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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks during a meeting in the cultural center in Nuuk, Greenland, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 26, 2025
Danish prime minister apologizes to victims of Greenland forced contraception
Denmark has been keen to smooth over tensions with its strategically located, resource-rich Arctic territory, which U.S. President Donald Trump has said he wants.
A police car at Copenhagen Airport on Tuesday. Denmark on Thursday shut down its Aalborg Airport due to drones in its airspace.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2025
Denmark's Aalborg airport closed due to drones
The incident comes two days after the country's main Copenhagen airport was shut over drone sightings that rattled European aviation.
Police officers stand guard Tuesday after all traffic was closed at Copenhagen Airport following reports of two or three large drones seen flying in the airport's immediate vicinity.
WORLD
Sep 23, 2025
Drone sightings disrupt flights at Copenhagen and Oslo airports
Danish police said that the drones that shut the country's main airport on Monday appeared to have been flown by "a capable operator," adding that no suspects had been identified.
Taiwanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hsiao Kuang-wei
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2025
Taiwan and China clashed at Japan envoy's residence in Denmark
The two sides clashed during a reception celebrating the Japanese emperor's birthday, with China's irate ambassador ultimately leaving the room.
Members of the Danish armed forces perform a military drill on a Danish navy vessel after being lowered from a helicopter, as Danish and French armed forces perform military drills off the coast of Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2025
Nordic ministers attend Greenland war games without U.S.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the United States needs the strategically located, resource-rich island for security reasons, sparking diplomatic tensions with Denmark.
Paul Watson, founder of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, speaks in Bordeaux, France, on March 25. Interpol has removed Watson from its wanted list.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2025
Interpol removes anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from wanted list
Interpol based its decision on new developments, including Denmark's refusal to extradite him to Japan where there is an arrest warrant for him.
A high school student uses social media applications in November 2024.
WORLD / Society
Jul 15, 2025
EU states to test age-check app to limit children's access to online services
The European Commission has unveiled a prototype of the app that Denmark, France, Greece, Italy and Spain will customize and launch within several months.
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2025
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
There is plenty of room for Lego to grow in Japan, but the low birth rate is undeniably a challenge.
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) gestures next to Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (center) and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at the end of a joint press conference in Nuuk, Greenland, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2025
Macron offers aid for Greenland security amid Trump threats
The French president described a U.S. annexation as a "crazy” scenario and called for joint exercises in the Arctic region.
Solar Park Kasso ApS's e-methanol production plant, located on the outskirts of Aabenraa in Denmark, on Monday
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2025
Mitsui starts mass production of e-methanol with Danish firm
The amount of CO2 emitted from e-methanol production is up to 97% less than that from methanol produced using fossil fuels.
U.S. President Donald Trump dances after delivering a commencement address at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 5, 2025
Nordic nations hope to attract U.S. researchers alienated by Trump
Experts have voiced concerns that Trump's cuts to American research threaten the United States' standing as a global science leader.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance walks with Col. Susannah Meyers, then-commander of the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base, as they tour the base in Greenland on March 28.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2025
Head of U.S. base in Greenland fired after vice president's visit
Col. Susannah Meyers was removed after reports she distanced herself and the base from U.S. Vice President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark.
The flag of Greenland flutters next to a house in Nuuk, Greenland, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2025
U.S. will not 'get' Greenland, island's new PM says
"We don't belong to anyone else. We decide our own future," Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in a Facebook post.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance tours the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 29, 2025
Vance accuses Denmark of not keeping Greenland safe from Russia and China
He suggested the territory would come to see the benefit of partnering with the U.S., in remarks the Danish prime minister called unfair.
Danish, Greenlandic and U.S. flags fly at the Danish armed forces' Arctic Command in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 14.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 26, 2025
U.S. visit puts 'unacceptable pressure' on Greenland: Denmark
The visit comes at a time of flux, with Greenland's political parties still negotiating a new coalition government after a March 11 general election.
A U.S. flag flies in front of the consulate of the United States in Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday. A U.S. delegation led by Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance, is visiting Greenland this week.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2025
Trump doubles down on U.S. claims to Greenland
Outgoing Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede dubs plans by a U.S. delegation to visit an American military base and attend a dog sled race in the territory a "provocation."
Snow covers part of the roof at the U.S. Consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Feb. 5.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 24, 2025
U.S. delegation to visit Greenland as Trump talks of takeover
Trump has made the U.S. annexation of Greenland a major talking point since taking office for a second time on Jan. 20.
Men carry a large poster of the Democrats Party (Demokraatit) past a polling station in Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2025
Greenland to get new government to lead independence process
Trump's threats to take over the resource-rich Arctic island have shined an unprecedented global spotlight on Greenlandic politics.
An election campaign banner is attached to a rock ahead of Tuesday's general election in Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 11, 2025
In wake of Trump's threats, Greenland holds parliamentary election
Independence has been a key campaign theme in the semiautonomous territory of Denmark after the U.S. president said he wants control over the island.
Greenland Prime Minister Mute B. Egede answers questions after a parliament session in Nuuk on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2025
Greenland PM calls election with Trump pressure mounting
Most Greenlandic politicians have rejected the U.S. president’s idea to take over the island, but the demand has caused internal disruptions.
Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake
A newspaper headline in Japanese about a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. In a report issued Friday, the government's Earthquake Research Committee widened the probability range for a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake occurring off the country's Pacific coast within the next 30 years from "around 80%" to 60% to 94.5% or higher.
Woman in Japan arrested for keeping daughter's body in freezer for 20 years
Police have arrested a 75-year-old woman after she allegedly confessed to keeping her adult daughter's body in a freezer for 20 years.
Court rules sex change appearance requirement unconstitutional
The Sapporo Family Court on Friday ruled that a legal provision requiring individuals to undergo genital surgery to change their legal gender is unconstitutional and invalid.
LDP presidential hopefuls take hard-line stance on immigration
Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Sept. 16. All five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race demonstrated a tougher stance on foreign tourists and nationals.
Trump’s 100% pharmaceutical tariffs won’t apply to Japan and EU
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 19.
Taiwan showcases chipmaking prowess as a private exhibitor at Osaka Expo
Visitors wait in line to enter the Tech World pavilion at the Osaka Expo on Thursday.
Tokyo retains Michelin crown with 160 starred restaurants for 2026
Tokyo's current crop of three-Michelin-starred establishments includes six Japanese restaurants, five specializing in French cuisine and one that does Chinese cuisine.
LDP presidential hopefuls take hard-line stance on immigration
Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on Sept. 16. All five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race demonstrated a tougher stance on foreign tourists and nationals.
Japanese corporate boards have changed dramatically in recent years
Most Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Section companies have independent directors now.
As Japan keeps buying gas, Aboriginal Australians pay the price
Paulina “Jedda” Puruntatameri with Antonia Burke and Tiwi fisher Clinton offshore of Melville Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, in Australia's Northern Territory. Together with other Tiwi, Jedda has been campaigning for years to stop Australian company Santos and its backers, including Japanese investors, from drilling for natural gas at the Barossa gas field.

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