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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s future is uncertain as a fund-raising scandal casts a shadow over who will lead the Liberal Democratic Party. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Unpacking the scandal rocking the LDP to its core
By Michael MacArthur Bosack
What may be termed as the “faction parties scandal” is a shock to the system that will have deep implications for the Japanese political landscape.
Local government and law enforcement officials view the scene of an explosion that occurred during a Catholic mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Philippines, on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
The Philippines is battling a resurgent Islamic State threat
By KARISHMA VASWANI
The Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals may be driving a new security threat in the Philippines.
What’s worrying from the stock market’s perspective is that the Reserve Bank of India is taking more direct steps to rein in debt-fueled consumption.
COMMENTARY / World
The world’s most-loved emerging market is feeling jittery
By Andy Mukherjee
India's economic prosperity is primarily being attributed to a small elite class referred to as the "Octopus class."

EDITORIALS

Ground Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a military drill involving a V-22 Osprey aircraft in June 2022.
The Osprey crash has lessons for the U.S.-Japan alliance
The U.S. and Japan bungled the initial response to the crash of an Osprey aircraft in Japan. Both must learn to improve communication in the future.
EDITORIALS
We must stop Myanmar’s descent into a failed state
EDITORIALS
Kishida is in trouble, but he’ll survive — for now
EDITORIALS
Biden-Xi meeting long on symbolism, short on substance
EDITORIALS
Can the world harness AI’s fire without getting burned?

COMMENTARY

Local government and law enforcement officials view the scene of an explosion that occurred during a Catholic mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Philippines, on Sunday.
World
The Philippines is battling a resurgent Islamic State threat
By KARISHMA VASWANI
The Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals may be driving a new security threat in the Philippines.
World
There can be no climate justice if rich countries don’t pay
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
World / Geoeconomic Briefing
How AI fits into China's raft of global initiatives
By Naoko Eto
Japan
If Kissinger was serving as the U.S. secretary of state
By Kuni Miyake
World
The world’s most-loved emerging market is feeling jittery
By Andy Mukherjee
World
Unraveling the new roots of modern antisemitism
By Slavoj Zizek
World
COP28 can deliver progress on climate change, but will it?
By Michael Spence
World
The life of the Pogues' frontman and the ‘banality of crazy’ in U.S. politics
By Brad Glosserman
Japan
New 'Godzilla' flick deftly tackles postwar Japan in cinematic triumph
By Gearoid Reidy
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Shohei Ohtani to join Dodgers on record-breaking deal
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani ended his free agency on Saturday by announcing his decision to play for the Dodgers.
Tokyo Disneyland apologizes for Minnie Mouse skirt-lifting incident
The operator of Tokyo Disneyland on Friday apologized after clips of Minnie Mouse having her skirt lifted by another character during a recent Christmas parade went viral on social media.
Japanese associate professor killed in U.S. college shooting
Law enforcement officers head into the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus amid a mass shooting on Wednesday.
Actors say sexual abuse is a structural problem in Japan’s film industry
Actress Midori Suiren (center), filmmaker Kenzo Kaga (right) and cinematographer Shin Hayasaka attend a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
China 'not fearful of war' over Senkakus, senior military officer says
Lt. Gen. He Lei, a former vice president of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences, speaks with Kyodo News in Beijing in October.
Japan-born U.S. national Yuri Kondo continues dual citizenship fight
The day after the Fukuoka District Court dismissed her lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of Japan's dual nationality law, Yuri Kondo, 76, was in high spirits as she drove to see family and friends.
'Oppenheimer' to screen in Japan next year after nuclear controversy
A sign for "Oppenheimer" at a movie theater in Los Angeles. The film will open in Japan next year.
Tokyo aims to make high school tuition free of charge for all
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks during a Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly meeting on Monday.
Kishida walks tightrope after new funds allegations against Matsuno
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno attend a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
Actors say sexual abuse is a structural problem in Japan’s film industry
Actress Midori Suiren (center), filmmaker Kenzo Kaga (right) and cinematographer Shin Hayasaka attend a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.

Podcast

The Climate Action Network holds an event at the venue of the U.N. climate change conferences in Dubai on Sunday to give its 'fossil' award to countries including Japan.
Feeling anxious? Wastewater, heat and Japan’s year in climate

Longform

Janos Cegledy sits in a park in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. The pianist says Japan suits him, “There is a certain civility and politeness here which you don’t find anywhere else.”
The extraordinary life of a Holocaust survivor living in Japan
By Eric Margolis

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