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Delegates attend the World Trade Organization 14th ministerial meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 30, 2026
WTO talks end in deadlock after Brazil blocks deal over e-commerce duties
The WTO countries are negotiating an extension to a moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions such as digital downloads.
Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro leaves the Federal Police headquarters where his father, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, is being held, in Brasilia, on Nov. 25, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2026
Family name fuels Bolsonaro scion’s rise in Brazil election polls
Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former president, is seeing a surge in support in opinion polls ahead of the country’s October elections.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung prior to their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2026
South Korea and Brazil to expand cooperation in key minerals and trade
Brazil ​is South Korea’s largest trading partner ⁠in South America, making economic cooperation a key part of the agenda.
Christian Meunier, Nissan’s chairman for the Americas, says the company has no plans to form partnerships with Chinese firms in the region.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2026
Nissan Americas head embraces threat from Chinese car brands
Christian Meunier, Nissan’s chairman for the Americas, says the competition will only make the industry stronger and benefit the car-buying public.
A float from the Academicos de Niteroi samba school depicting Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is seen before the opening night of the Rio Carnival at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 16, 2026
Rio Carnival parades kick off with divisive ode to Lula in election year
The opposition has slammed the parade featuring a metallic robot of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as veiled early campaigning ahead of the October election.
Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen competes in the men's giant slalom during the Milano Cortina Olympics in Bormio, Italy, on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Alpine skiing
Feb 14, 2026
Brazil’s Braathen wins South America’s first ever Winter Olympic gold
The Norwegian-born Braathen, fastest down in the first leg, was composure personified in the second to win in an aggregate time of 2 minutes, 25 seconds. 
An error message appears on the Instagram app in Australia, whose government recently banned youth from social media in 2025. Brazil is now considering similar restrictions on online gambling and pornography.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
Brazil moves to ban teen access to online gambling and pornography
The move will make Brazil the latest nation to take significant measures meant to address concerns about toxic content, exploitation and other harms.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo was named to Cuba's team for the World Baseball Classic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 9, 2026
Japan will not be only team with NPB talent at World Baseball Classic
Though Samurai Japan will have a good roster of NPB stars to help bolster its ranks ahead of the World Baseball Classic, they won’t be the only team.
A worker arranges baskets of acai fruit at the Ver-o-Peso wholesale market in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on Nov. 5. Brazil has declared the berry a national fruit, though experts say the law is largely symbolic.
WORLD
Feb 3, 2026
Brazil declares acai a national fruit to ward off ‘biopiracy’
Cases like a Japanese company trademarking the use of the name acai in 2003, which took Brazil four years to cancel, drove the law declaring acai a national fruit in Brazil.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers a speech in Panama City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2026
‘Davos of Latin America’ tests Lula’s regional clout
The Brazilian leader is coming face-to-face with a new generation of younger, conservative presidents at the Latin America and Caribbean International Economic Forum.
Then-Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei of the La Libertad Avanza party addresses a campaign rally in Buenos Aires in September 2023. He went on to win the election.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2026
The year of the right is looming in Latin America
If 2025 marked the reemergence of Latin America’s right, then 2026 is likely to cement it.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula speaks during a meeting with partner countries at the Mercosur Summit in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, on Saturday.
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2025
Japan and Mercosur launch strategic partnership framework
The launch of the framework was announced as the Mercosur summit was held the same day.
A man is detained by police officers during a police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 28.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2025
How Brazil’s deadliest police raid turned into a bloodbath
A dozen residents, local leaders and government officials said that the raid had done nothing to break the gang’s hold on the community.
Leo Ceara (left) celebrates with teammate Yuma Suzuki after scoring a goal during Kashima Antlers' J1-clinching victory over Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 7, 2025
How Kashima Antlers got back to the top of Japanese soccer
Manager Toru Oniki had one goal in mind: To end the club’s near-decade title drought. After just one season, it’s mission accomplished.
Brazilian Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia on Nov. 25.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 6, 2025
Bolsonaro’s son touts father’s backing for 2026 Brazil presidential run
The senator wrote on social media that his father had chosen him for “the mission of carrying on our project for the nation.”
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at his party’s headquarters in Brasília on Jan. 14
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Ex-President Bolsonaro starts serving 27-year sentence for Brazil coup plot
The Supreme Court formally concluded the case against Bolsonaro on Tuesday, making his conviction final.
A climate-displaced woman stands along the Kholpetua River on April 26 in Bangladesh’s Satkhira district, where rising sea levels threaten coastal communities.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2025
The real failure on climate didn’t happen in Brazil
Of the 10 biggest polluters accounting for three-quarters of carbon emissions, just two — the European Union and Japan — have submitted documents with any hope of being enacted.
An Indigenous man holds a sign reading "The death of the forest is the end of our lives" during what was called the "Great People's March" on the sidelines of the COP30 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil on Nov. 15.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 25, 2025
Indigenous peoples’ demands got more than lip service at COP30
Indigenous peoples had unprecedented visibility at the COP30 summit, with about 3,000 in Belem and more than 400 representatives from 361 ethnic groups accredited for the event.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ​Johannesburg Expo Center for the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 24, 2025
Trump’s attacks push India, Brazil and South Africa closer together
The U.S. president has upended Washington’s decades of careful diplomacy to cultivate relations with the three major emerging markets.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in 2024. Bolsonaro, sentenced last September but not yet serving his term, was taken into police custody on Nov. 22.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2025
Bolsonaro says medications made him tamper with tracking device, triggering detention
A Brazil judge ordered Bolsonaro’s detention on Saturday, after more than 100 days of house arrest, citing potential flight risk.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Yen hits 40-year low against the dollar, breaking ¥162 level
Japan's currency broke ¥162 to the dollar on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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