Japan
- 2d ago
Marc Márquez wins Indonesian MotoGP sprint and takes championship lead from Jorge Martín
Ducati rider Marc Márquez won the Mandalika sprint after Jorge Martín lost tyre pressure and ran wide late in the race. He now leads the championship by four points, with the Sunday Grand Prix still to come.
- 2d ago
US sanctions the International Criminal Court hours after Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize
Washington's measures would ban transactions with the court, and the EU, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland have pledged to help it withstand them. The sanctions take effect only after a six-month delay.
- 3d ago
Alcaraz says players are pushed over the line by the tennis calendar before Shanghai
Ahead of his Shanghai debut, Alcaraz said players are being pushed too far by too many tournaments, while only one of four Spanish entrants won on day one.
- 3d ago
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing posts record annual profit, beats forecasts, eyes top spot
Operating profit rose about 32% to 743.13 billion yen in the year to August 31, beating both the company's own forecast and the analyst average. Fast Retailing forecasts operating profit of 830 billion yen for the year to August 2027, while a weak yen is raising costs in Japan.
- 3d ago
Gen Z art buyers outspend older collectors, Art Basel and UBS survey finds
The survey of 3,100 high-net-worth collectors in ten markets found Gen Z buyers account for almost half of purchases above $1 million. Family remains the main entry point, and more collectors now use AI tools to research their purchases.
- 3d ago
Ai Tsunoda wins Spain's first women's judo world title since 1997 in Baku
The 24-year-old from Lleida beat Michaela Polleres, the Austrian who took her Olympic bronze in Paris in 2024. Spain's medal tally at the Baku championships now stands at four.
- 3d ago
UK and Germany enact Kensington Treaty as Burnham proposes joint GCAP fighter jet project
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz exchanged ratification papers in Berlin on Thursday, formalizing bilateral ties and agreeing on joint defense measures against hybrid attacks.
- 4d ago
Japan says El Niño hit record strength, peak expected in December
China's climate centre says the event formed in September, while Japan's weather agency puts its September monitoring anomaly at +4.0°C, the highest since records began in 1949.
- 4d ago
South Korea will scale back military service exemptions for athletes after Asian Games row
Sports Minister Choi Hwi-young told parliament that South Korea will scale back military exemptions for medal-winning athletes after footballers celebrated avoiding conscription at the Asian Games.
- 4d ago
Japan extradites suspected Russian Qilin ransomware developer to Germany
A 28-year-old Russian national accused of developing ransomware for the Qilin group has been extradited from Tokyo to Germany following a months-long undercover operation by North Rhine-Westphalia police.
- 4d ago
IMF chief warns dual pressures of AI surge and high energy costs threaten global stability
Speaking in Singapore ahead of the annual IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Kristalina Georgieva urged governments to rein in debt and broaden access to artificial intelligence technology.
- 5d ago
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mirror-image molecule research
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 12 million crown prize to the French and Japanese chemists for solving how to direct chiral reactions in drug synthesis.
- 5d ago
Sardinian village of Bolotana identified as global longevity hotspot with 13.8% centenarian rate for women
A study in Frontiers in Aging reveals that 70-year-old women in the Sardinian village of Bolotana have a 13.83% chance of reaching age 100, ranking second worldwide behind Hong Kong.
- 5d ago
Japan competition authority raids top four brewers in wholesale price cartel probe
The Japan Fair Trade Commission inspected the offices of Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, and Suntory on Wednesday over suspected wholesale price coordination, weighing potential criminal charges.
- 5d ago
Brian May confirms Queen will not tour again after 50 years on stage
Queen guitarist Brian May stated that the band has ended its live touring career after half a century, citing personal priorities, family commitments and astrophysics research.
- 5d ago
Tokyo sleep contest awards over 2 million yen to fastest and deepest sleeper
Mattress maker Koala Sleep Japan held the Matt Race in Tokyo on Monday, awarding over 2 million yen to a participant who fell asleep the quickest and deepest during a 90-minute session.
- 6d ago
Mozambique cuts bilateral debt by $37.2M as wood exports rise and China trade dips
The Ministry of Economy and Finance reported that Mozambique's external debt fell to $8,851 million in June 2026, driven by debt repayments to Portugal, China, and Japan.
- 6d ago
South Korea investigates fuel shipments to Russia after Ukrainian sanctions claims
South Korea pledged legal action if domestic laws were broken during reported shipments of over 176,000 tonnes of fuel to Russia, following claims by Kyiv that the cargoes alleviated wartime energy shortages.
- Oct 5
Carlos Alcaraz defeats Jiri Lehecka in Tokyo to retain Japan Open title
World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz secured his 27th career title on Tuesday, defeating Czech opponent Jiri Lehecka 7-6(4), 6-4 at the Ariake Coliseum to win the Japan Open for the second consecutive year.
- Oct 5
Sanae Takaichi calls China an important neighbour in policy speech to Japan's Diet
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to build stable ties with China while asserting national positions, and promised a year-end demographic strategy as Japan's domestic population fell below 120 million.
