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A sign is attached to the exterior fence at the South Lawn of the White House as demolition work is underway on the East Wing to begin construction on U.S. President Donald Trump's planned ballroom in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 26, 2025

The bulldozer and the ballroom: Trump puts permanent stamp on the White House

To many, the plan symbolizes a presidency that has taken a wrecking ball to national norms, international institutions and the world order itself.
Serial child sexual abuse cases in Australian day care centers have spurred a rush to close security gaps that let predators through the door.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2025

Predators 'slip through the cracks' in Australian child care

Analysts say regulations have failed to keep up with the expansion of the sector.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reacts as East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao greets her during the ASEAN-Japan summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2025

Takaichi’s ‘Trump card’ for meeting U.S. leader? Her relationship with Abe.

Sanae Takaichi’s ties to slain former leader Shinzo Abe are expected to get her off on the right foot with Donald Trump as she aims to navigate defense and trade pressure.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi takes a group photo with other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during the ASEAN-Japan summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Takaichi makes diplomatic debut with ASEAN maritime security and AI pledge

New Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to strengthen cooperation on maritime security, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Gaku Kurokawa’s “Listening to Stone,” which is essentially a large stone with a hole carved in it, instructs visitors to put their heads inside the hole and listen to themselves in isolation.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 26, 2025

Tokyo Biennale hides the art in plain sight

This year is the biennale's most ambitious yet, with 39 participating artists from Japan and abroad creating under the theme “Wander for Wonder.”
A thaw between New Delhi and Beijing followed meetings between their leaders in Russia last year and in China in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

'Smooth and easy': India and China resume direct flights as ties improve

The neighbors remain strategic rivals competing for regional influence, but ties have gradually eased since a deadly Himalayan border clash in 2020.
Aradhana David, who became interested in Japan via anime and YouTube influencers, studies Japanese at the Learnet Institute of Skills in New Delhi on Oct. 8.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2025

India’s most valuable export: Tens of millions of workers

The idea, which economists call labor mobility, is to connect young Indians to companies in places with shrinking populations where labor shortages are holding back growth.
Grace Wales Bonner, newly appointed creative director of men's ready-to-wear collections at Hermes, the 188-year-old French luxury house famed for its rigorous and meticulous ways.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2025

Grace Wales Bonner to lead menswear design at tradition-rich luxury house Hermes

The appointment gives the maker of Birkin bags a designer known for her unique way of melding fine tailoring with broad cultural research, with a string of awards under her belt.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on as  Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders attend the opening of bloc's summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 27, 2025

In diplomatic debut, Takaichi chooses continuity at ASEAN summit

New Prime Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi put fears of a more hawkish approach to China on the backburner as she promised boosted ties with Southeast Asia.
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Emperor Naruhito upon his arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday evening.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Trump arrives in Japan for security and trade talks in test for Takaichi

The prime minister will be seeking to build a solid relationship with the U.S. president as she looks to navigate increasing pressure on trade and defense issues.
Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (right) shakes hands with Packers quarterback Jordan Love after the game at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 27, 2025

Apprentice tames master as Love leads Packers past Rodgers' Steelers

Love, who spent three seasons as Rodgers' understudy after being drafted as the veteran quarterback's long-term replacement, showed superb poise in a 35-25 road victory.
Lakers guard Austin Reaves controls the ball against the Kings during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 27, 2025

Austin Reaves pours in career-high 51 points as Lakers top Kings

Taking the leading role after Luka Doncic was a late scratch due to finger and lower-leg injuries, Reaves surpassed his previous NBA best of 45 points.
Shionogi CEO Isao Teshirogi says the firm's Dovato HIV treatment has top market share in Europe and is expected to continue expanding.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2025

Shionogi lifts profit outlook on HIV royalties and overseas growth

The company raised its full-year operating profit by 5.7% to ¥185 billion, beating analyst estimates.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House in Washington in August. A new study found that national security officials often overestimate their knowledge, with statements they rated as 90% likely to be true actually true only 57% of the time.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2025

Feeling confident? Think again — you’re probably wrong.

A study finds that overconfidence by many national security experts “was so extreme that it essentially canceled out the knowledge that these individuals possessed.”
Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets in a barrel at a factory in China
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2025

Rare-earth producers look to U.S.-led boom to blunt China’s power

U.S. companies are working to expand supplies of the tiny but vital industrial components at the heart of a global trade showdown.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Washington on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 29, 2025

Nvidia will build AI supercomputers for U.S. Energy Department

In Washington, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang walked a fine line between praising U.S. President Donald Trump and risking further antagonism of China.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participate in the "Howdy Modi" event in Houston, Texas, in September 2019. India has resisted Trump 2.0-era pressure through selective concessions, strategic patience and diversified partnerships.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 29, 2025

India’s geoeconomic options in a Trumpian world

India resists Trump-era U.S. pressure through selective concessions, strategic patience and diversified partnerships, safeguarding its sovereignty.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during a visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 29, 2025

Takaichi buys time and builds trust with ‘near-perfect’ Trump summit

Experts called the PM’s meeting with the U.S. president an “overwhelming success,” especially considering the tumult and uncertainty in bilateral relations over the past year.
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2025

At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market

The Chinese EV manufacturer’s Racco minivehicle is its first model exclusively made for a specific market.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during an event in Washington on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 30, 2025

Nvidia becomes first $5 trillion firm as AI rally picks up steam

Nvidia has become the most-important stock in a bull market that’s been driven by optimism for AI to revolutionize the global economy.
A mushroom cloud rises with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in 1946.
WORLD
Oct 30, 2025

Trump asks Pentagon to immediately resume testing U.S. nuclear weapons

Never mind that Russia and China are not currently conducting nuclear tests and nuclear testing is overseen by the Department of Energy.
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
CULTURE / Film
Oct 31, 2025

Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it

Once a niche passion, anime has become a global obsession. “Demon Slayer” lit the fuse. “Chainsaw Man” just proved it’s unstoppable.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman announces a zero-carbon city called “The Line” to be built at NEOM, a futuristic city in the desert by the Red Sea, in northwestern Saudi Arabia, in 2021.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 30, 2025

Saudi Arabia plans to refocus $925B fund after gigaproject delays, source says

Analysts have said many of the gigaprojects have not yet yielded sufficient returns to justify their lofty price tags, as several remain far from completion.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday. Whether Takaichi can follow through on her promises will determine whether her relationship with Trump truly ushers in a new era for Japan-U.S. relations.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2025

Takaichi earns kudos for following Trump ‘manual’

The Takaichi administration’s diplomacy toward Washington will face many trials in the months and years to come.
A French CRS riot police officer patrols near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2025

Inside the heist that shocked the world

More than a week after thieves stole over $100 million worth of jewels from the Louvre, details of the burglary and security lapses are coming to light.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes after a game against the Commanders in Kansas City, Missouri, on Monday
MORE SPORTS / Football
Oct 31, 2025

Latest NFL Chiefs-Bills duel has both chasing division leaders

The Chiefs know they will face one of the NFL's loudest and most passionate fan bases in Buffalo on Sunday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Oct. 23.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2025

White House restricts access for journalists to press secretary's office

The new memorandum from the National Security Council bans journalists from accessing Room 140, also known as "Upper Press," without a prior appointment.
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2025

A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy

Batanes province in the Philippines is on the front line of the great power competition between the United States and China.
Hussain Al-Shahristani, president of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs (second from left), and other officials visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2025

Pugwash Conference opens in Hiroshima

The 63rd Pugwash Conference opened in Hiroshima on Saturday, with nearly 200 participants set to discuss the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 2, 2025

The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism

Japan's convenience stores, with their myriad products and services as well as creative hacks, have proven to be a hit with travelers.

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes