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Sweden's Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson speaks during the Social Democrats' election night party in Stockholm on Sept. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2026
Record level of challenges after Swedish vote, officials say
The Sept. 13 general election gave the country’s four opposition parties — led by the Social Democrats — a narrow three-seat majority.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, leader of the conservative Moderates, prepares to cast his ballot at a polling station in Strangnas, Sweden, on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2026
Sweden’s left wing wins election thriller
Around 50,000 votes separated the two sides in the country of 10.6 million people.
Jimmie Akesson, the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, delivers a speech after Sunday's general election in Stockholm.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2026
Swedish election in dead heat as voters question liberal traditions
A partial count by the election authority points to a one-seat majority for the opposition center-left bloc.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks at a memorial service for the victims of the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, at Uppsala Cathedral in Sweden on Dec. 26.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2025
Sweden may have to build up its defense force, premier says
The premier’s comments come as NATO increases its surveillance operations in the Baltic Sea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2022
Rise of far-right party in Sweden was both expected and shocking
The Sweden Democrats, with roots in neo-Nazism, came in second in national elections and will have a powerful influence on a new center-right government.
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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