Takeshi Niinami said he never used the products in Japan, where officials are investigating whether they are banned under the country’s strict drug laws.
Takeshi Niinami, former chairman of Suntory, at a Tokyo news conference on Wednesday. He said he bought CBD supplements in the United States, where an acquaintance had recommended them.
When world leaders meet in New York this month, several plan to recognize a Palestinian state, but Palestinian leaders may not be there to revel in the moment.
The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment.
The Port of Baltimore. Since taking office, President Trump has relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 as a central part of his efforts to force companies to invest in the United States.
A federal judge ended the monitoring imposed after allegations of excessive force and racial bias. The city pointed to progress in improving officer accountability and training.
President Trump’s extraordinary summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last month has yet to yield any concrete results on the war in Ukraine.
Inspired by his parents’ travels, he spent much of his life in Africa and helped complete his father’s safari memoir. He also published a volume of father-son letters. He was Ernest Hemingway’s last surviving child.
Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers went to the Capitol to ask Congress to get behind their calls for more disclosures, but momentum for a bill demanding it appeared to stall.
Women who said they were victimized by Jeffrey Epstein recounted their experiences at a news conference with lawmakers outside the Capitol on Wednesday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with President Claudia Sheinbaum, after she pressed the Trump administration not to take unilateral action in Mexico.
Ms. McIver, a New Jersey Democrat, has been charged with assaulting immigration agents outside a detention center. A push to censure her and eject her from a House committee failed.
Senator Mark Warner’s visit was classified and not intended to be publicized. It was to include a meeting with the head of the agency and a briefing on the agency’s use of artificial intelligence.
Laura Loomer has questioned the loyalty of various intelligence officers, and helped oust the National Security Agency’s director, deputy director and general counsel.
Christopher Ruddy, the owner of Newsmax. Newsmax argued that Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corporation, had in effect created a financial penalty for cable and satellite distributors that want to carry Newsmax on their basic, entry-level tier of channels.
In a letter to the White House, the Smithsonian asserted its “authority over our programming and content,” but said a team would review what information it would turn over.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is asking wealthy donors to back his redistricting ballot measure. His advisers have privately said they want to raise more than $100 million for his November campaign.
Attorney General Ken Paxton is waging “legal war” against Beto O’Rourke, a possible Democratic rival, threatening jail and an investigation that could bankrupt his organization.
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