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U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Emperor Naruhito upon his arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday evening.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
Trump arrives in Japan for security and trade talks in test for Takaichi
The prime minister will be seeking to build a solid relationship with the U.S. president as she looks to navigate increasing pressure on trade and defense issues.
The U.S.-China economic confrontation under Donald Trump's leadership is marked by chaos, a lack of strategy and internal divisions within U.S. circles, raising critical questions about the future of global diplomacy and trade.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025
The U.S. has no China policy, no strategy and no clue
But tariffs were just the overture, as Washington and Beijing, tit-for-tat, started going after each other in every other way.
An electronic signboard in Tokyo shows the benchmark Nikkei 225 index above 50,000.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 27, 2025
Nikkei 225 breaks 50,000 for first time ever on trade and rate optimism
The rally comes after China and the United States reached a framework trade agreement.
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 27, 2025
U.S. and China tee up sweeping trade deal for Trump and Xi to finish
After talks wrapped up Sunday in Malaysia, an official said there is preliminary consensus on topics like export controls, fentanyl and shipping levies.
A Chinese H-6K bomber flies over Tiananmen Square during a military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3. Chinese state media reported on Sunday that a group of such bombers recently flew near Taiwan to practice "confrontation drills."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, China says bombers flew near Taiwan
Without specifying a date, Chinese state television said that units from the Eastern Theater Command had conducted combat-oriented training.
"The method of investment, the amount of investment, the timeline and how we will share the losses and divide the dividends — all of these remain sticking points,” South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said of an investment pledge with the U.S., during an interview at the presidential office in Seoul on Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2025
U.S.-South Korea fund stuck on key points ahead of Trump visit, Lee says
While Lee and senior officials in Seoul say important differences remain between the two sides, Trump said the U.S. was "pretty close” to finalizing the deal with South Korea.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reacts as East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao greets her during the ASEAN-Japan summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2025
Takaichi’s ‘Trump card’ for meeting U.S. leader? Her relationship with Abe.
Sanae Takaichi’s ties to slain former leader Shinzo Abe are expected to get her off on the right foot with Donald Trump as she aims to navigate defense and trade pressure.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and trade minister Ryosei Akazawa at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Sunday
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2025
Akazawa and Lutnick reunite to discuss trade deal ahead of Trump visit
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick visited Tokyo’s landmark Sensoji Temple before heading to Tokyo Skytree for a working lunch on Sunday.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on Air Force One before arriving in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Trump said Saturday that he would increase tariffs on Canadian goods by 10% to punish America's second-largest trading partner over an ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that used original audio of Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 26, 2025
Trump says he’ll raise Canada tariff by 10% after Reagan ad
Trump’s Truth Social post follows days of public clashes over the ad, which invoked former U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s stance as a free trader.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington before boarding Marine One on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 25, 2025
Trump aims to clinch deal with China's Xi during Asia trip
Trump, who left Washington on Friday, is set for a five-day trip to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, his first to the region and longest journey abroad since taking office.
U.S. and Canadian flags flutter next to the Blue Water Bridge border crossing in Point Edward, Ontario, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 25, 2025
Canadians pull tariff ad after furious Trump scraps trade talks
Trump announced on his Truth Social network on Thursday that he had "terminated" all negotiations with Canada over what he called the "fake" ad campaign.
Former Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke speaks after he was named among three U.S. economists awarded the Nobel Economics Prize, during a news conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington in October 2022.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 25, 2025
Trump tariffs panned by slate of top economists at Supreme Court
"This is Economics 101, but the implications are profound,” a group of nearly 50 economists wrote in a brief filed Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 7.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2025
Trump says all trade talks with Canada are terminated
The U.S. and Canada had been in talks for weeks on a potential deal for the steel and aluminum sectors.
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week as part of a trip to Asia.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2025
Trump seeks elusive trade deal with Xi in high-stakes meeting
Analysts expect any agreement reached at the South Korea summit would simply dial down tensions.
Workers at a coca plantation in Colombia. Experts say the U.S. strikes on narcotics traffickers are having no real impact on Latin America's drug trade.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Oct 24, 2025
Are U.S. strikes hurting Latin America's drug trade?
In short, no.
An oil refinery in Russia. Oil prices jumped around 5% to a two-week high after the U.S. imposed sanctions on major Russian suppliers Rosneft and Lukoil.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2025
Oil surges 5% after U.S. sanctions Russian firms Rosneft and Lukoil
The U.S. said it was prepared to take further action as it called on Moscow to agree immediately to a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Rotor blades and other parts for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind turbine farm, staged on the State Pier in New London, Connecticut, in September.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. shipbuilders and ports face fallout of Trump's assault on offshore wind
Trump’s policy on the offshore wind industry has included stop-work orders and permit reviews for projects spurred by former U.S. President Joe Biden's green investment policy.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Hopes for Xi-Trump summit dampened by tough Beijing moves and rising tension
Even if the talks get back on track, experts say a narrow deal on a few issues is the most likely outcome.
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a military exercise in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia, in this still image released Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. sanctions Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills
The new sanctions were unveiled one day after plans for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin fell apart.
The Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Any sweeping technology restrictions on China could disrupt a fragile U.S. economy already absorbing the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. considers broad software curbs on China, White House says
The acknowledgment came following a report that the U.S. was weighing efforts similar to the curbs implemented against Russia.
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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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
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