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A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, in September 2024.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2026
U.S. adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods
The U.S. is ​one of very few Western nations that still uses the death penalty, although public support for capital punishment has gradually ​declined among Americans.
The Epaminondas ship is seen during seizure by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Strait of Hormuz in this image released Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 25, 2026
Iranian foreign minister arrives in Pakistan; Trump expects offer satisfying U.S. demands
The U.S. president said that Iran plans to make an offer aimed at satisfying U.S. demands, but added that he did not yet know what the offer entailed.
Japan's Zoom asked Zoom Video Communications to stop using the logo for the videoconferencing service in April 2020.
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2026
Zoom ordered to pay damages for violating Japan firm’s trademark
In handing down the ruling, the presiding judge acknowledged that the two companies’ logos were similar in appearance and name.
Japan Bank for International Cooperation's headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2026
Japan’s three megabanks and JBIC to provide ¥250 billion in loans for U.S. projects
The entities are expected to invest additional funds in stages later on under a tariff deal between the two countries.
A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launches from the Space Force Station at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2026
It’s up to SpaceX and Blue Origin to stick the moon landing
NASA is betting on SpaceX and Blue Origin to build lunar landers for the Artemis III mission next year, paving the way for the first mission back to the moon since 1972.
Andon Market in San Francisco represents a vision, however flawed, of a future when more sophisticated AI agents take over work traditionally done by humans.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 24, 2026
An AI agent takes over a store and orders too many candles
The San Francisco shop represents a vision, however flawed, of a future when more sophisticated AI agents take over work traditionally done by humans.
A man navigates the rubble of a building at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran after it was targeted by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, on April 4.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 24, 2026
Iran war has drained U.S. supplies of critical, costly weapons
White House officials have refused to estimate the cost of the conflict so far, but two independent groups say the expense is just under $1 billion a day.
Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during an interview on Monday in New York.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2026
U.N. official calls for concessions at NPT review meeting
There is growing sentiment in Europe and elsewhere that possessing nuclear weapons is necessary for national security, Izumi Nakamitsu said.
Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted at Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York City on Jan. 5.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2026
U.S. soldier charged with using classified info to bet on Maduro’s capture
Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a 38-year-old special forces soldier, allegedly made more than $400,000 trading on Polymarket’s prediction market.
Italian players react after losing a World Cup qualifying playoff final against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on March 31.
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 24, 2026
Italy dismisses talk of replacing Iran at upcoming World Cup
The Iranian embassy to Rome responded by saying that the suggestion showed U.S. “moral bankruptcy.”
Escalating violations of international law by major powers, especially under U.S. President Donald Trump with his conflicts and actions in Iran and Venezuela, expose the fragility of the rules-based order but also create an opportunity for reform.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2026
Trump has made the case for international law
The task now is to re-imagine an international legal regime that works more reliably for more people, without exception for the powerful.
A Type-88 missile is test-fired near Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, in June. Japan’s easing of arms export restrictions is intended to strengthen security cooperation and defense capabilities while adapting to a more unstable global environment.
EDITORIALS
Apr 24, 2026
Japan’s new arms export stance and changing security realities
This new policy responds to the new security reality, recognizing that dangers are mounting and every nation must do more.
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 24, 2026
Trump’s messaging blitz divides advisers as Iran talks waver
The president’s Truth Social posts have been detrimental to ongoing negotiations through mediators such as Pakistan, according to U.S. officials.
The reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 24, 2026
Trump’s rush to end Iran war risks delivering weak nuclear deal
With talks on hold amid a tentative ceasefire, the Trump administration is eager to find an alternative to restarting an unpopular war that has roiled markets and drawn criticism.
Relatives of a Hezbollah fighter mourn during his funeral ceremony amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in southern Lebanon, on Thursday.
WORLD
Apr 24, 2026
Lebanon-Israel ceasefire extended by three weeks after Oval Office meeting
The ceasefire, reached after talks between Lebanon and Israel’s ambassadors in Washington last week, was set to expire on Sunday.
Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2026
U.S. says no deadline for Iran proposal amid Hormuz standoff
Tehran says it has no plans to take part in negotiations imminently.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2026
Japanese scientist accused of putting chemicals in co-worker’s water in U.S.
A staff researcher at the Influenza Research Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is being prosecuted on charges including recklessly endangering safety.
An interactive display at the iRootech Technology Co. offices in Guangzhou, China, on April 15. There is growing appetite in the U.S. Congress for restricting the flow of AI technology to China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 23, 2026
AI export control measures aimed at China gain steam in U.S. House
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee is seeking to close what lawmakers see as loopholes allowing China to access powerful U.S. technology including Nvidia chips.
Demonstrators march past riot police outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing in September 2012. The global media often misrepresents Japan as nationalistic, driven in part by China-backed narratives and unfair stereotypes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 23, 2026
Falling for Beijing’s anti-Japan propaganda is dangerously naive
This mischaracterization is rooted in Japan’s wartime history, but also shaped by blatant ideological bias and propaganda.
People walk past buildings destroyed during Israeli strikes in Tyre, Lebanon, on April 10.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2026
Israel’s Lebanon buffer zone is a fallacy and no path to peace
Rather than taking more land where opponents will always exist, the wiser strategy is to pursue a political settlement.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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