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U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a friendship walk through Zhongnanhai, the tightly guarded headquarters of China’s ruling Communist Party, in Beijing on Friday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS

Strategic stalemate: Xi and Trump summit to test limits of managed competition

By Gabriel Dominguez

By the time U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China ended, it was clear that the relationship had moved into one where Beijing operates from a position of assumed parity.

Trump claims 'fantastic trade deals' as summit with China's Xi wraps up

Xi warns Trump that Taiwan missteps could lead to U.S.-China conflict

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a friendship walk through Zhongnanhai, the tightly guarded headquarters of China’s ruling Communist Party, in Beijing on Friday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

While Nissan held a shareholder meeting in 2025, protesters distributed leaflets.

BUSINESS / Markets

Japan could soon tighten rules for shareholder proposals

By Kazuaki Nagata

The threshold for forcing the acceptance of proposals is now just 30,000 shares.

A Cabinet meeting on Friday that approved a revised bill on the retrial system

JAPAN / Crime & Legal

Cabinet approves revision of controversial retrial system

By Kanako Takahara

Critics of Japan's retrial system have said prosecutors' right to appeal is prolonging the court procedures needed for those seeking a retrial, with it sometimes taking decades.

Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who allegedly broke into a home in Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture, on Thursday and killed a woman.

JAPAN / Crime & Legal

Police arrest teenage suspect after woman killed in Tochigi home invasion

A 16-year-old-boy is suspected of breaking into the home of 69-year-old company executive Eiko Tomiyama Thursday morning and killing her while searching for valuables.

Musician Masashi Sada has written roughly 650 songs over a career spanning five decades.

CULTURE / Music

Masashi Sada still believes music begins with melody

By David McNeill

The veteran singer-songwriter discusses fame, artistic independence and why he never chased musical trends.

Musician Masashi Sada has written roughly 650 songs over a career spanning five decades.

The culture agency is looking to pass the copyright revision in the current parliamentary session ending in July and aims to have the law take effect within the next three years.

Copyright law revision to extend compensation for artists

By Yukana Inoue

The Cabinet on Friday pushed forward the bill, which, once passed by parliament, aims to pass on usage fees to musicians.

Masami Ouchi (left), a professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and Kimihiko Nakajima, an associate professor at Kanazawa University, at the education ministry on Tuesday

Japanese researchers gain glimpse into the universe’s first stars

By Jessica Speed

The team observed an ultra-faint galaxy dating to roughly 800 million years after the Big Bang.

Tokyo man arrested for luring girl into prostitution

LDP seeks to penalize sharing national flag vandalism online

Co-payment to reach 50% for prescription drugs similar to OTC ones in Japan

Japan to order social media operators to combat misinformation in elections

Japan’s corporate goods prices in April posted their biggest rise in 12 years, driven by higher oil and naphtha prices, the Bank of Japan said.

Japanese producer prices jump by the most since 2014, backing case for rate hike

By Toru Fujioka

The measure of input prices for Japanese firms rose 2.3% in April from a month earlier, a full point above the highest estimate in a survey of economists.

Itochu and other Japanese trading houses are making investments to solve the supply chain bottleneck for official toys, apparel and collectibles of anime and manga in overseas markets.

Itochu invests in San Francisco venture to chase anime merchandise demand

By Koh Yoshida

Following Itochu's investment, startup Octas will license Japanese characters and work with North American manufacturers and retailers to develop products.

Toyota files to build $2 billion assembly plant in Texas

By Nicholas Takahashi and Chester Dawson

Kioxia prepares U.S. shares after riding AI boom to big profit

By Takashi Mochizuki and Mari Kiyohara

Alphabet sells biggest yen bond on record by foreign issuer

By Atsuko Fukase and Takahiko Hyuga

United Airlines to open two new routes to Japan from Chicago and San Francisco

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before his departure from Beijing Capital Airport on Friday.

Trump claims 'fantastic trade deals' as summit with China's Xi wraps up

By Jesse Johnson

The U.S. leader touted what he portrayed as economic wins at a summit that was overshadowed by Xi's warning of the possibility of conflict over Taiwan.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer returns to the House of Commons after listening to the King's Speech during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on Wednesday.

U.K.'s Starmer faces survival battle as potential rivals circle

By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he will battle to keep his job, and sources close to him say ‌he is determined to fight any leadership contest.

Trump says he is losing patience with Iran after talks with China's Xi

Pentagon’s ‘deal team six’ aims to challenge China’s grip on rare earth power

By Kate O'Keeffe

Manchester's 'King of the North' Andy Burnham seeks U.K. conquest

By Andy Bruce

White House scrambles for gas-price relief as Iran war drags on

By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose

Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu speaks during a news conference to announce Japan's squad for the 2026 World Cup.

Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu names squad for 2026 World Cup

By Sean Carroll

Japan reached the Round of 16 at the last edition of the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

Michihisa Kano named as Nadeshiko Japan head coach on full-time basis

Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Jose Ortiz will take on Preakness on new mount

Sam Kerr to leave Chelsea at end of season

Jon Rahm apologizes after hitting volunteer with divot in 'inexcusable' lapse

People visit the graves of Russian service members killed during Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine at a cemetery on the outskirts of Donetsk, a Russian-controlled city in eastern Ukraine, on April 19.

Putin’s ‘special military operation’ is a catastrophic failure

Sergey Maidukov

Russia's murderous assault on Ukraine is Europe's longest and bloodiest war of the 21st century.

Will artificial intelligence solve wealthy nations' debt woes?

By Kenneth Rogoff

How many Godzillas is too many Godzillas?

By Howard Chua-Eoan

A sigh of relief as Trump visits Xi

Japan food sector: immigration, a labor crunch and rising costs

By Gearoid Reidy

A Volkswagen e-Golf charges at a kiosk outside an elementary school in Escondido, California. A group of corporate bosses and senior bankers has issued a report underlining how clean energy systems are structurally immune to the type of shock caused by the current Middle East crisis.

Clean energy seen as ‘structurally immune’ to Hormuz-style shock

By Alastair Marsh

The war in Iran may ultimately strengthen the case for renewables.

Scientists warn ‘grueling heat’ could impact quarter of World Cup games

Solar power is so big in Europe that electricity is being wasted

By Eamon Farhat

Why more intense bursts of rain are making the planet drier

By Eric Roston

'Robot wolves' in high demand to scare off bears in Japan

Visitors can explore a life-size version of Carl Fredricksen’s house in the “Mundo Pixar Experience” exhibition’s “Up” area.

‘Mundo Pixar Experience’ feels like a homecoming in Tokyo

By Erik Augustin Palm

Packed crowds and long queues aside, the sprawling exhibition succeeds by transforming animated nostalgia into a tactile experience.

Japan’s aging anxieties fuel the disturbing logic of ‘The A-Care: Disusebody’

By Mark Schilling

Meet the mural artists who make Osaka vibrant

By Rachel Teo

4K restoration sharpens the madness of ‘Ichi the Killer’

By Mark Schilling

In Japan, ‘moms pull weight in ways that are superhuman’

By Mishu Callan

Despite Tokyo's outsized impact on Japan in real life, much of Forza Horizon 6's content sends players through Japan's more rural stretches than its neon-soaked cities.

Forza Horizon 6 is all gas, no brakes in series’ first Japan pit stop

By Gendel Gento

The newest entry to the arcade racing series isn't exactly subtle about portraying Japan as a playground for cars — but that's what makes it so fun.

How Japanese grammar captures the gap between legal outcomes and public judgment

By Yaeko Kabe

Ohi Chozaemon XI: ‘We cannot make tradition the absolute rule’

By Jessica Kozuka

How Japanese influencers in China are bridging a growing divide

By Mike Fu

Tokyo’s top pizzaioli have raised the city to the upper crust

By Aarohi Narain

Muslims pray at Tokyo Camii in the Yoyogi-Uehara neighborhood. Though Muslims account for only 0.3% of Japan’s population, rhetoric in online spaces and by conservative politicians has fomented social tensions.

Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears

By Simon Scott and Ben Stubbings

The planned construction of a mosque in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, had been quietly proceeding for years — until a YouTuber decided to run for office.

Exuberant eater Minori will bless your home

Italian creatives find their niche in Japan

By Agnese Dionisio

Counseling and community for foreign cancer patients in Japan

By Jason Bartashius

Please your palate with Tokyo’s international grocery stores

By Mike Fu

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Japanese content creators in China have emerged as informal “digital diplomats,” using social media to share everyday experiences amid a period of deepening tension between Tokyo and Beijing.

How Japanese influencers in China are bridging a growing divide

By Mike Fu

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