Toru Utsumi works as a management consultant in Japan, but on his days off, he has become a global internet star. The 60-year-old has won more than a million fans on TikTok and Instagram with his short, fancy-free videos that poke fun at the country’s buttoned-down corporate culture. trib.al/pIrAMz8

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Hundreds of protesters form a human banner spelling “VOTE!” at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach during the fourth No Kings day of action on Saturday. 📽️: Courtesy of Inti Fernandez and David Creech

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With the November midterm elections weeks away, thousands of people mobilized around the Bay Area and across the nation Saturday for the fourth No Kings day of action, this time stressing the importance of voting. 📸: Benjamin Fanjoy/For the S.F. Chronicle

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While previous No Kings protests focused on the Trump administration, Saturday’s events sought to emphasize voter participation rather than endorsing specific candidates and causes.

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More than half a million people joined protests throughout France on Saturday as a student-focused movement converged with a broader one against rising living costs, heightening a national reckoning. nyti.ms/4e3v1z9

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