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U.S. President Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, during the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Behind Trump defense of Saudi crown prince, a deeper U.S. shift on human rights
Trump's remarks threw into stark relief just how far his administration has shifted away from the traditional U.S. support for human rights globally.
WORLD / Politics
Trump signs Epstein files bill after fight that split Republicans
Trump approved a measure he had spent months trying to block in a fight that inflamed tensions in his own party and threatened to undermine his agenda.
WORLD / Politics
Saudi crown prince hosted at friendlier U.S. Congress
The second day meeting aimed to tout stronger-than-ever economic and security ties while brushing off scrutiny of the prince's human rights record.
Survivors Lisa Phillips, Jess Michaels, and Annie Farmer react as Sky Roberts, brother of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's late victim Virginia Giuffre, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Trump's White House tried to slow-walk a vote on the Epstein files. It failed.
By Nandita Bose
Contrary to President Donald Trump's stance in public, the White House was quietly lobbying senators to delay a vote on releasing the files.
People stand outside the Russian consulate in Gdansk, Poland, which is being closed by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Poland to close Russian consulate, deploy soldiers after railway sabotage
By Marek Strzelecki and Barbara Erling
Poland says two Ukrainians collaborating with Moscow perpetrated the weekend blast on a train line that connects Warsaw to the Ukrainian border.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Ukraine would be forced to give up land under U.S. peace plan
By Anastasiia Malenko and Tom Balmforth
The plan would be a major setback for Kyiv as it faces further Russian territorial gains and an internal corruption scandal.
Gen. Randy George, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, speaks during a ceremony honoring prisoners of war, at the Pentagon in Washington, on Sept. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
Top U.S. army officials in Ukraine in attempt to revive peace talks, Politico reports
The two officials make a rare, unannounced visit to Kyiv by the Trump administration.
In U.S. President Donald Trump's view, wars abroad have left the U.S. military overstretched, and his answer has been to push allies in Europe and Asia to shoulder more of the burden for their own defense.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
U.S. retreat as world’s top cop under Trump opens door to regional strife
By Jennifer Welch
The good news is a great-power war remains unlikely.
Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks to reporters outside the Capitol as the House was voting in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
U.S. Congress votes for release of Epstein files, putting matter before Trump
Despite his changed position on the bill, the Republican president remains angry about the attention paid to the Epstein matter.
President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela during a news conference in Caracas on Sept. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
Trump said to authorize CIA plans for covert action in Venezuela
By Tyler Pager, Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
While Trump publicly emphasizes Venezuela’s role in the drug trade and illegal immigration, he has privately discussed the country’s huge oil reserves and access to them.

Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Beware of China’s strategic distortion of reality
China holds a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3. 
China to reimpose ban on Japanese seafood imports amid row over Taiwan, reports say
A sign reading, "Suspend the sales of all fish products imported from Japan" is displayed in an area home to Japanese restaurants in Beijing in August 2023. China will reimpose a ban on imports of Japanese seafood, media reports in Tokyo said Wednesday, as a diplomatic spat between the two countries deepens.
Yen rout brings talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention
The yen has been weak against the U.S. dollar in recent weeks, with some analysts expecting the retreat to continue.
Onosato stumbles in quest for first perfect championship
Yoshinofuji (left) beats Onosato by <i>oshidashi</i> at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.
Economic security minister stresses crackdown on rule-breaking foreign nationals
Economic security minister Kimi Onoda speaks during a group interview in Tokyo on Monday.
How Band-Maid brought anime energy into the hard-rock sound of ‘Scooooop’
Members of Band-Maid combine heavy riffs and maid-inspired visuals in their latest project, "Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty."

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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