, 2024
Welcome to the post-American new world disorder
From Aleppo in Syria, to Tbilisi, Georgia, and even Paris, last weekend gave us a glimpse of a possible post-American new world disorder.
Thousands of people gather for a third night of protests against the government's decision to shelve European Union membership talks until 2028, near the parliament building in Tbilisi on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 2, 2024
Tens of thousands rally in Georgia as new election calls are rebuffed
Georgia has been rocked by turmoil since the governing Georgian Dream party claimed victory in Oct.?26 parliamentary polls.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili attends an opposition rally to protest after the government halted the EU application until 2028, in Tbilisi, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2024
Georgian president pledges to stay on after violent clashes
Georgian police and special forces cleared protesters and barricades from the main street of Tbilisi.
Georgian opposition supporters rally to protest results of the parliamentary elections that showed a win for the ruling Georgian Dream party, outside the parliament building in central Tbilisi on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2024
Georgia to partially recount votes in disputed poll
Pro-Western opposition parties have refused to recognize the results of Saturday¡¯s vote, which they claim was falsified in favor of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Protesters, including supporters of Georgia's opposition parties, hold a rally to dispute the result of a recent parliamentary election won by the ruling Georgian Dream party, in Tbilisi, Georgia on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 29, 2024
Georgia and Moldova votes show challenges of EU enlargement push
The EU has been making a renewed push to bring in new members since Russia¡¯s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Georgian opposition supporters rally to protest the results of the parliamentary elections that showed a win for the ruling Georgian Dream party, outside the parliament building in central Tbilisi on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2024
Thousands protest Georgia voting results as EU and U.S. signal worry
The U.S. has called for an investigation into the election results while the European Union was critical of it.
Georgian oligarch and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili gives a speech Tbilisi on Saturday as Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze looks on.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2024
Ruling party set to win Georgia election amid opposition protests
If the partial results confirm the victory of the Georgian Dream party, the country could be heading for closer ties with neighboring Russia.
Bidzina Ivanishvili, former prime minister and founder of the Georgian Dream party, waves during a pro-government rally in support of a bill regarding "foreign agents" in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 29.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
Georgia¡¯s shark-owning billionaire tells voters: Don¡¯t risk war with Russia
Memories are fresh of a 2008 war with Russia over the Moscow-backed breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which lasted five days and ended in Georgia¡¯s defeat.
Demonstrators hold a rally in Tbilisi, Georgia, in May against a bill labeling organizations that receive foreign funding as spies. The passing of the so-called Russia law has been a setback for Georgia's democracy.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 29, 2024
Democracy is on tenuous ground this ¡®election year¡¯
From former Soviet countries to India and even the U.S., democracies are backsliding and authoritarianism is gaining ground, with far-reaching global implications.
Georgia forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates his team's second goal during its group-stage win over Portugal on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Jun 27, 2024
Georgia makes history by reaching Euro 2024 knockouts
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia¡¯s finish with less than two minutes on the clock clinched Georgia¡¯s greatest soccer victory.
Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes (left) fights for the ball against Czech Republic midfielder Antonin Barak during their Euro 2024 group stage clash on Tuesday in Leipzig, Germany.
SOCCER
Jun 19, 2024
Ronaldo¡¯s Portugal scrapes out Euro 2024 opening win
Earlier in the group¡¯s other clash, Turkey bested Georgia 3-1 in a pulsating match in Dortmund.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili delivers a speech during an gathering celebrating Europe Day outside her residence in Tbilisi on May 9.
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2024
Georgia president vetoes controversial ¡®foreign influence¡¯ law
The law has sparked unprecedented protests and warnings from Brussels that the measure would undermine Tbilisi¡¯s EU aspirations.
The ruling Georgian Dream Party, whose leader is pro-Russian, holds a rally in support of the government in Tbilisi on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2024
What if Russia wins in Ukraine? Ask Georgia.
A billionaire leader in Tblisi echoes Moscow as he rails against ¡°global party of war.¡±
Demonstrators rally against a controversial "foreign influence" bill, which Brussels warns would undermine Georgia's aspirations to join the European Union, in Tbilisi early on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2024
Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at Georgia pro-EU protesters
Riot police beat and arrested scores of people protesting against a bill that critics say resembles Russian legislation used to silence dissent.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ?3,000 from ?1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men¡¯s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan¡¯s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
¡®My dream is broken¡¯: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan¡¯s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan¡¯s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan¡¯s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troubl¨¦, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu¡¯s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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