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📰 606 headlines in 30 days · 59 on its front page now
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- Rubio cites 'necessity' of U.S. sanctions on ICC in call with Japanese counterpart
- Takaichi again in a bind as U.S. threatens to 'end' ICC
- U.S. sanctions ICC after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
- The court's legislative body demanded "the immediate revocation" of the sanctions, urging "the international community to stand firm" in its defense
- Two die and 16 hurt in Osaka danjiri float festival accidents
- 'Everyone is angry': Okinawans fearful and frustrated after killing
- Driver's license data breaches becoming major concern
- The victims, both men, were crushed under floats that overturned when traveling on the road, according to the Osaka Prefectural Police department
- The alleged murder by an American soldier has reignited controversy over the heavy U.S. military presence on the southern island
- The rush may reflect fears that their license data could be abused. Police, however, say that reissuing a license would do little to prevent crime
- Germany eyes joining GCAP fighter jet project with U.K, Italy and Japan
- More Japanese firms hit by large-scale data breaches
- The companies respectively said that they had found no evidence of unauthorized use of the affected information by third parties
- Tokyo's palace runners say respect vital as Chiyoda considers new safety measures
- What to know about income requirements, pension payments and the all-important statement of reasons
- Tax cut to bring ¥36,000 benefit per citizen, Takaichi says
- The rate for the United States rose 9.3 percentage points from the previous fiscal 2025 survey. The figure stood at 6.6% in fiscal 2024
- Japan to launch research study on rapid-response space transport
- Nishiyama, 31, who holds four titles in the joryu kishi system for women, could become the first female to compete in the top open system
- 26% in Japan see U.S. as biggest threat to world peace: survey
- Newspaper subscription rate in Japan falls below 50% for first time
- Tomoka Nishiyama earns right to become shogi's first female kishi player
- U.S. Treasury chief Scott Bessent to skip IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok
- Trump's AI liability push opens blame game for models gone rogue
- Further complicating any finding of responsibility, a model's behavior is shaped by both its AI developer and the end user deploying the system
- Japan's Prudential Life ordered to halt operations for over three months
- Anthropic cites new AI misbehavior, some on government sites
- Beer maker leaders may have been aware of price cartel
- Major electronics firms bombarded with cyberdefense inquiries
- Trump calls for replacing Zelenskyy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia
- Trust in science falls as COVID-era confidence fades, global survey finds
- Zelenskyy, in some of his sharpest criticism yet of the White House, blasted Trump's deal with Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel
- Every day, Niyaha al-Masri spends six exhausting hours or more queueing at a community kitchen in the hope of getting some food for her family
- Indonesia releases eight orangutans rescued from fires to protected forest
- Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, one year on from ceasefire
- Exiled over cannabis bust, a volleyball star opens up about his second chance
- Shunichiro Sato's arrest is part of a broader wave of drug busts that has swept through Japanese sports this year
- Guardians beat White Sox to complete comeback and punch ticket to ALCS
- Eliud Kipchoge wins first marathon since 2023
- Ronaldo suspended by Portugal FA after leaving camp and criticizing coach
- NASCAR and IndyCar look to generate Formula One-type growth overseas
- With bilateral trade booming, why are Japan-China tensions rising?
- Oct. 7 was a tragedy, what followed was worse
- In our new era of "weaponized interdependence," economic ties can create strategic vulnerabilities
- Closing NATO's deterrence gap
- South Korea's central bank is smart not to kill this boom
- Three years after Oct. 7, Netanyahu's legacy is isolation
- Weather-roiling El Nino hits record strength, Japan weather agency says
- More intense rain is overwhelming flood defenses and reaching places outside predicted risk zones, leaving residents to confront unexpected dangers
- Walking through flames: Orangutan rescued in Indonesia fires
- More than 20 years after their literary debut, two of Nao-Cola Yamazaki's books have finally appeared in English translation for the first time
- 'Children Untold' shines a light on the plight of postwar orphans
- Yayoi Kusama Museum new exhibit unveils a 'ladder to heaven'
- Netflix vies to be a cut above in TV production
- Saving for the future is making some investors 'NISA broke'
- Tokyo walks away with two spots on 50 Best Bars list
- NATO has strengthened defenses against growing Russian hybrid provocations, but stronger penalties are needed to deter further aggression
- The shift in attitudes toward Israel is not unique to the U.S., with international polling showing negative views among voters in several countries
- South Korea's economic boom can continue, with the central bank taking a restrained approach to managing spillovers
Headlines it rewrote
Ronaldo suspended by Portugal FA after leaving camp, criticizing coach
Ronaldo suspended by Portugal FA after leaving camp and criticizing coach
✏️ added 'and' for clarity Workers’ compensation approvals for mental health rose in fiscal 2025
✏️ removed 'record' and 'Japan sees' Man arrested over stabbing outside Ibaraki restaurant whose owner was found dead
Man held over stabbing outside Ibaraki restaurant whose owner was later found dead
✏️ moved 'was found dead' to after 'was later found dead' Kazuo Yana reportedly cut road budgets for two municipalities after their mayors declined to support him in February’s election.
Farm minister Kazuo Yana reportedly cut road budgets for two municipalities whose mayors failed to back him in February’s election.
✏️ more_loaded Older people find ways to keep living with pets
✏️ replaced 'elderly' with 'older' U.S. accuses California woman of spying for China and surveilling Taiwan leader’s son
U.S. accuses California woman of spying for China, surveilling Taiwan leader’s son
✏️ removed 'and' between clauses U.S. removes B-1 bombers from U.K. base amid security concerns
U.S. B-1 bombers removed from U.K. base at center of terror plot
✏️ more_loaded Japan to bolster cyber threat-hunting for critical infrastructure systems
Japan to bolster cyberthreat-hunting for critical infrastructure systems
✏️ removed hyphen between 'cyber' and 'threat-hunting'