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JAPAN

The owner of a seafood shop in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, provides meals on Wednesday for residents affected by the massive earthquake that hit the region on New Year's Day.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2024
Nationwide donation effort for earthquake-hit Ishikawa gains steam
By Karin Kaneko
From charities and companies to individuals, efforts to help people in areas devastated by the magnitude 7.6 earthquake are proliferating across the country.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2024
Lawmaker Mito Kakizawa to admit to vote-buying allegations
The Lower House lawmaker's admission to vote-buying allegations in a Tokyo mayoral election will come after an initial denial.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an event with students to celebrate the new year in Pyongyang in this undated picture released Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2024
North Korea's Kim sends rare sympathy message to Japan over Ishikawa quake
By Jesse Johnson
The rare communication between the two countries¡¯ leaders delivered Friday is believed to be Kim's first direct message to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Rescuers search for missing victims at a landslide site in the Kawashima district in the city of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Saturday after a major earthquake struck the Noto region on New Year's Day.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2024
Ishikawa quake estimated to cost insurers $6.4 billion, report says
The government is considering designating the powerful earthquake as a disaster of extreme severity, raising subsidy rate for restoration projects.

ASIA PACIFIC

The potential for China to use balloons for spying became a global issue in February when the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2024
Taiwan slams Chinese balloons as safety threat
Taiwan is on high alert for Chinese military and political activity ahead of the Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Kim Yung-ho
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2024
South Korean official says U.S. troops likely to stay even if Trump is re-elected
Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho said this was the case because the U.S. Congress had already decided the matter in a defense bill it recently passed.

WORLD

Boeing's 737 Max 9 under construction at the company's production facility in Renton, Washington, in 2017.
WORLD
Jan 6, 2024
Alaska Air grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 fleet after fuselage blowout
The airline is taking the "precautionary step¡± to temporarily ground the fleet of 65 planes until completion of full maintenance and inspection.
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre speaks at the National Rifle Association annual convention in Indianapolis last April.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2024
Powerful NRA chief Wayne LaPierre resigns ahead of graft trial
LaPierre, 74, chief executive since 1991, steps down just as New York state Attorney General Letitia James brings a corruption trial against the NRA.
A Ukrainian tank crew member looks out from a tank as he holds his position near the town of Bakhmut, in the country's Donetsk region, on Dec. 13.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 6, 2024
As losses mount, Ukrainians fiercely debate future of draft
The debate comes following heavy casualties and almost two years of grinding trench warfare and as the army struggles to fill its ranks.
Critics ¡ª including a number of reporters in the Pentagon press corps ¡ª slammed the decision not to release information that U.S. Secretary of State Lloyd Austin was ill until Friday, five days after he was hospitalized.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2024
Pentagon keeps defense chief's hospitalization under wraps for days
The news ¡ª which was released five days after Lloyd Austin was hospitalized ¡ª emerged as Washington faces a growing crisis in the Middle East.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech to mark the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol at a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College, in Blue Bell, near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2024
Biden says democracy on ballot as he makes case against Trump
Biden¡¯s remarks Friday offered some of his sharpest warnings yet about the threat he says Trump poses to the country¡¯s institutions.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns, in Sioux Center, Iowa, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 6, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal of Colorado ballot disqualification
The case thrusts the court ¡ª whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three justices appointed by Trump ¡ª into the effort to invalidate his bid to reclaim the White House.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2024
JR passengers up 8% during year-end and New Year's holidays
The combined number of users of bullet trains and other rail services came to around 9,869,000 for the period from Dec. 28 to Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 6, 2024
Kishida and Rengo chief amplify push for strong wage growth
Wage gains feeding into demand-led price gains are a condition for any move to normalize monetary policy.

Sports

Spurs center Victor Wembanyama dunks during a game against the Grizzlies on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 6, 2024
Victor Wembanyama sets course to become a basketball billionaire unlike any other
By Randall Williams
Known to fans as "Wemby,¡± Victor Wembanyama entered the NBA with a level of buzz unlike any player since LeBron James.
David Warner walks off the pitch in his final test cricket match on Saturday in Sydney.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Jan 6, 2024
Entertainer Warner bows out of cricket test game a winner
By Nick Mulvenney
Australia opener David Warner said he hoped to be remembered as an entertainer after retiring from cricket's longest format at his home ground in the wake of a third test victory over Pakistan on Saturday.

LIFE

The Sapporo Snow Festival offers outdoor dining, markets, sports, ice sculptures and more across three event sites.
LIFE / Travel
Jan 6, 2024
Asia's winter festivals: Snow, fire and spectacle galore
By FARAH FLEURIMA, SIMON ELEGANT, ALLAN RICHARZ and MIKE KAI CHEN
The ancient city of Nara wards off the wintertime darkness with an unusual tradition: lighting a local mountain on fire.
January may be the month of new diets, but it doesn't have to be a month of short tempers as a result.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 6, 2024
Your 2024 diet isn't a blank check to be hangry
By Howard Chua-Eoan
The neologism combining "hungry¡± and "angry¡± has been around since at least 1956 and made it into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2018.

CULTURE

Not only is Greta Gerwig¡¯s ¡°Barbie¡± a billion-dollar blockbuster, it¡¯s also a fun movie that¡¯s full of heart.
CULTURE / Film
Jan 6, 2024
They can¡¯t all be nominated for best picture, can they?
By Kyle Buchanan
It¡¯s a very competitive year for the top Oscar. With precursor awards like the Golden Globes coming soon, here¡¯s what may make the cut.
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
Search for suspect underway after fatal stabbing at Nagano Station
The crime scene where three people were attacked near JR Nagano Station on Wednesday
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
Fuji TV scandal sparks probes on exploitation within TV industry
Fuji Media Holdings' headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The company will hold an extraordinary board meeting on Thursday over the firestorm sparked by TV host Masahiro Nakai's alleged sexual misconduct.
Drunken driver hits and kills 19-year-old student in Fukushima
Fukushima Prefectural Police have arrested an alleged drunken driver who fatally struck a 19-year-old in Fukushima Prefecture.
Dodgers introduce 911±¬ÁÏÍø pitching phenom Roki Sasaki
Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks during his introductory news conference with the team in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Japan-made games part of a rising tide of indie greatness
One of the brighest spots of Japan's indie gaming landscape in 2024 was Sonokuni, and with more incubators and other avenues of support springing up, there may be more games like it in the future.
Terunofuji¡¯s career was unique ¡ª and great
Yokozuna Terunofuji enters the ring at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo earlier this month during what would be his final tournament.
Fuji TV scandal sparks probes on exploitation within TV industry
Fuji Media Holdings' headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The company will hold an extraordinary board meeting on Thursday over the firestorm sparked by TV host Masahiro Nakai's alleged sexual misconduct.
For kids, 911±¬ÁÏÍø food ¡®is a doorway to exploration¡¯
"A Very Asian Guide to 911±¬ÁÏÍø Food" is the first edition of the Asia-centric series to focus on rice balls, fermented soybeans and other 911±¬ÁÏÍø staples.

Podcast

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

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a ¡°sense of urgency¡± when it comes to Japan¡¯s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. ¡°We have to make sure we are successful,¡± he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike¡¯s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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