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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region on Monday.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2024
Ukraine hits Russia with U.S. ATACMS missiles for first time
Russia said it shot down five of six missiles fired at a military facility, while debris of one hit the facility, causing no casualties or damage.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky said that while North Korea’s provision to Russia of military equipment and troops is certainly worrisome, what’s “really a serious problem” is what Moscow is giving Pyongyang in return.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2024
Ukraine ambassador warns of Russian military tech transfers to North Korea
What Moscow is giving Pyongyang in exchange for its troops could have direct security implications for East Asia, Kyiv's envoy to Tokyo warns.
Employees work at a production facility of Unwave, a Ukrainian company that produces drone signal jammers and radio electronic warfare equipment, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Oct. 28.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2024
How 1,000 days of conflict fueled robot wars between Russia and Ukraine
Both countries are on track to make around 1.5 million drones this year.
The C-Lion1 submarine telecommunications cable being laid at the bottom of the Baltic Sea off the shore of Helsinki on Oct 12, 2015.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2024
Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea found to have been cut
The episode recalled other incidents in the same waterway that authorities have probed as potentially malicious, including damage to undersea cables last year.
An American-made multiple launch rocket system, or MLRS, is used to launch a missile by Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine on March 9, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2024
Are long-range strikes against Russia too late to save Ukraine?
They could help Kyiv defend its foothold in Russian territory seized as leverage in any war talks, but may come too late to change the course of the war, analysts say.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a news conference at the European Political Community summit in Budapest on Nov. 7.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2024
Ukraine’s allies are leaning on Zelenskyy for a way to end the war
There is increasing recognition that Kyiv will have to compromise with Moscow because it has become clear that neither side can secure a decisive victory.
Live fire tests of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range American missiles, such as ATACMS, against military targets inside Russia.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2024
Biden allows Ukraine to use U.S. arms to strike inside Russia
The change comes largely in response to Russia's deployment of North Korean troops, a development that has caused alarm in Washington and Kyiv.
A Ukrainian rescuer works to extinguish a fire in a building following a drone attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 18, 2024
Massive Russian air attack pounds Ukraine as 1,000th day of war nears
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow had launched 120 missiles and almost 100 drones.
Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Vladimir Putin in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2024
North Korea may end up sending Putin 100,000 troops for war
North Korea sending troops to join Russia’s fight against Ukraine has alarmed Kyiv’s allies, who say it risks exacerbating Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
Ukraine’s government has turbocharged its pitch for international help in land-mine clearance, attracting a rush of special machinery from Japan and funds from philanthropist Howard Buffett with astonishing results.
WORLD
Nov 17, 2024
Ukraine supercharges mine-clearing push to revive war-torn farms
Safe access to farmland is essential for a country known as Europe’s breadbasket and demining Ukraine could take decades.
Ukrainian emergency service personnel remove fragments of a downed Russian hypersonic missile which hit a five-story residential building in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 17, 2024
Russia pounds Ukraine's power grid in 'massive' air strike
Ukrainians have been bracing for weeks for an attack on the hobbled energy system, fearing crippling damage that would cause long blackouts as winter sets.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya before their meeting in Kyiv on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2024
Top Japan diplomat makes surprise visit to Ukraine
The trip comes amid growing fears about the conflict’s expansion following North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia for combat operations.
Rail trucks loaded with rocks containing uranium ore wait for transportation. Russia controls almost half the world’s capacity to separate the uranium isotopes needed for nuclear reactors
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2024
Russia takes aim at U.S. nuclear power by throttling uranium
Moscow controls almost half the world’s capacity to separate the uranium isotopes needed in reactors.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday during their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2024
Ishiba and Yoon unite on 'strong concerns' over North Korean troops in Russia
Tokyo and Seoul have stressed that, with the involvement of North Korea in the Ukraine war, the conflict has expanded to include Asia.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 27.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2024
Zelenskyy says Ukraine must do everything to end war next year
Zelenskyy added that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is not interested in agreeing to a peace deal.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during a rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on Oct. 27.
WORLD
Nov 16, 2024
Senators ask Pentagon and U.S. attorney general to probe Musk's alleged Russia calls
Musk, who has been appointed to a senior government role by Trump, oversees billions of dollars in Pentagon and intelligence-community contracts.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery for bilateral talks in Berlin on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2024
Ukraine slams Scholz after first call with Putin in two years
Ukraine responded angrily to Berlin reviving its lines of communication with Moscow, saying the call had opened a "Pandora's Box."
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2024
Ishiba meets Biden and Yoon, as Trump's White House return looms
The three sought to further cement ties by announcing the creation of a “trilateral secretariat” to better coordinate and implement their goals.
A Ukrainian flag flies over the site of the former monument to Russian Empress Catherine the Great in Odesa, Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2024
Ukraine’s post-colonial future
If the Ukrainians are truly fighting for us, it is because they are fighting the last battle against European imperialism.
Tulsi Gabbard's nomination has raised alarm among the ranks of intelligence officers.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 15, 2024
Trump's choice of Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief vexes spy world
Donald Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard is among several high-level picks that suggest he may be prioritizing personal allegiance over competence.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
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