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A volunteer stops along a trail while collecting readings from rain gauges as part of a community effort to anticipate heavy rains that could trigger flooding and mudslides, in Quebrada San Antonio de Pedregal, Lima, on Oct. 23.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / ANALYSIS
Nov 11, 2026
Disaster warning systems race to keep pace with galloping climate risks
A rock and ice avalanche and flood in Nepal in August that left thousands of people dead, injured or missing showed that all systems have limits.
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 24, 2026
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Village officials in Nanmoku, Gunma Prefecture, are hoping a sister-city agreement will help attract young people from Peru.
Brazil’s Folha de S. Paulo newspaper reports presidential election results at a newsstand in Sao Paulo on Monday, following a surprise first-place finish by right-wing Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2026
Brazil’s political center of gravity has shifted
The Brazilian electorate is older, more devout, and more preoccupied with crime and personal security than it once was.
Deforestation from illegal mining in the Tambopata National Reserve
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 1, 2026
Peru is losing a battle against illegal gold mining in its rainforests
Even when operations to disrupt illegal gold mines go according to plan, it’s only a matter of days before miners return, said a federal prosecutor involved in the operations.
Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori looks on during the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet at the Government Palace in Lima on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2026
Fujimori sworn in, giving Peru shot to break cycle of chaos
She becomes the ninth president in a decade where every leader since the 1990s has been impeached, imprisoned or targeted in criminal investigations.
Anchovies power a $500?billion global aquaculture industry, and when their supply collapses, as is happening now due to El Nino, the entire farmed?seafood sector feels it.?
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2026
The world has an anchovy problem
The tiny fish may sound utterly mundane, but its importance to the global economy is far larger than just foodies’ craving for the umami taste.
A woman looks at the main square damaged by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck Central Peru on Saturday, in Pumpunya, Chupaca province, Junin region, Peru, on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 20, 2026
Peru’s central region hit by 5.1 quake weeks after Venezuela
The earthquake that struck Peru’s central Junin region late Saturday killed five people, injured 32 and affected about 200 more, according to authorities.
Peruvian President-elect Keiko Fujimori attends a news conference in Lima on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 9, 2026
Fujimori legacy shows limits of Trump’s push against China in Peru
Keiko Fujimori will have to navigate her father’s legacy as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to reassert U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
Peru President-elect Keiko Fujimori waves as she gives a statement at her campaign headquarters in the San Borja district of Lima on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2026
Keiko Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential race
The conservative was officially declared the winner after weeks of protests, fraud accusations and review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race.
Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori speaks at her campaign headquarters in Lima on June 24.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
Dynasty daughter Keiko Fujimori wins Peru presidency on fourth go
The daughter of disgraced late President Alberto Fujimori won by the slimmest of margins.
Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori holds a news conference at her party's headquarters in Lima on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 24, 2026
Keiko Fujimori: Peru’s biggest political loser poised to win election
With almost all the ballots counted, Fujimori held 50.12% of the vote, a margin of just over 43,000 over her leftist rival Roberto Sanchez, according to electoral authorities.
Colombia's right-wing presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella gestures as he addresses supporters after the preliminary runoff results against leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda, in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2026
De la Espriella win in Colombia cements Latin America’s rightward shift
Colombia and Peru now join Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Panama in moving right.
Members of the media outside the headquarters of Keiko Fujimori's Popular Force political party, as vote counting continues in the presidential runoff, in Lima on June 9
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
Peru election is one of Latin America’s closest votes
With over 98.5% of votes counted, Keiko Fujimori leads by just 18,478 ballots — or 0.1 percentage point — according to Peru’s Office of Electoral Processes.
Peru's presidential election remains too close to call with neither leftist Roberto Sanchez (left) nor conservative Keiko Fujimori having a clear lead after 96.27% of the ballots having been counted.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2026
Peru election remains on knife edge between Fujimori and Sanchez
No candidate has emerged with a clear lead despite 96.27% of the vote ?having been counted.
Voters check registration lists outside of a polling station during the runoff election in Lima on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2026
Peru’s diaspora emerges as tie-breaker in razor-edge presidential race
It’s become almost a norm that in the South American nation of 34 million people just tens of thousands of votes can determine the president.
Roberto Sanchez (left) and Keiko Fujimori during a debate ahead of the runoff election, in Lima on May 31
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2026
Peru’s economic miracle is at stake as voters head to polls
The Latin American nation remains one of the region’s fastest-growing economies, with growth outpacing most of its peers and a stable currency.
Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori at a campaign rally in Huacho, north of Lima, on Tuesday
WORLD
Jun 3, 2026
Keiko Fujimori: Peru’s biggest political loser eyes election win
The daughter of disgraced late Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is riding a right-wing wave that is sweeping Latin America.
Peruvian presidential candidates Keiko Fujimori (left) and Roberto Sanchez will face one another in a runoff election on June 7.
WORLD / Politics
May 18, 2026
Fujimori and Sanchez officially declared Peru’s runoff candidates
Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of the late Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, is making her fourth bid for the presidency as a pro-business conservative candidate.
An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a polling station, after Peru's general election was extended to a second day in some precincts of the capital due to the late setup of voting tables and the absence of citizens assigned to receive voters, in Lima on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2026
Candidates battle for spots in Peru’s presidential runoff
Two days after Peruvians went to the polls, they are still waiting to know who will advance alongside conservative Keiko Fujimori to June’s second round.
A woman holding a Peruvian flag reading "I love you, Peru" stands in front of riot police during a protest outside the offices of the ONPE in Lima on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Counting continues in Peru election as runoff with Fujimori seems likely
With none of the leading presidential candidates anywhere near the 50% required to win outright, a June 7 ?runoff appears highly likely, prolonging political uncertainty.
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.
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.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
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‘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.
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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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