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Chinese consulates in Japan and elsewhere regularly conduct gray-zone operations in the form of “pop-up” events at nondesignated diplomatic facilities.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 19, 2025
Beware China’s ‘gray-zone’ activities on Japanese soil
China’s wolf-warrior diplomacy and belligerent social media posts are not the only unsettling activity carried out by Chinese diplomats in Japan.
The skyline of Lower Manhattan is seen at dawn from across the Hudson River in New York on Oct. 18.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2025
U.S. is the biggest recipient of Chinese loans, study shows
The U.S. received the most official sector credit from China, more than $200 billion for nearly 2,500 projects and activities, the report said.
U.K. Minister of State in the Home Office Dan Jarvis makes a statement to members of Parliament on an "espionage alert" issued by Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5, in the House of Commons in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
MI5 warns U.K. lawmakers of new Chinese espionage threat
The security service said spies used cover stories to approach U.K. officials on sites like LinkedIn, often offering jobs as freelance consultants.
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.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 18, 2025
Japan seeks to placate China as strained relations move beyond political realm
Tokyo has warned nationals living in China to be on alert for anti-Japanese sentiment, while a Japanese animated film's release date in the nation was postponed.
China holds a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 18, 2025
Beware of China’s strategic distortion of reality
The ancient strategy resurfaced after Prime Minister Takaichi said Japan might need to respond militarily if China forced Taiwan’s unification.
(From left) Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and Foreign Minister Sugiono, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attend a joint press announcement after their meeting at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 18, 2025
Japan and Indonesia zero in on maritime security as they agree to boost defense ties
The move could also open up opportunities for trilateral cooperation with Australia following Jakarta’s announcement of plans to upgrade a key defense agreement with Canberra.
The book cover of Taiwan's civil defense handbook at a printing house in Taoyuan, Taiwan, on Friday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 18, 2025
Taiwan to give security handbook to all households as China threat rises
The handbook includes for the first time instructions on what to do if citizens encounter enemy soldiers and states any claims of Taiwan's surrender should be considered false.
A worker checks the printed book cover of Taiwan's civil defense handbook at a printing house in Taoyuan, Taiwan, November 14, 2025.
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2025
Taiwan to further tighten export controls for dual-use technology
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Taiwan has updated its export control regime to prevent Taiwanese high-tech goods from being illicitly used for military purposes.
Members of a Chinese tour group cross a road in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2025
Japan-China spat over Taiwan comments sinks tourism stocks
Asia's two top economies are closely entwined, with China the biggest source of tourists — almost 7.5 million visitors in the first nine months of 2025 — coming to Japan.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers a question during a session of the House of Councilors Budget Committee at the National Diet in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2025
Tokyo-Beijing Forum postponed following Takaichi's Taiwan remark
The postponement was requested in a letter from the China International Communications Group, with which Japanese nonprofit think tank Genron organized the event since 2005.
A Chinese tour group in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo on Sunday. China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan, following a diplomatic feud sparked by remarks from Tokyo's new prime minister about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2025
Japan sends senior official to China to cool boiling tensions
Masaaki Kanai, a top Foreign Ministry official, will be looking to explain that there has been no change in Japan’s existing position on the Taiwan issue.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Nov. 7.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2025
Announcement of Japan-China survey results postponed amid diplomatic spat
This is the second time that the announcement of the latest survey results has been postponed at the request of the Chinese side.
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
The block confronts its biggest test yet: building balanced partnerships with powerhouses like China, India, Japan and the U.S.
A Laopu Gold store on Canton Road in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong. Laopu Gold's e-commerce sales have surged more than 1,000% during the first three quarters of this year compared with two years ago.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 17, 2025
Why Chinese shoppers are choosing local luxury over LVMH and Gucci
Economics aside, homegrown labels in China are also touting the message that modern luxury can be proudly Chinese.
Chen Tianshi
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 17, 2025
U.S. sanctions propel Chinese AI prodigy to $23 billion fortune
As Washington’s export bans choked China’s access to advanced chips, firms like Chen Tianshi’s Cambricon have emerged as national champions.
Labubu dolls by toy company Pop Market are displayed during a press preview at an AliExpress pop-up shop in London on Nov. 11.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2025
Pop Mart’s Labubu risks Beanie Baby-style collapse, analyst says
The Labubu craze is about to peak, and doubts about the next sales driver for owner Pop Mart International Group suggest its shares have limited upside, an analyst says.
Two Chinese tourists wearing kimonos take a selfie as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 16, 2025
Fears rise of rupture in Japan-China ties in wake of Taiwan remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi broke years of precedent by hinting that Japan could offer military support for Taiwan under certain “worst-case” scenarios such as a Chinese attack.
The USS Annapolis nuclear-powered submarine is anchored at a naval base on Jeju Island, South Korea, in July 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 16, 2025
Top U.S. admiral says South Korea’s new submarine should keep China in check
The top U.S. military officer said helping counter China’s rapidly expanding fleet is a responsibility expected of a key ally.
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
China’s global ambitions require internal unity, yet internal repression constrains the creativity that global leadership demands.
Footage of sea lion hunting on Takeshima filmed in 1934, shown at a commemorative ceremony on Friday marking the opening of a new facility at the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2025
New facility opens at Japan's territory museum
The 300-square-meter facility, called gateway hall, also has a library housing related books.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
¥21.3 trillion stimulus package approved by Cabinet
The Cabinet is expected to submit an extra budget bill to finance the package to parliament, which is in session until Dec. 17.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

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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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Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
By Weiwen Lin

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