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He is the youngest athlete in Japan's Asian Games history.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 8:35 am
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The 100-meter sprints are one of the highlights of any Games, but the 30,000-capacity Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium appeared to be only about one-quarter full on Friday night.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 8:18 am
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The ¥70 billion park opened last July to high expectations that it would help extend tourist stays and boost the local economy.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 8:00 am
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping discussed matters ranging from AI and trade to the stalled war in Iran.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 6:03 am
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is believed to be seeking a call with U.S. President Donald Trump to dispel Tokyo's concerns.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 3:25 am
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There will be no new Kusamas, but rarity is another matter. Her death exposes the very different kinds of scarcity within her vast body of work.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 2:45 am
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The finance minister also reiterated her readiness to again support the yen and played down jitters over the recent gains in bond yields.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 1:40 am
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U.S. President Donald Trump told aides he expects to resume bombing after November congressional elections.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 12:56 am
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Since Esquel's blacklisting, three garment makers in Vietnam have continued to source much of its cotton while also selling products to the U.S.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 12:47 am
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As of early this week, $307 million of the $400 million of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funding had been obligated, sources said.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 12:46 am
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Claims that a Canadian-Haitian writer used AI tools to write his best-selling debut novel are posing questions about how AI can be detected.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 12:37 am
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Trump last week banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, before a judge ordered the administration to restore their access.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 12:29 am
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The company's agentic AI systems interacted with public U.S. Census and SEC data, people familiar with the situation said.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 12:29 am
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State and local officials, as well as potentially some nonprofit organizations, may be given access to passport records to verify voters' citizenship.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 11:34 pm
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As U.S. President Donald Trump withholds millions of dollars in U.S. dues and pulls out of dozens of agencies, China is filling the gap.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 11:34 pm
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Underneath many of U.S. President Donald Trump's grand gestures at his summit with Xi Jinping, there were signs of the limits to their relationship.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 11:33 pm
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The currency strengthened as much as 1.2%, the most since Sept. 7, to ¥156.94 per dollar on Friday, outperforming all of its Group-of-10 peers.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 11:29 pm
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Major investors remain reluctant to commit heavily to domestic bonds while yields are still climbing and few clues about how much rates must rise.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 11:29 pm
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Yoshinori Shimatani, a fourth-generation "orin" (standing bell) master craftsman, views his process as equal parts physical and spiritual.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 11:05 pm
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Despite historical, cultural and culinary draws, only 10% of overseas visitors set foot in Aichi and Gifu prefectures.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 11:00 pm
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In swimming, Kodai Nishiono won the gold medal in the men's 200-meter backstroke.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 3:24 pm
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Tropical Storm Surigae is currently 791 kilometers south-southeast of Okinawa, packing top sustained winds of 74 kilometers per hour.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 9:32 am
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The move comes as major financial institutions increase their exposure to the rapidly expanding sector.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 9:31 am
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The National Disaster Management Agency will be launched on Nov. 2 and serve as the government's command center for disaster preparedness.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 9:29 am
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Minoru Kiuchi's comments follow renewed weakness in the yen and further gains in government bond yields this week.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 9:06 am
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Once a rising star of sleek R&B, Friday Night Plans has spent the past few years dismantling the pop persona she built.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 9:00 am
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Some municipalities are flipping their low name recognition into opportunities for self-promotion.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 8:49 am
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There's little purpose to parsing who won the vote; the point is that opponents of Putin and his war were jailed, exiled or banned from running.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 8:13 am
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Trump hailed the superpowers' "common interests" that he said made the two "allies in World War II" — remarks likely to raise eyebrows in Tokyo.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 7:37 am
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Those who defend sweeping financial sanctions often claim that popular suffering is a defensible means of pressuring the target government.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 7:25 am