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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian attends a news conference in Beijing in April.

JAPAN / Politics

China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up

By Jesse Johnson

Beijing’s first retaliatory move against Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan could have a significant impact on tourism.

China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency

How Takaichi should navigate Beijing’s diplomatic threats

Sakie Yokota (center), Takuya Yokota (left), and others at a news conference after meeting with U.S. President Trump in Tokyo last month.

JAPAN

After 48 years, families of Japanese abductees still waiting for progress

"The situation will not change unless we do something different," a senior official at the prime minister's office said.

The Japanese government is mulling an extra budget for the current fiscal year which will be larger than last year’s, according to local media reports.

BUSINESS / Economy

Japan plans bigger extra budget this fiscal year, reports say

By Erica Yokoyama

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government is mulling an extra budget for the current fiscal year which will be larger than last year’s.

Currently, about 2,400 employees are engaged in vehicle production at Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.

BUSINESS / Companies

Nissan to set up panel with union over Oppama plant shutdown

The committee will hold its first meeting as early as this month to discuss measures for current workers, such as transferring them to a subsidiary.

Taiwanese Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim’s visited Brussels last week, telling lawmakers that “global prosperity depends on a strong and free Taiwan.”

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS

Taiwan makes inroads into Europe as China hits rough patch with West

By Gabriel Dominguez

The self-ruled, democratic island is circumventing diplomatic obstacles despite Beijing’s efforts to ostracize it.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a ministerial meeting on bear attacks at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.

Government launches emergency bear attack prevention plan

By Yukana Inoue

Many of the proposed measures focus on increasing personnel and resources for bear management and culling.

Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism

The specific size of the increase will be discussed during fiscal 2026 tax system reform talks at the end of the year.

Timeless tales throw the march of ‘progress’ into relief

By Michael Hoffman

AI poses threat to journalism in Japan, news association chair says

By Elizabeth Beattie

Niigata governor inspects Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant

Imperial couple to visit disaster-hit northeast in 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has rolled back tariffs on more than 200 food products as American consumers lament the high cost of groceries.

Trump cuts tariffs on beef, coffee and other foods as inflation concerns mount

By Andrea Shalal — David Lawder

The move marks a sharp reversal for Trump, who has long insisted that the sweeping import duties he imposed earlier this year are not fueling inflation.

According to the labor and education ministries, 73.4% of job-hunting university students expected to graduate in March 2026 secured informal job offers, up 0.5 percentage point from a year earlier.

More university students in Japan get job offers

The rise in informal job offers comes amid a continued labor shortage.

Berkshire Hathaway raises more than ¥210 billion from bond sale

By Atsuko Fukase - Takahiko Hyuga

Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan

By Kazuaki Nagata

Takaichi pushes back against companies' focus on shareholders

By Sakura Murakami — Alice French

Profitable firms cut jobs as activist investors and TSE seek stronger returns

By Kanoko Matsuyama

A local market in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Hamas quietly reasserts control in Gaza as post-war talks grind on

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

After a ceasefire began last month, a dozen Gazans say they are increasingly feeling Hamas asserting its authority in various ways.

U.S. President Donald Trump departs for Florida from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Nov. 7

At Trump's urging, U.S. Justice Department to probe Epstein ties with Democrats

The move follows the release of thousands of documents that raised new questions about Trump's relationship with the convicted sex offender.

Ukraine hits Russian Black Sea oil port as six die in Kyiv

Clash over health care subsidies threatens to reshape 2026 midterms

By Nathan Layne

Doggie diversity in size and shape began at least 11,000 years ago

By Will Dunham

Meteorite hunters scour the Sahara for riches from outer space

By Souhail Karam

Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.

Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas

By Mai Yoshikawa

Japan, where viewing habits have been slow to change, is now fully in the streaming era, though not everyone is ready to come along for the ride.

A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo

By Kathryn Wortley

Japanese fans express pride after Shohei Ohtani wins fourth MVP Award

MLS to change calendar to align with world's top leagues

Alcaraz beats Sinner to year-end world number one after defeating Musetti at ATP Finals

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi talks with Japan’s then-leader, Shinzo Abe, her mentor, at the Lower House of Parliament in December 2014. Takaichi, under so-called Abenomics 2.0, must convert the nation’s asset boom into broad-based economic prosperity benefiting all.

How Takaichi can make 'Abenomics 2.0' succeed

Jesper Koll

For now, there is absolutely no evidence that the rise in Japanese asset prices — both stocks and real estate — is feeding a positive wealth effect.

Chinese diplomat crosses the line

Takaichi and a shift in 'strategic ambiguity' over Taiwan

By Kuni Miyake

ASEAN hedges as the South China Sea bubbles over

By Brad Glosserman

What if the COVID-19 vaccine could save cancer patients too?

By Lisa Jarvis

Ernesto Katsunori Suzuki holds a cacao fruit at his farm in Tome-Acu in northern Brazil last month.

Japanese immigrants gain attention with farming method in the Amazon

Anticipation is rising that the agricultural method, involving nurturing a forest to grow crops there, can help the rainforest bounce back.

Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30

By Simon Jessop - Lais Morais - Anna Portella

World's fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2025, study says

By Kelly Macnamara

Nearly half of all refugees to face extreme climate hazards by 2040, says UNHCR

Jamaicans have been turning to solar power. It paid off after the storm.

By Hiroko Tabuchi

This year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen" will be broadcast on NHK from 7:20 p.m. on Dec. 31.

Chanmina, aespa, among 10 acts to debut on NHK’s ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’

By Patrick St. Michel

The New Year’s Eve music spectacle on NHK will feature first-time acts such as idol group Fruits Zipper and long-awaited returns from bands like Okinawa’s Orange Range.

At TIFF, East Asia’s veteran stars tread new territory with mixed results

By Mike Fu

Predictability weighs down ‘A Light in the Harbor’

By James Hadfield

‘Tokyo Taxi’: A simple fare becomes a voyage through time

By Mark Schilling

Renowned Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai dies at 92

By Weiwen Lin

Industry professionals gathered in Kyoto to discuss sake at the Sake Samurai Summit.

Industry experts weigh sake’s global future at Kyoto summit

By Cindy Bissig

Participants at the Sake Samurai Summit in Kyoto discussed how global enthusiasm and domestic headwinds are reshaping Japan’s sake trade.

At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure

By Owen Ziegler

Japanese words of caution in the online world of cyberattacks and phishing

By Yuko Tamura

Tokyo's viral Muscle Girls bar flexes a brawny sort of beauty

By Kim Kyung Hoon - Satoshi Sugiyama

PokePark Kanto set for February opening in Tokyo suburb

By Gendel Gento

After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.

Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’

By Joseph Tame

Using aluminum cans as his medium, the Tsukuba-based British artist creates intricate sculptures that take months or longer to complete.

Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice

By Nadila

Wielding a weapon of yore at a community dojo

By Monique Bae

Florian Wiltschko: ‘Shinto helps me understand and live within Japanese culture’

By Samantha Seghers

Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.

By Thu-Huong Ha — Mike Fu

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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