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U.S. director Kathryn Bigelow attends the Los Angeles special screening of her Netflix film "A House of Dynamite" at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California, on Oct. 9.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2025

Pentagon frets over ‘A House of Dynamite’ nuclear doomsday film

The Pentagon agency responsible for the more than $50 billion system of ground-based interceptors designed to avoid just such a scenario isn’t happy about it.
A man walks past a gas station of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft, which is the major stakeholder in Serbian oil company NIS, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 8.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2025

U.S. may hit Russia with more sanctions but wants Europe to increase pressure

While it's unclear whether Washington will act on these moves, it shows a toolkit within the administration to up the ante
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet (center) and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hold up signed documents during a ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Trump headlines ASEAN summit as Thailand-Cambodia sign ceasefire deal

The U.S. president also oversaw a series of pivotal trade talks on the sidelines of the summit.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her policy speech at a Lower House plenary session on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Concern raised over proposed cut in Lower House seats

JIP is calling for a cut of about 50 proportional representation seats in the all-important lower chamber of parliament.
A Nishiyama Seimen employee works at its factory in Sapporo.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2025

Japanese firms keep expanding in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia

Around 650 Japanese companies maintain a presence in the area, with the latest arrivals varying from tech startups to noodle makers.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and trade minister Ryosei Akazawa at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Sunday
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2025

Akazawa and Lutnick reunite to discuss trade deal ahead of Trump visit

Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick visited Tokyo’s landmark Sensoji Temple before heading to Tokyo Skytree for a working lunch on Sunday.
A building housing the health ministry in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 26, 2025

Japan to promote use of follow-on biologics

The ministry aims to introduce new measures in fiscal 2026 as a way to curb the country's ballooning medical costs.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a bilateral meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2025

U.S.-Pakistan relations don’t come at expense of India, Rubio says

The U.S.’ pivot toward Pakistan under President Donald Trump has irked New Delhi and coincided with a fraying in ties between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 27, 2025

U.S. and China tee up sweeping trade deal for Trump and Xi to finish

After talks wrapped up Sunday in Malaysia, an official said there is preliminary consensus on topics like export controls, fentanyl and shipping levies.
An electronic signboard in Tokyo shows the benchmark Nikkei 225 index above 50,000.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 27, 2025

Nikkei 225 breaks 50,000 for first time ever on trade and rate optimism

The rally comes after China and the United States reached a framework trade agreement.
Komeito Secretary-General Makoto Nishida speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14. He recently said that his party may give its backing to candidates of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in future parliamentary elections.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Komeito executive says party may support CDP candidates

The comments follow Komeito's departure from the ruling coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party earlier this month, partly due to discord over regulating political donations.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a news conference in Tokyo last week.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 27, 2025

Japan’s first female finance chief is a veteran on banking policy

Satsuki Katayama joined the Finance Ministry in 1982 and reached a higher position in the influential Budget Bureau than any woman before her.
The Nara District Court has scheduled 19 days for the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami before it hands down a ruling on Jan. 21 next year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2025

Three years later, trial begins for man accused of ex-PM Abe’s assassination

The delay was due to pretrial proceedings and a lengthy psychiatric evaluation for Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, to determine his fitness to stand trial.
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
JAPAN / History / Longform
Oct 27, 2025

Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell

A sealed 1930s subway platform beneath Shimbashi Station still holds traces of what the capital looked like before the war.
Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer speaks to the media prior to Game 2 of the 2025 MLB World Series against the Dodgers at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 27, 2025

Blue Jays' Scherzer eyes World Series history ahead of Game 3

All even at one game each, the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers will duel to get the upper hand in the best-of-seven matchup.
U.S. Marines at Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture demonstrate the Typhon ground-launched missile system in September. Capable of launching land-based Tomahawks, it has already been deployed in global exercises, proving that the technical challenges often cited as an excuse to withhold Tomahawks from Ukraine are unfounded.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025

Sanctions or Tomahawks? Only credible threats will convince Putin.

A lack of resolve and realism in the West has encouraged Putin to believe he need only wait until Ukraine’s backers fail it and he’ll be able to achieve his maximalist goals.
Investors appear to be skeptical that artificial intelligence will generate widespread prosperity despite its potential for significant profits in certain sectors.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025

What does the market really think about AI?

Investors appear to be skeptical that artificial intelligence will generate widespread prosperity despite its potential for significant profits in certain sectors.
The U.S.-China economic confrontation under Donald Trump's leadership is marked by chaos, a lack of strategy and internal divisions within U.S. circles, raising critical questions about the future of global diplomacy and trade.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025

The U.S. has no China policy, no strategy and no clue

But tariffs were just the overture, as Washington and Beijing, tit-for-tat, started going after each other in every other way.
Solar panels at the Baofeng Agriculture-Photovoltaic Integration Industrial Base near Yinchuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 27, 2025

China’s solar self-discipline spurs turnaround at silicon makers

The recovery saw a 50% surge in polysilicon prices after Beijing began lambasting cutthroat atmosphere in tech sectors such as solar.
The Children and Families Agency plans to launch a system in December 2026 that would allow employers to verify whether job seekers who will work with children have a sexual offense record.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2025

Japan faces gaps in new system to track teachers with sex offense records

The new system excludes offenses such as stalking, as well as cases that end without indictment because the crime is deemed minor or a settlement is reached with the victim.
An Apollo Go vehicle in Dubai
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 27, 2025

Chinese robotaxis race Waymo to take driverless cars global

The dominant EV industry China has built for decades gives its autonomous-vehicle companies a potential advantage over U.S. hopefuls.
Noritaka Okabe, head of Japanese startup JPYC, at a news conference for the first yen stablecoin in Tokyo on Monday
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 27, 2025

JPYC, world’s first yen stablecoin, is issued

One-second transfers costing less than ¥1 could become a reality.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takayuki Kobayashi answers questions during the LDP presidential election candidates' joint news conference at party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 23.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

LDP policy chief ramps up moves to ease rules on exporting lethal defense gear

The LDP's Takayuki Kobayashi said that he intends to push for relaxing the regulations in order to “contribute to world peace” and strengthen Japan’s defense industry.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama briefs reporters after her first in-person meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday night.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2025

U.S. and Japan finance chiefs hold first meet as Nikkei passes 50,000 mark

Bessent also exchanged views with Katayama on the $550 billion investment Japan pledged to the U.S.
Amazon has been trimming smaller numbers of jobs over the past two years across multiple divisions.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2025

Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say

The company’s largest cut since 2022 represents nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees.
Nidec's Qingdao Industrial Park in China. The Tokyo Stock Exchange has designated Nidec as a "security on special alert" for a possible delisting.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2025

Nidec faces delisting risk as Tokyo Stock Exchange boosts scrutiny

The move by the exchange may deal another blow to Nidec’s shares, which have tumbled roughly 20% since the start of September as its accounting issues came to light.
An FAA air traffic control tower at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Oct. 24
WORLD / Society
Oct 28, 2025

Thousands of U.S. flights delayed as government shutdown halts paychecks

Roughly 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers must work without pay amid a government shutdown.
Katsuhiko Ushikubo, chief investment officer of Norinchukin Bank, ahead of an interview at the Bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2025

Norinchukin still ready to invest in credit despite losses

Chief Investment Officer Katsuhiko Ushikubo is in charge of the bank’s efforts to repair its ¥40.7 trillion portfolio after losses on foreign bonds last fiscal year.
Unitree robot dogs climb a flight of stairs during a demonstration in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on March 21.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2025

Robot dogs and AI drone swarms: How China could use DeepSeek for war

A review of research papers, patents and procurement records gives a snapshot of Beijing's systematic effort to harness artificial intelligence for military advantage.
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (right) and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura pose for a picture after signing an agreement to form a coalition, at the National Diet Building in Tokyo on Oct 20.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 28, 2025

Smaller parties set to suffer most if LDP and JIP reduce Lower House seats

Smaller parties such as Komeito could lose out the most if a bill is passed to reduce Lower House seats by 10%.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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