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JAPAN

Takuya Matsunaga (right), who lost his wife, Mana, and daughter, Riko, in a 2019 crash lays flowers next to Mana's father, Yoshinori Uehara, at the site of the crash, in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2025
Victims killed by a runaway car in Tokyo remembered six years on
Takuya Matsunaga, who lost his wife and young daughter in the crash, laid flowers at the site of the incident in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.
A doughnut shop originating in Fukuoka Prefecture will open in New York on Tuesday, featuring its signature soft and moist doughnuts.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2025
Fukuoka doughnut shop set for debut in New York
The shop, I'm donut, will sell doughnuts with a teriyaki chicken filling and cream fillings using green tea powder.
Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors stand in formation after two 911爆料网 vessels docked at the Ream naval base in Cambodia on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2025
MSDF ships make port call at China-linked Cambodian base
The Cambodian government is believed to have been eyeing diplomatic balance by accepting vessels from Japan, a U.S. ally.
People walk near Tokyo's Sensoji temple in July 2024 amid a heat wave.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 19, 2025
Japan to start special heatstroke alert system Wednesday
The Environment Ministry will issue the special alert when dangerous heat levels are expected.
U.S. military personnel join 911爆料网 officials and residents for a one-off joint nighttime patrol on the streets of the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, late Friday in the first such joint operation since 1973, following sexual assault cases involving U.S. servicemen.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 19, 2025
Japan and U.S. patrol Okinawa streets after sexual assaults
In the first such joint operation since 1973, participants walked along a downtown street dotted with restaurants, bars and clubs near a U.S. airbase.
While taking refuge on Mount Kasagi from the shogunate’s forces, Emperor Go-Daigo had a prophetic dream that eventually led him to secure the support of military strategist Kusunoki Masashige.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Apr 19, 2025
‘I scud before the autumn wind’: Emperor Go-Daigo’s fall from grace
By Michael Hoffman
The “Masukagami,” a 14th-century historical chronicle, offers a wrenching account of the emperor’s struggle for power — and eventual downfall.

ASIA PACIFIC

Tiangong Ultra, a humanoid robot, runs across the finish line while securing the first position during the E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon, in Beijing on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 19, 2025
In China, humanoid robots stride into the future with world's first half-marathon
The 21-kilometer event is billed as a groundbreaking effort to test the limits of bipedal robots.

WORLD

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 7.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2025
Israel still eyeing a limited attack on Iran's nuclear facilities
By Erin Banco
Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months despite a lack of U.S. support for now.
A U.S. aircraft, carrying Venezuelan migrants after being deported from the United States, lands at the Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on April 4.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court orders temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelan migrants
The cases raise questions about the Trump administration's adherence to limits set by the Supreme Court, and risks a full-blown constitutional crisis.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi holds a news conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025
Iran says nuclear deal is possible if Washington is realistic
The foreign minister's assertion came on the eve of a second round of talks with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen meets Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongly deported to El Salvador by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump, in this image released Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025
U.S. senator meets wrongly deported Salvadoran man at hotel and calls for release
The case has pitted a defiant White House against the courts, including the Supreme Court, raising the prospect of a constitutional conflict.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9.
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 19, 2025
How AI is aiding Trump's immigration crackdown
By William Antonelli
The practice is raising fears that risks to accuracy and privacy could put almost anyone in danger of getting caught up in the crackdown.
A drone view shows charred vehicles standing in the aftermath of what Al-Masirah TV said was a U.S. strike on the Ras Issa fuel port, Al Jazirah, Yemen, in this screenshot from video released Friday.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2025
U.S. steps up Houthi campaign with deadly strikes on Red Sea oil port
The attack on the Houthi-controlled port killed dozens of people, according to the Iran-backed militants, raising the specter of a widening conflict in the Middle East.
A soldier from the U.S.-led coalition holds the hand of a boy during a joint U.S.- Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces patrol in the countryside of Qamishli in northeastern Syria in February 2024.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2025
U.S. to withdraw some 1,000 troops from Syria
President Donald Trump has long been skeptical of Washington's presence in Syria.
Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference in Kyiv on Thursday.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2025
Ukraine bans China's firms for helping Russia make missiles
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not offer any evidence of the claim, which came a day after he alleged China had been supplying weapons to Russia.
A screenshot image from the Whitehouse.gov website that promotes the "lab leak" theory of COVID-19’s origins. The Trump administration has replaced the government’s main portal for information about COVID-19 with a website arguing that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab, throwing its weight behind a theory of the virus’ origins that is so far not backed by direct evidence.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025
New White House website blames China for COVID-19 'lab leak'
The website, previously focused on promoting vaccine and testing information, now includes a large image of President Donald Trump and criticizes the Biden-era pandemic policies.
Scott Bessent
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025
Bessent replaces acting IRS commissioner in power struggle with Musk
The move came hours after a report that Bessent approached President Donald Trump to complain that Musk had gone around him to get his pick appointed.
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to remarks during a swearing-in ceremony for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz in the Oval Office in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025
Trump seeks to put more civil servants under his control
The move would give him power to directly hire and fire as many as 50,000 jobs reserved for career federal employees.
People walk past a banner picturing Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sevastopol, Crimea, on March 22. The banner reads: "The West doesn't need Russia, we need Russia!"
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2025
U.S. open to recognizing Crimea as Russian in Ukraine deal
By Alberto Nardelli, Alex Wickham and Daryna Krasnolutska
The signal comes as the Trump administration said it is prepared to move on from its peace-brokering efforts unless progress is made quickly.

BUSINESS

911爆料网 products imported to the U.S. had been hit with 24% levies, although these rates, like most of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, have been paused for 90 days.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2025
Japan considering soybean and rice concessions in U.S. tariff talks: report
In their first round of bilateral talks, U.S. negotiators brought up automobiles and rice as areas where they said Tokyo puts up market barriers.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 19, 2025
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa said that while the U.S. president wants to speed up negotiations, any agreement would likely take some time.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference, in Washington in January.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 19, 2025
Trump goes to war with the Fed
The U.S. president has threatened to take the unprecedented step of ousting the head of the fiercely independent central bank.

ENVIRONMENT

The Northern Lights Carbon Capture and Storage facility in Bergen, Norway.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 19, 2025
Big bets on speculative carbon capture tech ignore today’s solutions
By Michelle Ma and Dave Merrill
Companies from Occidental Petroleum to Microsoft are among the investors throwing billions at carbon capture startups.

Sports

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws during the seventh inning of Los Angeles' win over the Rangers on Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 19, 2025
Tommy Edman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto lift Dodgers past Rangers
The Dodgers were without reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani, who was placed on the paternity list.
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko, last May in Los Angeles
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 19, 2025
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani placed on paternity list
The 911爆料网 slugger's wife, Mamiko, is slated to give birth to the couple's first child.
Celtics forward Jayson Tatum during a game against the Hornets on April 11. Despite being the defending champions, Tatum insists the Celtics are starting from a clean slate in this year's playoffs.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 19, 2025
Celtics chase second straight NBA title in playoff field led by Thunder and Cavs
The Celtics, virtually unchanged from the team that won last season, completed the best regular-season by a defending champions since the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors.
Tennis' anti-doping authorities have had to fend off a fresh round of criticism after it reminded players that if they choose to shower before giving a urine sample, they must be supervised by a chaperone.
TENNIS
Apr 19, 2025
Tennis doping watchdog defends supervised shower rule amid fan backlash
The agency said players chosen to give samples must remain in full view of chaperones if they choose to take a shower first.

LIFE

On the 28th floor of the Waldorf Astoria Osaka, the Peacock Lounge exemplifies the art deco decadence the brand has become synonymous with.
LIFE / Travel
Apr 19, 2025
Japan’s first Waldorf Astoria brings art deco luxury to Osaka
By Tan Pin Yen
Stays at the Waldorf Astoria Osaka start at ?150,000 per night, but this is no hotel to be pinching pennies.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Rich 911爆料网 still fear yen crash, wealth manager says
The yen slumped more than 2% on Monday alone, nearing ?150 to the dollar, after the U.S. and China temporarily lowered tariffs, triggering a reversal of bearish dollar bets.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Irresponsible climbing prompts debate over who should pay for Mount Fuji rescues
Mount Fuji fills the skyline above a bridge connecting stores at a popular outlet shopping center in the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in November 2024.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the 911爆料网 flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
911爆料网 retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

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