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A screen grab from video posted to U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account shows what he said is a U.S. military strike on a boat carrying alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2025

Trump says U.S. struck alleged drug vessel in latest operation

The latest strike — at least the third against alleged drug vessels — comes amid a large U.S. military buildup in the southern Caribbean.
U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates with a gesture from the "Dragon Ball" anime series after winning gold in the men's 200-meter final on Friday in Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 20, 2025

Noah Lyles wants athletics to stop being an ‘amateur sport’

The American sprinter has consistently voiced his frustration with the sport’s dwindling public interest in non-Olympic years.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang in this photo released Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2025

North Korea’s Kim open to talks with Trump, as South’s Lee backs nuke freeze

Kim said talks could reopen if the U.S. drops its denuclearization demand, remarks that came as South Korea's leader said he'd back a deal to freeze Pyongyang's nuke program.
People attend a U.S. naturalization ceremony for new citizens in Savannah, Georgia, on July 29, 2024. The new worker visa fees could mean fewer talented immigrants coming to the U.S., who often go on to launch new firms, analysts say.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2025

Trump's new visa fees spur offshoring talks and hiring turmoil

While the $100,000 fee applies only to new applicants, the confusion around its roll-out and steep cost are leading companies to pause recruitment, budgeting and workforce plans.
The United Nations Security Council holds a ministerial meeting on Ukraine during the U.N. General Assembly at the body's headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2025

The U.S. assault on the U.N. rests on a tragic misunderstanding

The Trump administration views the U.N. as a useless, woke cesspool. Instead, it reflects the world as it is, assembled to “save humanity from hell.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid that had been appropriated by Congress in a major test of President Donald Trump’s efforts to wrest the power of the purse from the legislature.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid

The case raises questions about how much authority the president has to rescind funds for programs that don't align with his policies.
ICE agents stand guard during a protest against the immigration policies of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, outside an ICE detention facility in Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2025

Trump authorizes 'full force' troop deployment in Portland, Oregon

The U.S. president has made crime a major focus of his administration even as violent crime rates have fallen in many U.S. cities, including Portland.
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 28, 2025

On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t

From nuanced differences in how to bolster Japan’s defenses to the importance of relations with the U.S., each candidate’s views could result in significantly different policies.
Shipping containers near the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai. The U.S. under President Donald Trump has revived mercantilist trade policies to favor American industry, but China is outpacing the U.S.
COMMENTARY
Sep 29, 2025

Why America will lose its mercantilist game to China

There is already one country that has been practicing mercantilism for decades and it appears to be a step ahead of the U.S. as it starts to play the same game: China.
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an arrival ceremony in Beijing in November 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025

Xi pushes Trump to 'oppose' Taiwan independence in major shift

Any change in wording will fan concerns that Washington’s position on the self-ruled democracy is becoming a trade war bargaining chip.
The U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington in 2022
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2025

U.S. expands export blacklist in crackdown on Chinese subsidiaries

The action greatly increases the number of companies that require licenses to receive American goods and services.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses senior military officers gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025

Trump tells military brass U.S. faces ‘invasion from within’

The president has sought to involve the military in his political agenda despite fears by top officers that this could erode support for an institution meant to be apolitical.
A new Nissan Rogue compact SUV at a dealership in Richmond, California, in September. Nissan is readying a plug-in hybrid option for its best-selling Rogue model for launch in early 2026 in the U.S. market and reviving its Xterra SUV as a hybrid model.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2025

Nissan to reboot Xterra SUV as a hybrid, freezes plans for U.S. EV

The Japanese carmaker is planning to boost gas-powered vehicle output in the U.S. in response to President Donald Trump’s trade and environmental policies.
Taiwan has pushed back against a U.S. proposal to move chip production stateside to cover half of America’s demand.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 1, 2025

Taiwan rejects U.S. demand for half of its chips to be made in America

Taiwanese Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said Taipei has never made such a commitment.
Isuzu Chairman Masanori Katayama (third from left) and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (center) attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the firm's vehicle plant in South Carolina on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2025

Isuzu to build first independent U.S. plant

The Japanese commercial vehicle maker aims to ease the impact of high U.S. tariffs by expanding local production.
Law enforcement officers detain a demonstrator during a protest at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2025

Judge blocks Trump on Portland troops as national guard ordered to Illinois

A Trump-appointed judge said in an order that the national guard deployment to the Oregon city did not appear to be justified due to the limited nature of the protests.
Federal law enforcement officers line up in the Brighton Park neighborhood in Chicago on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2025

Trump administration brands U.S. cities war zones

An escalating political crisis across the country is pitting Trump's anti-crime and migration crackdown against Democrats who accuse him of an authoritarian power grab.
Jane Goodall communicates with a chimp named Nana in June 2004 at a zoo in Magdeburg, Germany. She was the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2025

Without Jane Goodall, chimps need new champions — us

Goodall revolutionized the way we see both great apes and ourselves. We can’t let her legacy fade away.
Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi is often compared to Margaret Thatcher, but the analogy fails because Japan today is not 1980s Britain and her success depends on pragmatism, not ideology.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2025

Pragmatism, not ideology, must guide Takaichi

The key difference from Thatcher lies in economic policy, as the LDP has never been a truly neoliberal party.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 11, 2025

Trump ratchets up U.S.-China trade war with new levies and export controls

The actions signaled the biggest rupture in relations in four months between Beijing and Washington — the world's biggest factory and its biggest consumer.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2025

With flattery and warnings, Russia tries to revive 'spirit of Alaska' with U.S.

Moscow is trying to adapt to Trump's diplomatic reversals by taking a delicate twin-track approach.
A giant inflatable basketball promoting NBA preseason games held at Venetian Arena in Macao on Friday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 12, 2025

Treading fine line, NBA money machine kicks into gear on China return

The preseason games heralded the NBA's return to China for the first time since being effectively frozen out of the country in 2019.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin as they meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2025

Trump may approve Tomahawks for Ukraine if Russia continues war

U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments signal an openness to expanding the range of weaponry provided to Ukraine but also that he remains focused on a ceasefire.
A Hindustan Petroleum oil refinery in Mumbai. Executives at four companies that account for more than 80% of India’s oil-processing capacity say they were caught off guard by U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks that the South Asian nation would halt buying Russian crude.
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2025

India refiners to trim Russia oil buying as Trump sows confusion

India has flip-flopped between defying the U.S. and crimping Russian imports in response to pressure from Washington to cut back.
A port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 18, 2025

Trump says 100% tariffs on China unsustainable and he still plans to meet Xi

The new trade actions were Trump's reaction to China dramatically expanding its export controls on rare earth elements.
U.S. President Donald Trump points to a reporter during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 21, 2025

Trump expects Taiwan on agenda for Xi meeting, predicts trade deal

The U.S. leader underlined a number of divisive topics the two sides plan to tackle at a meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in South Korea next week.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (center) during a photo session with her new Cabinet ministers including Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (right) at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2025

Japan’s new leader to woo Trump with promises on pickups and soybeans

The two leaders will sit down in Tokyo during Trump's first visit to Japan since his re-election.
The Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Any sweeping technology restrictions on China could disrupt a fragile U.S. economy already absorbing the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025

U.S. considers broad software curbs on China, White House says

The acknowledgment came following a report that the U.S. was weighing efforts similar to the curbs implemented against Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025

Hopes for Xi-Trump summit dampened by tough Beijing moves and rising tension

Even if the talks get back on track, experts say a narrow deal on a few issues is the most likely outcome.
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force personnel march during the joint multinational exercise Garuda Shield 2025 at the Baturaja combat training center in Lampung, Indonesia, last month.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2025

Takaichi to put defense push in spotlight in bid to satiate Trump demands

She is expected to raise Japan’s defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product by the end of this fiscal year, a move that could pave the way for further hikes.
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.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
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