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Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2025
China’s military parade shows who’s calling the shots
Beijing is sending a signal on defense modernization and international clout.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 3, 2025
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned in a speech that the world is facing a choice of war or peace, as his country marked 80 years since Japan’s defeat in World War II.
YJ-19 hypersonic anti-ship missiles are displayed in Beijing on Wednesday during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 3, 2025
At parade, China shows off powerful new weaponry to keep rivals at bay
From hypersonic “carrier killer” missiles to new fifth-generation fighter jets, Wednesday’s military spectacle highlighted Beijing’s growing prowess.
The TSMC logo at its fabrication plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on June 7. Compared with Samsung and SK Hynix, TSMC’s manufacturing footprint in China is relatively small.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2025
U.S. pulls TSMC’s waiver for China shipments of chip supplies
TSMC suppliers will have to apply for individual approvals when they want to ship semiconductor equipment and other gear covered by U.S. export controls to its Nanjing facility.
Taiwan has launched a 60-day public comment period on easing import restrictions on Japanese food, originally imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2025
Taiwan expected to lift restrictions on imported Japanese food
Random radiation checks will be conducted on imports.
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force take part in an exercise at Camp Naha in Okinawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2025
Pacifist Japan struggles to boost troops as China anxiety grows
In 2023, the Self-Defense Forces aimed to hire almost 20,000 people, but recruited just half that number, according to the Defense Ministry.
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (third from right), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, poses for pictures alongside U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (third from left) and others upon arriving at the Songshan Airport in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2025
Senior U.S. senator expects joint weapons production with Taiwan
A Taiwan official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters that co-production of weapons was "very important."
A Y-20 tanker aircraft and Chengdu J-20 jet fighters fly in a formation during a flyover rehearsal ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Aug. 24.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2025
Beyond the 'bling,' China aims for deterrence in military show
Questions remain about how effectively China's armed forces — untested since a bloody border conflict with Vietnam in 1979 — could knit its gear together in a future conflict.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks next to U.S. Sen Deb Fischer at Songshan Airport in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2025
Taiwan has right to be free and 'preserve self-determination,' senior U.S. senator says
Taiwan has the right to be free and "preserve self-determination," U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Armed Services Committee and one of the strongest advocates for Taiwan in the U.S. Congress, told the island's president Friday.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world's largest contract maker of chips, used in everything from smartphones to missiles.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2025
Taiwan prosecutors charge three with stealing TSMC trade secrets
The three people include a former TSMC engineer who went to work for Tokyo Electron's Taiwan subsidiary and two staff employed by the chipmaker.
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China attend training ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Aug. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 27, 2025
China's rulers push party role before WWII anniversary
Under Chinese President Xi Jinping, special attention has been paid to pushing the "correct" interpretation of the complex history of the victory over Japan.
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.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2025
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
The moves come as Manila settles into a view that alliances, geography and economic interests would inevitably pull it into any U.S. conflict with China over the island.
People hold Taiwanese flags during the event to commemorate the end of World War II at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall on Aug. 16.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 25, 2025
Taiwan and China battle it out in competing World War II narratives
Both sides are claiming credit for the victory over Japan.
People walk along a beach near the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant, ahead of a referendum on whether to restart the closed facility, in Pingtung, Taiwan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2025
Failed nuclear power vote adds to Taiwan’s energy conundrum
Nuclear power’s future in Taiwan has been an ongoing struggle for President Lai Ching-te and his Democratic Progressive Party.
A soldier speaks to Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on July 10.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 24, 2025
Taiwan voters reject lawmaker recalls, clouding defense budget
None of the seven opposition Kuomintang legislators targeted in Saturday’s second round of recall elections by the Democratic Progressive Party were removed.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to military personnel based at Osan Air Base in South Korea in June 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 23, 2025
Troop costs and China in focus when South Korea's Lee meets Trump
A U.S. official said a key area of focus of the summit would be so-called burden-sharing, with President Donald Trump expected to push the South Koreans for more.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during an event in Washington, in July. Huang says Nvidia is currently in talks with the U.S. over the potential offering of a more powerful chip for sale in China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 22, 2025
Nvidia CEO says in talks with U.S. over new China chip
The tech giant is reportedly working on a new chip based on its latest Blackwell architecture that will be more powerful than a model currently greenlit for sale to China.
A military drill in Taiwan. Taipei has ramped up investment in military equipment and weapons over the past decade in response to intensifying pressure from China.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 22, 2025
Taiwan president ups defense spending target to 5% of GDP
The move comes as China has ramped up military and political pressure over the past five years to assert its claims, which Taipei strongly rejects.
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in July reached a record high for the month, driven by an increase in visitors, primarily from mainland China, Taiwan and the United States.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2025
Japan tourism arrivals hit July record despite weather disruption and quake fears
Typhoon-related flight disruption and jitters about possible earthquakes contributed to a steep drop in visitors from Hong Kong.
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung makes a speech at a news conference for foreign media in Taipei in July last year.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2025
Taiwan foreign minister's visit puts damper on Japan-China relations
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung's latest trip has put a damper on bilateral ties, with Beijing canceling a meeting in Japan at the last minute.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering
Foreign tourists visit a park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in August.
Musk voices support for anti-immigration rally in Japan
Elon Musk has voiced support for anti-immigration protest in Japan, where a "Japanese First" party saw gains in recent elections.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.

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