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Jera's Hekinan thermal power station in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture. Jera gets about 2 million metric tons of LNG per year from Russia's Sakhalin-2.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2025
Japanese utilities say they can replace Sakhalin-2 if supply interrupted
The United States this month urged Japan, along with other Russian energy buyers, to stop imports as it pushes the Kremlin towards ending the war in Ukraine.
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.
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.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping greet each other as they arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2025
Trump trims fentanyl-linked China tariffs after 'amazing' Xi meeting
The U.S. leader's face-to-face talks with Xi in the South Korean city of Busan, their first since 2019, marked the finale of his whirlwind Asia trip.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly turned down a request from the U.S. to cease imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 30, 2025
Takaichi pushed back on U.S. request to ban Russian gas imports, sources say
Russian LNG accounts for nearly 9% of Japan's total LNG imports, with companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi holding stakes in the Sakhalin-2 project in Russia's Far East.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during a ceremony in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2025
U.S. and South Korea finalize trade deal after months of talks
A South Korean official said Seoul would spend $150 billion on shipbuilding in the U.S. and provide $200 billion in cash under an investment pledge.
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's trade minister, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick met on Sunday and Monday for lunch.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 29, 2025
No projects finalized under Japan's $550 billion investment pledge
Fact sheets issued during the recent Japan-U.S. summit offered little insight into any progress made.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 29, 2025
Trump lands in South Korea to face trade talks and North Korean missiles
The U.S. president will address a summit of CEOs and meet with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung in Gyeongju.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participate in the "Howdy Modi" event in Houston, Texas, in September 2019. India has resisted Trump 2.0-era pressure through selective concessions, strategic patience and diversified partnerships.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 29, 2025
India’s geoeconomic options in a Trumpian world
India resists Trump-era U.S. pressure through selective concessions, strategic patience and diversified partnerships, safeguarding its sovereignty.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Washington on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 29, 2025
Nvidia will build AI supercomputers for U.S. Energy Department
In Washington, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang walked a fine line between praising U.S. President Donald Trump and risking further antagonism of China.
An electronic quotation board in Tokyo shows the Nikkei 225 stock average topping 51,000 on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 29, 2025
Nikkei 225 breaks 51,000 for the first time ever
The stock index achieved the 50,000 mark just two days ago.
Vehicles produced at the Toyota plant in Georgetown, Kentucky
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2025
Toyota to ship its U.S.-made vehicles to Japan
Tokyo has agreed to work toward allowing safety certified U.S.-made vehicles to be sold in Japan without undergoing additional testing.
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to people waving Malaysian national flags before he departs from Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 28, 2025
Trump’s new trade deals give U.S. an edge over Southeast Asia
The pacts give Trump some clear wins, such as the removal of many tariff and nontariff barriers on U.S. exports into those countries.
A Ford F-150 pickup truck
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2025
Trump's 'hot truck' becomes symbol of Japan trade talks
When Trump met Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday, an F-150 was parked prominently outside the Akasaka Palace venue.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2025
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
The meeting was a crucial test of Takaichi’s diplomatic chops as she seeks to elevate the Japan-U.S. alliance while staving off pressure from the U.S. on defense spending.
Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets in a barrel at a factory in China
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2025
Rare-earth producers look to U.S.-led boom to blunt China’s power
U.S. companies are working to expand supplies of the tiny but vital industrial components at the heart of a global trade showdown.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim as he walks from Air Force One upon arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 28, 2025
Anwar turns Malaysia into stage for dealmaking with Trump’s help
Local media largely portrayed Anwar’s hosting of the ASEAN summit as a showcase of Malaysia’s diplomatic resurgence, calling it a moment of renewed regional leadership.
The Port of Nansha in Guangzhou, China
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2025
Latest U.S.-China trade truce leaves fundamental issues unresolved
U.S. President Donald Trump, on a weeklong trip to Asia, said on Monday that he felt good about reaching a deal with China.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takayuki Kobayashi answers questions during the LDP presidential election candidates' joint news conference at party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 23.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
LDP policy chief ramps up moves to ease rules on exporting lethal defense gear
The LDP's Takayuki Kobayashi said that he intends to push for relaxing the regulations in order to “contribute to world peace” and strengthen Japan’s defense industry.
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.

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