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U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist as he boards Air Force One before traveling to South Korea, from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2025
Trump plays nice with Asian allies stung by repeated threats
While allies in Asia have ample reason to be wary of U.S. President Donald Trump, the message from his regional tour appeared to be that America isn't going anywhere.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is greeted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during their meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
South Korea hosts Xi as Chinese leader rekindles fraught ties
The visit was the Chinese leader's first since 2014 and comes after years of strained ties over everything from trade to cultural disputes.
A South Korean protester holds a placard showing a caricature of U.S. President Donald Trump depicted as a thief during a rally ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2025
Asia-Pacific leaders call for shared trade benefits as APEC summit wraps up
U.S. President Donald Trump did not attend the event, but a joint declaration appeared to reflect U.S. views, and did not mention multilateralism or the World Trade Organization.
Newly elected opposition Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun delivers her speech during a party congress in Taipei on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2025
Taiwan's new opposition leader takes over, warning against risk of China war
The position of the new leader of the democratic island's biggest opposition party could derail the government's spending plans.
An employee works with a wafer in a production line of Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia in Hamburg, Germany, in June 2024.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 1, 2025
U.S. to announce Nexperia's China facilities will resume shipments
Resumed shipments would be a relief for auto manufacturers worldwide who faced the imminent prospect of curbing production.
A man walks past a TV screen showing a news broadcast of a North Korean missile test, at the main train station in Seoul on Oct. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2025
North Korea says denuclearization is unrealizable 'pipe dream'
Pyongyang said it "will show with patience that denuclearization is a 'pipe dream' which can never be realized."
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2025
Xi to hold talks with Lee on first South Korea visit in 11 years
Chinese leader Xi Jinping was set to meet his new South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae Myung, as both leaders work to rebuild ties between their two countries.
Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army stand as the strategic strike group displays DF-61 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballisitic missiles during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 1, 2025
Trump's nuclear testing order risks expanded arms race
By ordering a resumption of nuclear testing, U.S. President Donald Trump risks an expanded arms race that could benefit China, experts say.
A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, in northwest China, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 1, 2025
China sends youngest astronaut and mice to space station
A crew of three Chinese astronauts, including the country's youngest-ever, docked early Saturday at the Tiangong space station, accompanied by four lab mice.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth leaves after attending a bilateral meeting between Malaysia and the United States in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2025
Pentagon chief seeks to boost U.S. ties with flurry of talks in Asia 
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held talks on Friday with counterparts from China and India, among a series of face-to-face meetings on the sidelines of a regional summit.
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2025
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held her first in-person talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit Friday afternoon.
Chinese leaders are signaling a sharper shift toward supporting consumption over the next five years.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2025
China signals sharper pivot to consumption as imbalances worsen
As limited investment room and slowing exports have exposed vulnerabilities, Chinese leaders are signaling a sharper shift toward supporting consumption over the next five years.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim at the opening of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 31, 2025
Takaichi shines on the diplomatic stage
Takaichi got especially high marks for her masterful handling of U.S. President Donald Trump. Channeling her mentor, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Many analysts said that U.S. President Donald Trump, who often tries to project strength as a negotiation tactic, likely was seeking to send a message to Moscow and Beijing with his remarks about resuming nuclear testing.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2025
Nuclear curveball: Trump's testing plan raises fears and confusion in Washington
Such a move, if implemented, could end up benefiting adversaries.
Nissan expects a ¥275 billion ($1.8 billion) operating loss this year as it pushes ahead with cost-cutting to salvage its deteriorating finances.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2025
Nissan shares fall after warning of $1.8 billion annual loss
The struggling company has faced cratering profits and a mountain of debt,
Nvidia's Blackwell GPU chip. The Blackwell family of chips is Nvidia’s top offering, with capabilities that far exceed those of processors the U.S. effectively banned from sale to China in 2022.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 31, 2025
Trump says Nvidia chip talks with Xi didn’t cover Blackwell
The U.S. president said chips were indeed discussed but that Beijing will have separate conversations with chipmakers directly.
The Nikkei 225 stock average broke 52,000 just days after breaking 51,000.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 31, 2025
Nikkei 225 breaks 52,000 as records continue to topple
The surprise rally remains strong despite significant economic uncertainty.
The Baker test on July 25, 1946, the U.S.' second atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll.
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Oct 31, 2025
Nuclear testing: Why did it stop, why test and who has nuclear weapons?
No nuclear power — other than North Korea most recently in 2017 — has carried out explosive nuclear testing in over 25 years.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2025
Trump-Xi truce buys time as both seek leverage in broader fight
For markets eager to escape the tit-for-tat escalations and broad uncertainty that has defined recent months, it was hard to read the result as more than a temporary pause.
Visitors line up outside the Lin Zexu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou, China, on Oct. 23. Chinese President Xi Jinping draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a 19th-century official whose defiance of Britain in a confrontation over trade led to China’s humiliating defeat but made him a national hero.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 30, 2025
How the 19th-century opium war shapes Xi’s trade clash with Trump
The showdown between China and the West then began, much as today’s did, with mounting Western anger over a huge Chinese trade surplus.
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.

Podcast

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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