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Byline: Nathaniel Rich A unifying theme of this year's extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, which officially concludes on Saturday, has been the disbelief echoing from the Blue Ridge Mountains to [...]

Donald J. Trump had been seen as the main risk factor for the partnership between Tokyo, Seoul and Washington. Then came martial law in South Korea. When President Yoon Suk [...]

Donald J. Trump had been seen as the main risk factor for the partnership between Tokyo, Seoul and Washington. Then came martial law in South Korea. When President Yoon Suk [...]

A unifying theme of this year's extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, which officially concludes on Saturday, has been the disbelief echoing from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Ozark plateau. [...]

Byline: Tim Craig, Steven Rich PHILADELPHIA - Sheriff Haeda Raa left Liberia to escape a violent tribal initiation ritual, reaching Central America by plane and, finally, the U.S. border with [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya Hanako Okada was one of 73 women to win seats at the general election last month, a record number in a Parliament long dominated [...]

Hanako Okada was one of 73 women to win seats at the general election last month, a record number in a Parliament long dominated by men. Last summer, Hanako Okada, [...]

Parliament voted Monday to stick with Mr. Ishiba, who will lead a minority government after his party suffered heavy losses in an election last month. Despite leading his party to [...]

Parliament voted Monday to stick with Mr. Ishiba, who will lead a minority government after his party suffered heavy losses in an election last month. Despite leading his party to [...]

Shinzo Abe, then the prime minister of Japan, succeeded in making friends with Mr. Trump through golf, entertainment and appealing to his vanity. During the first administration of Donald J. [...]

Shinzo Abe, then the prime minister of Japan, succeeded in making friends with Mr. Trump through golf, entertainment and appealing to his vanity. During the first administration of Donald J. [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich 'Black Box Diaries,' a documentary about Shiori Ito's fight against Japan's patriarchal justice system, opens on Friday in the United States. If there's one question Shiori Ito [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich, Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition [...]

Deep-seated grievance among Japanese voters has put the Liberal Democrats, longstanding custodians of the status quo, on notice. For years, Japan has managed to resist the populist waves that have [...]

Deep-seated grievance among Japanese voters has put the Liberal Democrats, longstanding custodians of the status quo, on notice. For years, Japan has managed to resist the populist waves that have […]

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. Japan's governing party lost […]

The Japanese electorate seemed poised to punish the Liberal Democrats, even if it does not go so far as to hand power to the opposition. Japanese voters are not accustomed [...]

''Black Box Diaries,'' a documentary about Shiori Ito's fight against Japan's patriarchal justice system, opens on Friday in the United States. If there's one question Shiori Ito hates, it's ''What's [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich In 1989, Japan seemed to be an unstoppable economic superpower. Its companies were overtaking competitors and gobbling up American icons like Rockefeller Center. But inside the country, [...]

As I Am: L.G.B.T.Q. in Japan In Japan, same-sex unions remain outlawed, and children who don't conform to traditional gender norms are routinely bullied. Japanese who are gay, transgender or [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Choe Sang-Hun While Han Kang's victory was celebrated as a crowning cultural achievement for her country, her work also represents a form of rebellion against its [...]

The 2008 coal ash spill was among the biggest industrial disasters in U.S. history. In a new book, Jared Sullivan recounts the accident, the lawsuits and the lasting damage. VALLEY [...]

In 1989, Japan seemed to be an unstoppable economic superpower. Its companies were overtaking competitors and gobbling up American icons like Rockefeller Center. But inside the country, the government had [...]

While Han Kang's victory was celebrated as a crowning cultural achievement for her country, her work also represents a form of rebellion against its culture. The awarding of the Nobel [...]

As I Am: L.G.B.T.Q. in Japan In Japan, same-sex unions remain outlawed, and children who don't conform to traditional gender norms are routinely bullied. Japanese who are gay, transgender or [...]

Terminating for breach is a big decision. The recipient of your termination notice will typically claim the notice is both ineffective and a repudiation of the contract (which they accept). [...]

Byline: Mary CoreySamantha Rich Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, speaks at the Harris-Walz rally in Burns Park,Monday evening. Lila Turner/Daily. Buy this photo. Vice President Kamala Harris [...]

The Supreme Court of British Columbia reaffirmed various principles of contractual interpretation in Alderbridge Way GP Ltd. (Re), 2024 BCSC 1433 - a decision which reinforces the importance of a [...]

Byline: Julia Rich The Medford City Council is working to combat the city's rodent problem with new ordinances and enforcement tactics, in partnership with the Medford Health Department. The efforts [...]

Kris Kristofferson, a singer-songwriter whose trove of country-pop hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" pushed him to the forefront of American [...]

Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister known for his plainspoken opinions, will replace Fumio Kishida next week. The elite power brokers of Japan's governing party appeared to take public sentiment [...]

Iwao Hakamada is believed to be the world's longest-serving inmate given a death sentence. An 88-year-old man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate was exonerated by a [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya The nine candidates vying to become prime minister have been differentiated by their stances on a law requiring married couples to share a family [...]

The nine candidates vying to become prime minister have been differentiated by their stances on a law requiring married couples to share a family name. Japan's leaders have plenty to [...]

The infringements were the first by Russia in five years, according to the Japanese defense ministry. A fighter fired a warning flare in response. A Russian military patrol plane breached [...]

Byline: John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich For two days, prosecutor Karen McDonald had debated whether to pursue a case against the mother and father of a 15-year-old school shooter who [...]

Byline: John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Sarah Blaskey Georgia officials charged the father of the suspected Apalachee High gunman with two counts of second-degree murder Thursday - the most severe [...]

Byline: John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich The 14-year-old boy accused of killing two students and a pair of teachers at Georgia's Apalachee High on Wednesday would be the youngest mass [...]

Byline: Rich Lowry With the defenestration of Joe Biden and the ascent of Kamala Harris, conventional wisdom has gone from asking, 'How can Donald Trump lose?' to 'How can he [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition [...]

Byline: Arelis R. Hernández, Steven Rich, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Sarah Cahlan In a 911 call released Saturday by the city of Uvalde, a 10-year-old student inside a Robb Elementary classroom [...]

Byline: Arelis R. Hernández, Steven Rich, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Sarah Cahlan In a 911 call released Saturday by the city of Uvalde, Tex., a 10-year-old student inside a Robb Elementary [...]

Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition for labor. Ngu Thazin wanted to [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno The country is famous for its hospitality. But businesses have had enough of people screaming at workers or tormenting them on social media. The [...]

Byline: Samantha Schmidt, Steven Rich, Ana Vanessa Herrero, María Luisa Paúl --- An analysis of precinct-level voting records collected and provided by the Venezuelan opposition shows that Edmundo González beat [...]

When one quick call can eliminate danger and undermine screams, filmmakers have to figure out a workaround. Sometimes it can even deepen a story. A cellphone lies in a rustic [...]

Byline: Rich Juzwiak When one quick call can eliminate danger and undermine screams, filmmakers have to figure out a workaround. Sometimes it can even deepen a story. A cellphone lies [...]

The country is famous for its hospitality. But businesses have had enough of people screaming at workers or tormenting them on social media. The guests arrived 30 minutes before check-in [...]

Byline: John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich In the months after an isolated, deeply troubled 20-year-old took his mother's AR-style rifle and opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary, gun sales in [...]

Byline: Motoko Rich and Noriko Hayashi The Book Bag That Binds Japanese Society In Japan, cultural expectations are repeatedly drilled into children at school and at home, with peer pressure [...]