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  • A Russian TU-95 bomber flies over East China Sea in this handout picture taken by Japan Air Self-Defence Force and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan May 24, 2022.
    Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/Reuters
    Russian bombers join Chinese air patrol near Japan as Tokyo-Beijing tensions simmer
  • A torii gate at a shrine lies toppled in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025, following a strong earthquake the previous night.
    Kyodo/Getty Images
    Japan rattled by 7.5-magnitude earthquake, authorities warn of aftershocks
  • Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama as Kikuo and Shunsuke, rival kabuki actors in Japanese Oscar submission "Kikuho."
    Sayuri Suzuki/GKIDS
    Kabuki film ‘Kokuho’ is a box office hit aiming for the Oscars. It could help revive the art form itself
  • Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on November 25.
    JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images/File
    Japan protests after China military jet locks radar on Japanese aircraft
  • Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa at the closing ceremony of the 40th Moscow International Film Festival. at the closing ceremony of the 40th Moscow International Film Festival. Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa at the closing ceremony of the 40th Moscow International Film Festival, in Moscow, Russia, on April 26, 2018.
    Evgenya Novozhenina/Sputnik/AP
    Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor who performed in ‘Mortal Kombat,’ dies at 75
  • Mainland Chinese tourists visit Sensoji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, on November 20, 2025.
    Louise Delmotte/AP
    Japanese fandom is having a moment in China – and not in a good way
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  • The world’s best hotel for 2025 is a waterfront skyscraper
  • Facing a spike in deadly bear attacks, Japan turns to the military and drones that bark
  • From hunger to luxury: The story behind the world’s most expensive rice
  • Japan’s new leader Takaichi says she wants to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
  • China’s Xi in the limelight at Pacific summit with Trump conspicuous by his absence
  • Bad behavior, overcrowded streets: In Asia’s travel hot spots, overtourism is creating European-style problems
  • In Tokyo, Trump and Takaichi bonded over a mutual friend – and a mutual enemy
  • Fact check: 11 false claims Trump made to the troops in Japan
  • With a new leader – and Trump in town – Japanese families whose loved ones were abducted by North Korea have fresh hope
  • Japan’s new prime minister faces her biggest test yet: Meeting Trump

Latest Videos

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    Video Powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes near Japan 1:49
  • Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A small boat rescues a seaman from the 31,800 ton USS West Virginia burning in the foreground. Smoke rolling out amidships shows where the most extensive damage occurred. Note the two men in the superstructure. The USS Tennessee is inboard
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    Video The day after: Americans react to Pearl Harbor (2016) 2:22
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    Video 75 years later: People react to Pearl Harbor 1:11
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    Video ‘Reading is irreplaceable’: Author Susan Choi on book banning, reading rates and her new novel Flashlight 11:48
  • Hit play captures vital moment in climate change history
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    Video Hit play captures vital moment in climate change history 3:18
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    Video Your big, cushy bed could be ruining your sleep. Time to rethink the floor 2:32
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    Video Japan’s new PM hardly sleeps. Is that a problem? 1:25
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    Video Can Japan’s tourism industry survive China tensions? 1:14

Style

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  • Octopuses are drawn to narrow spaces and can often be found in empty ceramic pots.
    Courtesy the artist/Air de Paris, Romainville/Barbara Wien, Berlin
    What happens when an octopus engages with art?
  • This puffer jacket uses light and sound to lull you to sleep anywhere
  • Asian painters were ‘othered’ in Paris a century ago. Now, the art world is taking note
  • This Tokyo startup is turning discarded kimonos into stylish sneakers
  • Architect Sou Fujimoto: Expo 2025 is ‘a precious opportunity to come together’

Travel

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    Video Tony Shalhoub finds good fortune in Tokyo for under $7 1:30
  • Museums after dark: London’s historic halls get a new lease on life
  • 25 must-visit places and must-do experiences named for 2026
  • Yes, you have to get completely naked: What it’s really like to visit a Japanese hot spring
  • Tokyo takes the top spot in ‘world’s coolest’ neighborhood rankings (with London and Chicago close behind)

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