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Incoming U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Xavier Brunson speaks during a change-of-command ceremony at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, in December.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2025
Upside-down map highlights role South Korea could play in regional crisis
The move is the latest step by the U.S. to make clear that it views its forces as having “strategic flexibility” in countering not just North Korea but also China.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters Tuesday on the parliament grounds.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
Japan-South Korea defense drill unlikely to take place this month
Some observers say the South Korean move may be a response to Japan’s recent cancellation of refueling for aircraft from the South Korean Air Force.
Tourists ride on a double-decker sightseeing bus in Tokyo’s Ginza district on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2025
Foreign visitors to Japan hit record high for October
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in October surged 17.6% from a year earlier to 3,896,300, the Japan National Tourism Organization said.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 18, 2025
South Korean sub deal with U.S. will trigger 'nuclear domino' effect, says North
A long-awaited security and trade agreement between Seoul and Washington, finalized last week, includes plans to move forward with developing atomic-powered vessels.
Nagashima Akihisa (right), secretary-general of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Friendship League, speaks at a bilateral meeting of nonpartisan lawmakers in Seoul on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 16, 2025
Japan and South Korea lawmakers agree to boost cooperation
In a statement adopted at their joint plenary meeting in Seoul, the two groups also denounced North Korea's nuclear and missile development.
Akihisa Nagashima, a leader of the Japanese delegation, attended a joint meeting of Japanese and South Korean lawmakers in Seoul on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 16, 2025
Japanese and South Korean lawmakers hold joint meeting
The lawmakers held discussions on diplomacy, security, the economy and culture.
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.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby attend a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington on July 21.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 16, 2025
Pentagon No. 3 praises Seoul's defense budget hike as eyes turn to Tokyo
South Korea has become the first U.S. treaty ally outside of NATO to hike defense spending to 3.5% of GDP — a move expected to impact Japan’s own spending plans.
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.
The Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 14, 2025
U.S. and South Korea discuss jointly building nuclear-powered submarines
The potential major shift in their alliance would go beyond the announcement made by the countries’ presidents two weeks ago.
Students wait for the start of the annual college entrance examinations at an exam hall in Seoul on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 14, 2025
South Korea bans flights as 500,000 take crucial university admission test
The number of those taking the test, essential to secure a place at the country’s top universities, was the highest in seven years.
Protesters in Makati City, Metro Manila, hold a rally over the Philippines' territorial disputes with China outside the Chinese Consulate in June 2015. ASEAN, despite five of its members claiming parts of the South China Sea, doesn’t back Manila in its standoff with Beijing.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2025
ASEAN hedges as the South China Sea bubbles over
One would think ASEAN, with five of its members claiming parts of the South China Sea, would support the Philippines’ quest for a peaceful, legal resolution. You’d be wrong.
At a joint meeting of Japan's National Governors' Association and the Governors Association of the Republic of Korea, officials discussed issues affecting both countries and the need for future cooperation, in Incheon, South Korea, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 13, 2025
Japanese and South Korean governors discuss need for cooperation
Officials talked about measures to boost the economy and deal with population decline in the eighth joint meeting since 1999.
Joo Ho-young, head of a suprapartisan league of South Korean lawmakers working to promote friendship with Japan, speaks during an interview on Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 12, 2025
South Korean politician urges Tokyo to address Takeshima matter calmly
Joo Ho-young, head of a suprapartisan league of lawmakers working to promote friendship with Japan, said the issue easily infuriates South Korean people.
People watch a TV news report on North Korea firing ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast, at the main railway station in Seoul on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2025
North Korea fires ballistic missile into waters outside Japan’s EEZ
In brief remarks to reporters, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that the missile had likely landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a meeting at the Demilitarized Zone in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2025
U.S.-North Korea summit may be held in spring, South's spy agency tells lawmaker
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly called for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his trip to South Korea last week, but Kim did not respond to his overtures.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back speaks during a joint news conference following talks at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
Hegseth says ‘flexibility’ needed for U.S. forces in South Korea
The U.S. defense secretary hinted that U.S. troops stationed in South Korea could be used in the event of a “regional contingency.”
An instructor touches up a mannequin in a coffin during a funeral administration class at the Busan Institute of Science and Technology in Busan.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2025
Death becomes a growing business in aging, lonely South Korea
Single-person households now account for around 42% of all homes in South Korea, giving rise to a new profession: cleaners called in to clean homes after their occupants have died.
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.
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.
Beware of China’s strategic distortion of reality
China holds a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3. 
China to reimpose ban on Japanese seafood imports amid row over Taiwan, reports say
A sign reading, "Suspend the sales of all fish products imported from Japan" is displayed in an area home to Japanese restaurants in Beijing in August 2023. China will reimpose a ban on imports of Japanese seafood, media reports in Tokyo said Wednesday, as a diplomatic spat between the two countries deepens.
Yen rout brings talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention
The yen has been weak against the U.S. dollar in recent weeks, with some analysts expecting the retreat to continue.
Onosato stumbles in quest for first perfect championship
Yoshinofuji (left) beats Onosato by <i>oshidashi</i> at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday.
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.
Economic security minister stresses crackdown on rule-breaking foreign nationals
Economic security minister Kimi Onoda speaks during a group interview in Tokyo on Monday.
How Band-Maid brought anime energy into the hard-rock sound of ‘Scooooop’
Members of Band-Maid combine heavy riffs and maid-inspired visuals in their latest project, "Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty."

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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