Using data from the Japan–led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star's outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares. The research is part of NASA's exploration of the extreme universe to better understand how the cosmos works.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency has warned of an "imminent threat to life" as Typhoon Dujuan bears down on the country, with nearly two million people urged to evacuate across six prefectures, including Tokyo.
The country's meteorological agency had warned of an "imminent threat to life," but this has now been downgraded in most areas.
BBC21 Sept
Countries: Romania, Ukraine Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Please refer to the attached file. Highlight On 16 September, UNHCR Romania inaugurated the Sadako Ogata Conference Room at the UNHCR’s Community Centre for refugees at RomExpo in Bucharest in the presence of H.E. Mr. Takashi Katae, Ambassador of Japan to Romania, Ms. Luminița Odobescu, State Counsellor and advisor to the Prime Minister on Diplomatic Affairs, Inspector General Tiberiu Gim Giurea, Head of the General Immigration Inspectorate (GII), and Mr. Mihai Lupu, Director of Cabinet to the Secretary of State, Head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), partners and refugees. Named in honour of Ms. Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991 to 2000, the room reflects her enduring legacy of principled humanitarian leadership and commitment to the dignity and protection of refugees. Ambassador Katae thanked UNHCR for this initiative honouring such an important figure and highlighted the value of the conference room available to refugees and partners within the community centre where refugees can access a range of services. Ms. Odobescu highlighted the principled humanitarianism exercised by Ms. Ogata, and thanked UNHCR for its key contribution in the ongoing refugee response, while the UNHCR Representative, Mr. Pablo Zapata, paid tribute to her contribution, reaffirming the organization’s commitment to the values she championed. The inauguration highlighted the longstanding partnership between Japan and UNHCR, with Japan’s support in Romania contributing to efforts to strengthen refugee protection and inclusion
ReliefWeb•UN High Commissioner for Refugees21 SeptJapan's cautious monetary policy and internal BOJ dissent may weaken yen further, impacting global carry trades and inviting speculative selling.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team21 Sept
Japan has moved one of its three CH-47 Chinook helicopters to a landing ship off Indonesia’s West Kalimantan…
AeroTime•Clement Charpentreau21 Sept
Storm system expected to hit Izu Islands as it strengthens. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quiet Tropical Storm Dujuan is skirting the coast of Japan and despite avoiding a direct landfall, is still expected to leave its mark. Dujuan briefly reached typhoon status on Friday before weakening to a tropical storm again on Sunday morning. But it is expected to restrengthen back into a typhoon by Tuesday morning. Sustained winds could reach 80mph (129km/h), with gusts approaching 100mph. Although mainland Japan has avoided a direct hit, Dujuan’s track takes it across the Izu Islands, where evacuation warnings are in place. Heavy rain, flooding and landslide alerts are widespread, with high waves adding another threat to exposed coastal areas and islands. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Jodie Woodcock for MetDesk21 Sept
Intergenerational report predicts that in four decades’ time, more Australians will be dying than being born each year Labor says better investment in early childhood education and care, such as a possible move to universal access for families, is a better way to address Australia’s declining birthrate, rejecting the need for a new “baby bonus”. Monday’s intergenerational report showed that more Australians will be dying than being born in 40 years’ time, a milestone already experienced by countries including South Korea, Italy, Germany and Japan. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Tom McIlroy Political editor21 Sept
Indian athletes won two bronze and two silver medals on the second day of the Asian Games in Japan. Meanwhile, more bodies were recovered after a flash flood in Kerala. DW has more.
Deutsche Welle21 Sept
Japan Airlines subsidiary J-Air operates 18 E170s and 14 E190s on domestic routes in Japan. The group is also evaluating the Embraer E2 and Airbus A220 for its next regional fleet
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier21 Sept
Friday's Michigan survey, ETF demand and Japan's rate implementation frame the outlook for Sept. 21–27.
CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright21 Sept
At least 275 flights have been canceled in Japan, which is in the middle of a five-day holiday. The storm could dump record levels of rain on the country.
Deutsche Welle21 SeptTesfaye credited the piece on social media only as "Presented by YOKO TARO ft. YOKO TAKAHASHI."
Click to expand Image United Nations headquarters in New York City, December 2020. © 2020 zz/STRF/STAR MAX/IPx via AP Photo World leaders at the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City from September 22-28, 2026, should commit to defending human rights, Human Rights Watch said. They should counter attempts to undermine accountability for grave international crimes and the work of the UN and other vital international institutions. Dozens of leaders and foreign ministers from the UN’s 193 member countries will attend the General Assembly’s general debate. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to deliver the first speech on September 22, followed by US President Donald Trump. Others speaking on the first day include the leaders of Türkiye, France, the United Kingdom, and Japan. “The UN and other international organizations created to protect human rights are under attack from countries that had pledged to defend them,” said Louis Charbonneau, UN director at Human Rights Watch. “All UN member countries should condemn attempts by the United States, Russia, China, and others to dismantle the international human rights system and destroy avenues for accountability for abuses.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will participate virtually for the second year in a row after the US refused to grant him and other Palestinian officials visas to travel to UN headquarters. Issues expected to be on many leaders’ agendas will be: the global impact of the US and Israel’s war with Iran; Israeli forces’ continuing abuses against Palestinians in Gaza and their support for settler violence in the West Bank; Russian laws-of-war violations in Ukraine; and concerns about the risks of artificial intelligence and climate change. World leaders should urge accountability for ongoing atrocities and human rights abuses in Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Haiti, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. At the same time, they should work together to counter the escalating assault on human rights around the world—including in long-standing democracies like the US and countries in Europe—and on the international laws and organizations created to promote and protect those rights. Human Rights Watch, in its World Report 2026, called for governments committed to upholding human rights to form a coalition of like-minded countries to resist efforts by the US and other powers to undermine international law. The US has announced a campaign to “dismantle” the International Criminal Court (ICC), as the Trump administration seeks to protect US and Israeli officials from the court’s scrutiny. In 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza. The US campaign, including punitive sanctions against ICC officials and judges, three Palestinian human rights groups, and a UN expert, threatens victims’ access to justice globally. ICC investigations include crimes against humanity and other atrocity crimes in relation to Myanmar, Sudan, Afghanistan, the Philippines, and Ukraine. The ICC has also issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior Russian officials on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine. Governments should use the general debate at the General Assembly and opportunities on the sidelines to pledge support for the ICC and all those working with it to seek justice, and commit to measures to mitigate the impact of US attacks on justice, Human Rights Watch said. Together with three other human rights organizations, Human Rights Watch has sued the Trump administration in US federal court over its sanctions targeting the ICC. UN member countries should also resist efforts by the US and other governments to undermine the human rights of refugees and migrants, women and girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, among others, and should defend existing protections for equality and nondiscrimination. They should actively resist the alarming increase in actions by some countries to contest, roll back, or actively remove well-established international norms on gender equality from UN mandates, including Security Council decisions. While many delegations will focus on issues of peace and security and development, world leaders should publicly commit to ensuring that the UN’s human rights work is adequately resourced and staffed. The UN has been mired in a liquidity crisis for years, largely caused by the US’ refusal to pay its full obligatory assessed contributions and cancellation of most voluntary contributions. The US recently paid $800 million in dues to the UN, a fraction of the roughly $4 billion it owes. China has repeatedly exacerbated the UN’s liquidity problems by failing to pay its dues on time. A number of other countries are also in arrears, though the US and China account for nearly half of the UN’s regular and peacekeeping budgets. Countries should condemn efforts by some governments to flout and undermine UN sanctions regimes, sanctions monitoring panels, and arms embargoes. The UN Security Council has been holding informal “straw” polls for candidates seeking to replace Antonio Guterres as UN secretary-general when his second five-year term ends on December 31. The next UN chief should prioritize human rights and reinvigorate UN peacekeeping to protect civilians, as well as find ways to press governments to pay their dues and voluntary contributions in full and on time. Member states should explore better ways to hold governments that default on their obligations accountable. To counter impunity for crimes against humanity around the world, countries will soon be negotiating a new treaty to prevent and punish these grave human rights abuses. Crimes against humanity include murder, torture, rape and sexual violence, persecution, enforced disappearance, extermination, enslavement, and apartheid, among others, committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack on a population. UN member countries should support this effort as these are among the gravest offenses under international law. “World leaders should use the UN podium to speak out forcefully against efforts by some major powers to trample on human rights and make it easier to get away with atrocities and other grave crimes,” Charbonneau said. “The UN and the international human rights system can only survive the current assault if governments take urgent and strong action to defend them.”
iFixit today published an iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max teardown in both article and video formats, providing a closer look inside the new devices. The teardown confirms the battery capacities for the eSIM-only models: iPhone 18 Pro: 4,288 mAh (+0.8% vs. 4,252 mAh for iPhone 17 Pro) iPhone 18 Pro Max: 5,567 mAh (+9.4% vs. 5,088 mAh for iPhone 17 Pro Max) eSIM-only models of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are sold in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait. The devices have a SIM card tray in all other countries. Battery capacities for iPhone 18 Pro models with SIM card trays surfaced previously . The teardown also provides an in-depth look at the new variable aperture system on both models, the larger vapor chamber for cooling, and more. NAND now sits inside the dual-layer logic board, which makes storage-related repairs less convenient, according to iFixit. In addition, the screen's plastic frame cracked or broke away on three of the four iPhone 18 Pro models it opened, which is a new issue that it did not face with previous models. However, iFixit said further testing is needed. Related Roundup: iPhone 18 Pro Tags: iFixit , Teardown Buyer's Guide: iPhone 18 Pro (Buy Now) Related Forum: iPhone This article, " iFixit Shares iPhone 18 Pro Teardown With Inside Look at New Features " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Japan’s SkyDrive announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korea’s Verty to prepare for the introduction and commercial deployment of the SKYDRIVE (SD-05 model) eVTOL in […]
Moving to Japan has made me question how I dress and present myself. Sometimes I feel like I don't belong because of my body and appearance.
The Canadian singer’s stop in Japan debuted a new song dedicated to Shinji and the gang, joined with visuals directed from the anime’s upcoming caretaker
Great Britain become World Team Cup champions for the fifth time as Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid secure a 2-1 victory over Japan in Florida.
BBC20 Sept
I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far! I’m just wrapping up my quick trip to Japan, as it has been a fun but exhausting week (between jet lag and staying at four different hotels). I know I haven’t written about my individual hotel experiences yet, but that’s because I plan to publish
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig19 Sept