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Files released by the U.S. Department of Justice show how convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sought to build ties with Russia's political elite.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2026
Putin, women, favors: Epstein’s Russia connections
The convicted U.S. sex offender sought to build ties with Russia’s elite and appeared desperate to secure a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
Pope Leo XIV looks on as he holds the weekly general audience at the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Feb. 4.
WORLD / Society
Feb 8, 2026
Rogue Catholic traditionalists risk showdown with Vatican
The Society of Saint Pius X, which has about 600,000 followers worldwide, is preparing to defy Pope Leo XIV by ordaining new bishops without his approval.
Pope Leo XIV has taken a clear stand against some decisions by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2026
Faced with Trump, Pope Leo opts for indirect diplomacy
Since he was elected in May, the Chicago-born pontiff has taken a clear stand against some decisions by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.
Pope Leo XIV waves from the main balcony of St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican on Thursday.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2025
Pope urges Russia-Ukraine dialogue in Christmas blessing
In his first Christmas homily as pontiff, Leo also addressed the dismal conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Pope Leo XIV disembarking from his plane upon arriving at Beirut International Airport, in the Lebanese capital, on November 30, 2025. Pope Leo XIV on November 30 called on the Lebanese people to embrace reconciliation and to remain in their divided, crisis-hit country, which has seen waves of emigration.
WORLD / Society
Dec 1, 2025
Pope urges Lebanese to embrace reconciliation and stay in the country
Long hailed as a model of coexistence, multi-confessional Lebanon is nonetheless plagued by sectarian and political rifts, and has seen waves of emigration.
Nuns walk past a banner on Saturday erected to welcome Pope Francis ahead of his visit in Dili, East Timor.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2024
Child abuse scandals hang over pope’s East Timor visit
There are calls for the 87-year-old pontiff to speak out on child abuse when he lands in the former Portuguese colony Monday as part of his Asia-Pacific tour.
A welcome message for Pope Francis is displayed on an electric billboard at a roundabout in Jakarta on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 3, 2024
Pope heads to Indonesia as the first stop of his four-nation tour
The tour — the longest and farthest of his 11 years leading the worldwide Catholic Church — will test Pope Francis’ increasingly fragile health.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 29, 2022
For abuse survivors struggling to heal, Pope’s visit to Canada ‘not enough’
Some have called for Indigenous people to be allowed access to records of what happened in Catholic schools, and for the return of Indigenous artifacts from Vatican museums.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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