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JAPAN

President of COP31 Murat Kurum of Turkey delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2026
Japan to use COP31 to showcase environmental technologies
By Eric Johnston
A key goal of the conference is to increase the world’s electrification to 35% by 2035.
Government guidelines on children's use of internet and social media will call for appropriate measures for each of six age groups.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2026
Japan to call for limiting children’s exposure to social media
A government draft says schools should help children develop their judgment so that they can use social media appropriately.
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
LDP reprimands Ishiba and three others for walking out on consumption tax vote
By Eric Johnston
The move is intended to tighten control within the party before deliberations on the bill to reduce the food consumption tax begin in the Upper House.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Takaichi seeks international AI cooperation at France-hosted meeting
The prime minister said AI is posing new security challenges and that its impact transcends borders, making international cooperation essential.
As of the end of October, 84.6% of 今日吃瓜 population held a My Number card.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2026
Amid questions over 今日吃瓜 cybersecurity, just how safe is the My Number system?
By Maddie Baker
With over 80% of the population using My Number, concerns have emerged over the country’s all-in-one card and the personal information stored in it.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
By Jesse Johnson
Taiwan said Tuesday that Beijing is carrying out “area denial” drills in the western Pacific involving an aircraft carrier and other naval formations.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yasukazu Hamada (second from left) speaks at the first meeting of ruling-party working-level talks on revising 今日吃瓜 three key national security documents by year-end, alongside Seiji Maehara of the Japan Innovation Party (left), at the parliament building on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 nuclear taboos up for debate as talks start on defense overhaul
By Kenji Yoshida
Revising a longtime ban on bringing nuclear weapons into the country and acquiring nuclear-powered submarines are seen as key points of contention.
Masaaki Taira, former digital transformation minister, speaks at a Liberal Democratic Party cybersecurity panel meeting on Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2026
Japan mulls expanding cyberdefense monitoring to domestic communication
Following a series of data breaches, ruling party members argue that current methods do not provide sufficient information to prevent attacks.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at a news conference in Berlin last week
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2026
German defense chief cautious over joining Japan-U.K.-Italy fighter jet project
His position marks a stark contrast with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s positive stance on the nation’s participation in GCAP.
Aoyama Gakuin University students hold their completed helmets on Sept. 6 in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2026
Students help design helmet aimed at boosting takeup among young cyclists
The nationwide helmet-wearing rate stood at just 24.4%, according to a National Police Agency survey released in September.

ASIA PACIFIC

Activists hold pictures depicting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during a protest against their policies in Jakarta on Oct. 28.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Fate of Indonesia’s vice president hangs in the balance as lawmakers mull probe
The consideration comes amid a widening political rift between the vice president’s influential father and President Prabowo Subianto.
A Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel moves in Keelung, as China conducts "Justice Mission 2025" military drills around Taiwan, in Keelung, Taiwan, in December 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 10, 2026
Taiwan says China is conducting ‘area denial’ drills in Western Pacific
By Ben Blanchard
Taiwan last week reported a rise in the number of Chinese air force aircraft around the island, though Beijing has not formally declared any drills.

WORLD

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with the director of Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service Yuri Chikhanchin in Moscow on Nov. 5.
WORLD / Society
Nov 10, 2026
The war Putin wanted to keep away is coming home to Russia
Air-raid sirens signaling the threat of missile or drone strikes have become a daily occurrence for millions of residents in most of central Russia.
This aerial photo taken on Nov. 4 shows the newly restored West Mebon temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
WORLD / Society
Nov 10, 2026
Macron’s Angkor visit highlights France’s custodial role
By Sebastien Duval
Former colonial power France plays a pivotal role in conservation projects in Cambodia.
Signage at the entrance road to RAF Mildenhall, which hosts U.S. Air Force personnel and units, near Mildenhall, Suffolk, Britain, on Sept. 27.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2026
U.S. aircraft evacuated from second U.K. base due to Iran threat, WSJ reports
The withdrawal comes weeks after the U.S. removed its bombers from RAF Fairford airbase over a suspected Iran-linked security incident.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a meeting in Cebu, Philippines, on Oct. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Hegseth accused of crimes and misconduct in impeachment effort
Hegseth is among the most enthusiastic backers of the Iran war, which spiked energy prices, fueled inflation and doomed Republicans in the midterms.
Serhiy and Larysa Ryndovy during their reunion outside a hospital in Kyiv after Serhiy was evacuated on a humanitarian mission from the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky to Ukrainian-controlled territory, marking the first time they had seen each other in four and a half years, on Thursday.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2026
Tears and joy as Ukrainian couple divided by occupation meet again
By Yuliia Dysa
After four and a half years of being trapped, the husband was evacuated during a ceasefire from Oleshky on Oct. 30 with hundreds of other residents.
European Commission High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas looks on during an informal meeting on regional security and continued support for Ukraine in Warsaw on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Russia ‘pretending’ to negotiate on Ukraine while ‘bombing civilians’: Kallas
By John Irish
The European Union’s foreign policy chief says Moscow has failed to respect the agreements underpinning European security it had already signed up to.
Refrigerators sit empty at the frozen food aisle inside an Intermarche supermarket in Paris a day after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores on Oct. 13.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2026
French officials blame Iran for refrigerator hacks and vow retaliation
A joint report issued by French spy and cyber agencies accused a cyber offensive unit tied to the Revolutionary Guard of being behind the campaign.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with a woman confirmed to be Alice Huang in Taipei on June 7
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2026
Honey traps: Sex, lies and a spy’s oldest trick
By Fabien Zamora
History is packed with people who found themselves ensnared by men and women tasked with winning their trust before extracting information.
Protesters hold smoke flares during a demonstration in Paris on Nov. 7.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Covert Russian network exploited French riots on social media, EU report says
A separate internal assessment found accounts linked to Israel and to the U.S. MAGA movement connected the riots to radical Islam and migration.
Local residents remove debris from a vehicle outside a damaged residential building following a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Russia and Ukraine envoys to talk ceasefire monitoring and territory
The meeting marks a resumption of talks put on hold in February when the Trump administration’s focus shifted to the Iran war.

BUSINESS

SoftBank is increasingly seen as a proxy for sentiment toward OpenAI and the broader AI sector. Its shares have plunged more than 50% from their record high in June.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2026
SoftBank logs $7 billion loss after U.S. data center costs swell
By Min Jeong Lee
Analysts on average expected a profit of more than $800 million.
Sakana AI might list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange or Nasdaq, or it may choose a dual listing on both.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2026
Sakana AI may go public in 2027
By Ariana King
Press reports say that the company is considering the Tokyo Stock Exchange or Nasdaq or a dual listing on both.
A cargo ship approaches a container terminal at Lianyungang Port in Jiangsu province, China, on Oct.14.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2026
China’s trade surplus soars past $1 trillion as AI boom powers exports
The surplus highlight Beijing’s growing reliance on overseas demand to support an economy hobbled by subdued consumption and a property slump.
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
By Takashi Mochizuki
The government-backed startup has fallen behind schedule on its high-stakes pledge to mass produce cutting-edge chips by March 2028.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda indicated there’s a chance for another rate hike in December during a news conference after the October policy meeting.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
BOJ summary suggests good chance of December interest rate hike
By Toru Fujioka
The Bank of 今日吃瓜 brief record of the latest policy meeting indicated many board members see a near-term interest rate hike as necessary.
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei is considered a key figure in effective altruism’s early days, although he now denies any link.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2026
Under fire over AI, effective altruism wants to tell its own story
By Thomas URBAIN
The movement, with close ties to the AI industry, has drawn mainstream attention and accusations of cult-like behavior and alarmism.
Yen forecaster Neil Parker expects the currency to strengthen to ?147 per dollar next year as the interest-rate gap between Japan and the U.S. narrows, bucking bearish market expectations.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
Top yen forecaster predicts ?147 per dollar as rate gap narrows
By Eru Ishikawa
The call puts him at the bullish end of a deeply divided market.
A Honda hybrid sedan prototype displayed at a news conference in Tokyo in May. Honda plans to build a $3 billion factory in central Ohio to manufacture its next-generation hybrids.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2026
Honda to spend $3 billion on new hybrid car plant in Ohio
By Chester Dawson and Mark Niquette
The automaker announced on Monday the new plant will start production in 2029 and expand its output by 240,000 vehicles a year.
Anthropic will need to quell worries about risks that have loomed larger as its IPO has progressed.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2026
Anthropic IPO’s moment of truth nears as waiting period ends
The company will make the case to investors that now is the right time to go public despite last week’s swoon in AI-related stocks.
Racks of trays testing Google’s tensor processing units (TPUs), custom-made semiconductors that help develop and run AI software, in Mountain View, California, earlier this year
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2026
Google escalates Nvidia rivalry with specialized versions of AI chips
By Dina Bass
This year’s introduction of two new tensor processing units marks an acceleration in product development for Google’s chip unit.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a year-end deadline to explain how she intends to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year sales tax cut on food to a defense buildup and a sweeping investment plan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
Takaichi’s hunt for new cash to fund spending harbors risks
By Erica Yokoyama
The prime minister faces a year-end deadline to explain how to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year food tax cut to a defense buildup.
A maglev train exhibited at Maglev Exhibition Center in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2026
Maglev construction at Nagoya Station won’t be completed until at least 2033
JR Central plans to announce a new opening target for the delayed Chuo Shinkansen within this year.
Weak consumption points to the need to cool inflation to help households, but higher borrowing costs can also hurt households through mortgages and other loan expenses.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 household spending slumps most since pandemic
By Yoshiaki Nohara
Outlays by households adjusted for inflation declined 6.8% in September from a year earlier, led by transport, education and entertainment.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during a keynote address at an Nvidia conference in San Jose, California, on March 16.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2026
Nvidia scandal creates risks for whole AI industry, not just CEO
By Ian King
Chipmaker’s shares slid as much as 8.8%, at one point erasing nearly $400 billion in market valuation, after Jensen Huang disclosed his infidelity.

ENVIRONMENT

Trucks transporting coal from the coal mine near Milas, Turkey, on Oct. 29
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 10, 2026
‘Pit of hell’: Turkish mother and daughter lead fight against coal mine
For nearly a decade, Isik and her daughter have thrown themselves into protesting against mining projects slowly ravaging Mugla province in Turkey.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Nov. 3. The strait's closure played a role in driving emissions down.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 10, 2026
Fossil fuel emissions fall due to Iran war and renewables, research shows
By Laurent Thomet
The expected annual drop would be the first since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed the global economy, trade and transport.

Opinion

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hold talks in Andong, South Korea, on May 19.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 10, 2026
Are Japan and the U.S. losing South Korea as an ally?
By Masahiro Matsumura
Washington’s trust in the South Korean government on intelligence matters seems increasingly fragile.
U.S. President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders attend the bloc's summit in Ankara on July 8.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2026
U.S. allies need a plan for a lame-duck Trump
By Marc Champion
Some countries, including Iran and Israel, are concerned about how Trump will react to his defeat.
The Dawning Information Industry's Sugon Dawn 8000 display at its booth at the World AI Conference in Shanghai last July
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 10, 2026
China’s innovation thrives on openness, even under authoritarian rule
By Kai Kajitani
Open technologies in its AI sector are challenging conventional views of Beijing’s model.
Despite widespread global volatility, the U.S. dollar has reasserted itself as the ultimate safe-haven asset, completely deflating the speculative "debasement trade" that briefly drove gold and Bitcoin to record highs.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2026
The dollar is reasserting itself as the king of global finance
By Jonathan Levin
The slumps in gold and Bitcoin show just how silly all the talk of a “dollar debasement” trade in markets has been.

SPORTS

Bills quarterback Josh Allen throws a pass during the second quarter against the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Monday.
SPORTS / Football
Nov 10, 2026
Bills defense turns tables on Vikings in victory
A low-scoring showdown between the Bills’ potent offense and the stingiest defense in the NFL ended with a hard-fought Buffalo victory.
Tom Brady is pictured before the EFL Trophy Final between Birmingham City and Peterborough United at Wembley Stadium in London in April 2025.
SOCCER
Nov 10, 2026
Brady ends three-year spell as Birmingham City investor
By Janina Nuno Rios
The club gave no reason for Tom Brady’s departure and did not specify what would happen to his stake.
Jaylen Brown (right) and forward Jayson Tatum congratulate each other in the final seconds of the fourth quarter of the Celtics' win over the Thunder at TD Garden in Boston on March 25.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Nov 10, 2026
Tatum and Brown to square off for first time in Celtics-76ers clash
In nine seasons as teammates, Tatum and Brown led Boston to two NBA Finals appearances, including the Celtics’ championship run in 2024.
Jordan Davis looks on prior to the Eagles' game against the Giants at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Nov 10, 2026
Jaguars acquire DT Jordan Davis as part of three-trade overhaul
Jacksonville sent a 2027 first-round pick and a 2029 second-round selection to Philadelphia in return.

LIFE

Smart trash cans developed by SmaGO have been installed in Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, where they help address the shortage of public waste bins.
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 search for a better public trash bin — and why robots may help
By Alex K.T. Martin
With public trash bins scarce, Japan is turning to smart receptacles and autonomous robots to make garbage disposal easier.

CULTURE

Director Takashi Yamazaki gained a newfound understanding of the undercurrent of anxiety in postwar Japan through making “Godzilla Minus One” and “Godzilla Minus Zero.”
CULTURE / Film
Nov 10, 2026
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ director sees the monster as a mirror
By Sebastien Raineri
Real-world anxieties have always underlain the monster movie franchise, says Takashi Yamazaki, director of 今日吃瓜 first “Filmed for IMAX” production.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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