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Protesters hold portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader?Ayatollah Ali?Khamenei along with Pakistani, Palestinian and Iranian flags during a demonstration against the U.S. and Israel in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2025
Pakistan condemns U.S. strikes in Iran while embracing Trump
Pakistan’s response to the Iran crisis suggests a calibrated approach as the government seeks closer political and economic ties with the Trump administration.
A house damaged during a Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, in India-administered Kashmir, on May 14
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 26, 2025
India and Pakistan battle for global sympathy after border truce
Both sides are sending delegations to global capitals to influence international perception of the conflict, as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals continue to simmer.
A Pakistan Ranger stands guard at the Pakistan-India joint check post at Wagah border, near Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 15, 2025
Pakistan and India shift to war of words after shooting stops
“Mr. Modi, if you take this route again, you will get a devastating answer,” Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.
An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard along a street in Srinagar on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 2, 2025
India renews call for ‘justice’ after U.S. urges de-escalation
Relations between India and Pakistan have rapidly deteriorated in the wake of an attack last week that India and the U.S. have called an act of terrorism.
An injured train passenger is being transported following an operation against armed militants who ambushed the train in the remote mountainous area in Mach, southwestern Balochistan province in Pakistan on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2025
Pakistan train hijacking ends with more than 50 people killed
The outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army took responsibility for the attack.?
Pakistan's former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a news conference in Lahore on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2024
Pakistan closer to a Sharif government after PM consensus
Nawaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League-N party, nominated his younger sibling Shehbaz for the post.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2022
Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan to face contempt case, Pakistan court says
Khan says his remarks against the judge who denied bail to his aide were unintentional, but held back from offering an unconditional apology.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2022
Imran Khan’s street politics sets up showdown with Pakistan army
Since his ouster in a no-confidence vote in April, Khan has sought to rally his supporters to hit the streets and push for a fresh national vote.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 12, 2022
Derided by Imran Khan as U.S. puppet, new Pakistan prime minister bets on centrism
Sharif’s ability to reset Pakistan’s foreign policy will be much harder after Khan accused the U.S. of pushing for his ouster, stoking anti-Americanism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 11, 2022
Pakistan to vote in new leader as ousted PM Imran Khan rallies supporters
A united opposition bloc cobbled together 174 lawmakers to vote against Khan — two more than required to remove him from office — after midnight on Sunday in Islamabad.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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