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A Japanese father holds his daughter's hand walking down the street
Asia

Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

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November 4, 2025
President Donald Trump, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shake hands before their summit talk at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.
Asia

Trump tells Japan’s first woman Prime Minister she has a ‘very strong handshake’ in Tokyo meeting

By Josh Boak, Chris Megerian and The Associated Press
October 28, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Xi Jinping, China's president, shake hands during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017.
Asia

‘Deal, no deal, or disaster’: Trump is leaving for an Asia trip that could define his second term

By Chris Megerian and The Associated Press
October 21, 2025
What to know about Japan’s first female prime minister, a conservative leader who idolizes Margaret Thatcher
Newsletters

What to know about Japan’s first female prime minister, a conservative leader who idolizes Margaret Thatcher

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October 21, 2025
Men sit in chairs looking at the Toyota Century logo
Travel & Leisure

Introducing Century, Toyota’s new car brand that will offer even more luxury than Lexus

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October 16, 2025
Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, addresses the Securities Industry Association during their annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, Thursday, November 10, 2005.
Economy

‘Scandalous’: Top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare earths crisis as China tightens its grip

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October 13, 2025
Japan braces for shift to right under ‘Iron Lady’ fan Takaichi
Asia

Japan braces for shift to right under ‘Iron Lady’ fan Takaichi

By Sakura Murakami and Bloomberg
October 4, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Newsletters

OpenAI becomes the world’s most valuable private company

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October 3, 2025
Hollywood actor Henry Golding
Success

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Henry Golding carried around a notebook with random advice strangers gave him—and he’s lived by one musing his entire career

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September 28, 2025
President Donald Trump smirks just off the camera in a black suit with a red tie.
Economy

All bark, no bite: Trump’s latest trade war turns into another TACO salad for Wall Street

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September 26, 2025
.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at Chequers at the conclusion of a state visit on September 18, 2025 in Aylesbury, England.
Economy

Trump is already wielding his ‘golden share’ authority at U.S. Steel, overriding the company’s plans for an Illinois plant, report says

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September 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Economy

Japan’s exports to U.S. fall for fifth-straight month, plummeting 13.8% in August

By Yuri Kageyama and The Associated Press
September 17, 2025
S President Donald Trump shakes hands with with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.
Economy

The Trump administration flubbed a detail on its Japan trade deal so it apologized and agreed to refund overcharged tariffs

By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
September 5, 2025
Suntory’s outspoken CEO resigns after police drug search
Leadership

Suntory’s outspoken CEO resigns after police drug search

By Kanoko Matsuyama and Bloomberg
September 2, 2025
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister, right, faces towards the camera and Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, shake hands on a stage surrounded by flowers.
Global

Aging Japan is tripling its investments to $6.8 billion a year in a bid to get India’s younger workers

By Mari Yamaguchi and The Associated Press
August 29, 2025

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