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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Questions swirl over Ishiba’s future after torrid first month as PM
By Gabriele Ninivaggi

Ishiba’s gamble on calling an early snap election has exacerbated his already
precarious standing within the LDP.


MORE COVERAGE

Breaking down the LDP’s punishing defeat


JAPAN / Politics
Record number of women elected to Japan's Lower House
By Francis Tang

A total of 73 female candidates won seats in Sunday’s general election, making
up about 16% of the membership of the chamber of parliament.
JAPAN / Politics
DPP's quadrupling of seats burnishes its potential as a coalition partner
By Eric Johnston

The question now is whether it will join a battered Liberal Democratic
Party-Komeito coalition or work with a strengthened Constitutional Democratic
Party of Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Suspect in Chiba robbery-abduction case apprehended

Rikuto Kubota is suspected of being one of the people who broke into a house in
Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 17 and abducted a 50-year-old woman.
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Japan’s ‘meibutsu’-industrial complex is a wonder to behold
By Jordan Allen

If you name a Japanese prefecture, many locals will instantly be able to tell
you something that the region is famous for or a product synonymous with that
area.



JAPAN

Delay in Mount Fuji snowcap formation breaks record

The volcano's snowcap begins forming on Oct. 2 on average, and last year snow
was first detected there on Oct. 5.
Komeito chief's Lower House loss raises questions about party's future
By Eric Johnston

Keiichi Ishii, who was elected party leader last month and did not stand for
proportional representation, fell short in his bid to win a Saitama district
seat.
Tree-cutting begins in Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment project

Tepco resumes attempt to remove nuclear fuel debris from Fukushima plant

Passenger's photos from Hokkaido boat accident retrieved 2½ years on

Lawyers file suits to nullify Lower House election results



BUSINESS

Yen takes a hit and Tokyo stocks jump as dovish opposition gains seats
By Kazuaki Nagata

Analysts said that the pace of interest rate increases could be slowed if
opposition parties get more say in policymaking.
Olympus CEO exits after probe into drug-buying allegation
By Edwin Chan

Stefan Kaufmann has resigned all positions effective immediately, the company
said in a statement.
China's second-generation factory owners go digital to combat challenges
By Jing Xuan TENG

AI boom and wild weather take spotlight in Southeast Asian earnings
By Eduard Gismatullin and Nguyen Kieu Giang

How a Mumbai drugmaker is helping Putin get Nvidia AI chips
By Advait Palepu, Viktoria Dendrinou, Shruti Srivastava and Andy Lin

BOJ on quest for better communication as more rate hikes loom
By Leika Kihara




WORLD

Will Trump's unbridled rhetoric cost him the U.S. election?
By James Oliphant

Kamala Harris is increasingly pointing to Donald Trump's ramblings as evidence
he isn't fit for the presidency.
Israel boasts strategic gains from attack on Iran, but quietly
By Galit Altstein

Israel's mission may have set the stage for another attack, possibly after the
U.S. election, which could be aimed at Iran’s nuclear program or its oil
infrastructure.
Thousands protest Georgia voting results as EU, U.S. signal worry
By Helena Bedwell

Satellite images show Israel hit Iran missile fuel-mixing facilities
By Jonathan Landay

Trump headlines New York rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies
By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and James Oliphant

Who will govern Gaza after the war?
By Chloe Rouveyrolles-Bazire



SPORTS

Meet the tiny, but mighty, Shohei Ohtani impersonator who went to 500 MLB games
By Mai Yoshikawa

Japanese comedian and Shohei Ohtani impersonator Aki Teriyaki has been to every
MLB game Ohtani's teams have played since 2022.
World Series setting viewership records in Japan
By Rory Carroll

Yankees hoping to get back on track at home in Game 3 of World Series

Lando Norris says Max Verstappen deserved penalty at Mexico City Grand Prix

Hawks halfway to third straight Japan Series sweep as series heads to Fukuoka
By Jason Coskrey



OPINION

Breaking down the LDP’s punishing defeat
Michael MacArthur Bosack

The LDP has been delivered a crushing electoral setback. How did this happen?
What comes next? What does this mean for policymaking? Some of the key questions
answered.
A general-election postmortem
By Edo Naito

Japan's October surprise
By Kuni Miyake

Israel’s strike on Iran was smart. Now take the win.
By Marc Champion

The dark reality of global capitalism and perpetual war
By Slavoj Zizek



ENVIRONMENT

Future of U.N. climate dialogue threatened by budget shortfall
By Kate Abnett

An analysis found a budget hole of at least €57 million — or nearly half of the
funding needed for the U.N. climate secretariat to run annual climate
negotiations.
Earth's biodiversity crisis in numbers
By Benjamin Legendre

Colombia's peace opened wildlife to discovery, but new violence frustrates
progress
By Jake Spring

How a DJ became an unlikely champion for green farming
By Charlotte Hughes-Morgan

Report details fossil fuel threat to 'Amazon of the seas'



CULTURE

The Swedish heart of Hayao Miyazaki's ‘Kiki's Delivery Service’
By Erik Augustin Palm

Inspiration for the 1989 Studio Ghibli classic is still very evident in Visby, a
picturesque town that captivated the animator on his first trip abroad in 1971.
Japanese picture book author Keiko Sena dies at 92

Sign-language rock band marks 35 years in Japan

‘The Cats of Gokogu Shrine’: Documentary paints intimate portrait of a community
in decline
By Mark Schilling

Amazon’s ‘Like a Dragon: Yakuza’ pulls its biggest punch
By Owen Ziegler



LIFE

Yeti Roastery Coffee is elevating Nepalese java in Japan
By Kimberly Hughes

“Nepal has rich soil and a huge potential for growing coffee in its mountains,
which are also unbelievably gorgeous,” says Yeti Coffee Roastery's Amit Chhetri.
Celebrating spooky season with Halloween-themed vocabulary
By Yuko Tamura

‘Zombie Shinkansen’ delivers high-speed thrills and chills
By Johan Brooks

A designer moves easily from royal gowns to Uniqlo
By Laura Neilson

Ca’enne: Into the Yatsugatake mountains for Nagano’s freshest produce
By Andrew Lee



COMMUNITY

Japan’s ‘meibutsu’-industrial complex is a wonder to behold
By Jordan Allen

If you name a Japanese prefecture, many locals will instantly be able to tell
you something that the region is famous for or a product synonymous with that
area.
Andrijana Cvetkovikj: ‘We have to create more opportunities for women to be
playing on equal ground’
By Zoria Petkoska

Can you drink in Shibuya and Shinjuku this Halloween? It depends.
By Ansel Swindells

Tokyo’s Indonesians get through life abroad with a couple of laughs
By Yohana Belinda

Named for an opera, Lauretta is more adorable than dramatic



OPINION

Edo Naito

A general-election postmortem
The LDP is left to pick up the pieces of Ishiba's disastrous decision to call a
snap election, putting him at risk of becoming Japan's shortest-lived prime
minister.
Kuni Miyake

Japan's October surprise
The debacle facing the LDP may be the immediate result of recent scandals, but
there are deeper, structural reasons why voters have lost confidence in the
party.
Marc Champion

Israel’s strike on Iran was smart. Now take the win.
Both Iran and Israel need to reconsider their aggressive postures to prevent a
devastating regional conflict.



EDITORS' PICKS

LIFE
Take a Halloween stroll through Tokyo’s dark history
By Mark Schreiber


BASEBALL
Los Angeles couple gives Japan guests a lodging experience fit for Ohtani
superfans
By Mai Yoshikawa


LIFE
Remembering Yukio Hattori, the voice of ‘Iron Chef’
By Makiko Itoh


LIFE
Japan’s ancient capital houses a millennium of ghosts
By Edward J. Taylor


CULTURE
The Swedish heart of Hayao Miyazaki's ‘Kiki's Delivery Service’
By Erik Augustin Palm




PODCAST

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’


LONGFORM

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