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Three U.S. companies — Amazon, Google and Microsoft — now control over 60% of the global cloud market, posing major economic and security risks for Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Europe seeks to end U.S. tech giants' hold on digital infrastructure
Three U.S. companies — Amazon, Google, and Microsoft — now control over 60% of the global cloud market, posing major economic and security risks for Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Want students to thrive? Lock up their phones.
A growing bipartisan push to ban smartphones in U.S. classrooms is showing early signs of boosting learning, cutting bullying and helping students reconnect in real life.
COMMENTARY / World
The BBC is gambling with its own destruction over Trump scandal
The Beeb is too important and Trump’s rancor too extreme and unpredictable to pursue chancy legal warfare.
The world is experiencing something similar to the prosperity before World War I, but growing authoritarianism, environmental decline and political paralysis are threatening to turn a promising future into a catastrophe.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2025
Lessons from the past: The geopolitical significance of historical precedent
By Jacques Attali
Every generation believes that it is living in an unprecedented era with unique challenges. But time and again, the same patterns have weakened and even destroyed civilizations.
A nuclear bomb test at Bikini Atoll and Enewetak in June 1956. Such tests are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2025
Nuclear tests and a legacy of harm in the Asia-Pacific
By Maxime Polleri
Understanding former nuclear experiments as “tests” is highly misleading, as each atomic explosion has released a tremendous quantity of long-lasting radioactive pollutants.
Vietnam's prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh (center left), speaks with Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 28.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2025
ASEAN’s moment of truth
By Mari Elka Pangestu and Tan Sri Rebecca Fatimah Sta Maria
The block confronts its biggest test yet: building balanced partnerships with powerhouses like China, India, Japan and the U.S.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's global ambitions require internal unity, yet internal repression constrains the creativity that global leadership demands.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 16, 2025
Xi’s balancing act: Competition abroad and discipline at home
By Naoko Eto
China’s global ambitions require internal unity, yet internal repression constrains the creativity that global leadership demands.
Protesters in Makati City, Metro Manila, hold a rally over the Philippines' territorial disputes with China outside the Chinese Consulate in June 2015. ASEAN, despite five of its members claiming parts of the South China Sea, doesn’t back Manila in its standoff with Beijing.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2025
ASEAN hedges as the South China Sea bubbles over
By Brad Glosserman
One would think ASEAN, with five of its members claiming parts of the South China Sea, would support the Philippines’ quest for a peaceful, legal resolution. You’d be wrong.
Early evidence suggests that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, when given shortly before cancer immunotherapy, may significantly boost survival rates by activating the immune system.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2025
What if the COVID-19 vaccine could save cancer patients too?
By Lisa Jarvis
That something as simple as a COVID-19 vaccine might improve survival in cancer patients receiving standard immunotherapy has taken oncologists by surprise — in a good way.
Demonstrators attend the "We Are All D.C." march in Washington on Sept. 6 to protest U.S. President Trump’s order to send National Guard units to assist in crime prevention.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2025
How accurate are U.S. crime statistics?
By Justin Fox
All the numbers point to a sharp downturn in Washington and other big cities. After that it becomes a little tricky.

Economic security minister stresses crackdown on rule-breaking foreign nationals
Economic security minister Kimi Onoda speaks during a group interview in Tokyo on Monday.
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. 
Japan seeks to placate China as strained relations move beyond political realm
Director-General of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Masaaki Kanai (left) and Chinese Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong depart after a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Tuesday.
More Japanese firms relax rules in tussle for workers
Hinako Mori, 22, arranges products at a Don Quijote outlet in Tokyo in October. The Japanese retailer, which relaxed its rules concerning hair and nail polish three years ago, says nearly a quarter of its employees sport brightly colored hair.
Osaka proposes to halt applications for minpaku private lodgings
The Osaka Prefectural Government and several municipalities on Monday submitted a proposal to halt new special-zone minpaku applications, citing repeated complaints about some foreign guests.
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."
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Who is cricket’s Shohei Ohtani?
South African cricket legend Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the final day of a cricket test match against India in Johannesburg in December 2013.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.

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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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