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Breaking news and features about Japan from the nation's most widely read English-language newspaper.
日本で最も読まれている英文ニュース。
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Thailand has banned a textbook about the country on national security grounds, with the tome's exiled editor saying it was outlawed over its content on the Thai monarchy.
New Zealand's party leaders made final appeals to voters on Thursday, three days before a general election that polls show is too close to call as discontent around an ailing economy continues to swell.
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What started out as a year of hope for China's stock market has turned into one of disillusion for its 250 million retail investors.
Commentary: By sweeping the midterms, Dems dismantled Trump's unchecked authority, giving global partners like Japan vital new leverage.
While the Japan-U.S. alliance remains relatively well-insulated from executive actions based on bipartisan congressional support, Tokyo will nevertheless brace for changes in post-election White House decision-making.
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In one of the clearest signals that a groundswell of anger over the AI boom has cut across political divides, voters in dozens of U.S. cities have approved restrictions or outright bans on data centers.
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has no plans to attend a two-day leaders meeting of a U.N. climate summit set to start in Turkey on Wednesday.
For the hundreds of thousands of young Britons seeking their first job, artificial intelligence skills are no longer optional, according to data from recruitment platforms.
A Russian military satellite that approached a Western commercial one in mid-October could have been rehearsing an attack, a space specialist said, highlighting two other Russian crafts making an approach on another.
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Nintendo reported a drop in quarterly net profit on Thursday as unit sales slowed for its Switch 2 console, but the Japanese gaming giant is maintaining its annual forecasts.
Japan's Ministry of Finance has denied pushing for Myanmar to be removed from a global financial watchdog's blacklist after a report said last week that it was among countries supporting the removal.
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NTT Docomo on Thursday said that some customers are having trouble accessing the internet on their mobile phones and making calls across Japan.
From artificial intelligence to Chiikawa, Japan's 2026 buzzword nominees offer a glimpse into a year defined by technology, economic uncertainty and internet memes.
Commentary: The 2026 U.S. midterms evoke memories of the post-Watergate political realignment that elected Jimmy Carter, but it is unlikely to reverse America's broader shift away from liberal internationalism.
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Sony Group raised its profit outlook after a string of entertainment hits propelled better-than-expected results in the September quarter.
Japan's National Police Agency has said that it will establish an expert panel to consider expanding child safety seat requirements.
As Nigeria heads toward elections in just over two months, political battles will be waged over the airwaves and at rallies — and, perhaps more importantly, behind the scenes, by the country's "godfathers."
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A backdoor that turned 1.3 million Chinese-made, internet-connected devices into residential proxies and infected them with malware was shut down by Google, the National Police Agency and Google has said.
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China has blocked the sale of ABB's robotics unit to SoftBank Group, dealing a blow to the Japanese investment firm's plans to expand into physical AI.
Toyota raised its full-year profit forecasts on Thursday on the back of strong demand for hybrid vehicles and the weak yen, despite fierce competition from Chinese rivals.
