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November 11, 2026
 

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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
Taiwan said Tuesday that Beijing is carrying out “area denial” drills in the western Pacific involving an aircraft carrier and other naval formations.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a binder as he stands next to Chinese leader Xi Jinping before Xi delivers a speech during a state dinner at the White House in Washington on Sept. 24.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Trump-Xi-Putin trilateral summit moves closer to reality
U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin were likely to be held at next week’s APEC summit.
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.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 6, 2026
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
The ongoing dispute between China and Japan began following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan in parliament on Nov. 7, 2025.
An attendee sits in the cockpit of a full scale mock-up of a Global Combat Air Program fighter jet at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, in July.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2026
Talk of Germany joining GCAP fighter program grows, but Japanese concerns persist
Officials in Tokyo are worried that adding a new partner at this stage could further delay the aircraft’s planned 2035 introduction date.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands before their one-on-one chat during the second U.S.-North Korea summit at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi in February 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2026
North Korea pours cold water on Kim-Trump meeting as APEC summit looms
The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader issued a familiar ultimatum to Trump, telling him to drop his country’s “hostile policy.”
A soldier walks past a screen showing showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at the main rail station in Seoul on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2026
North Korea fires off ‘several’ missiles in latest weapons test
Tokyo did not issue an alert about any North Korean missile launches, as it usually does with those that could pose a threat to Japan.
A Ground Self-Defense Force Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle fires during an annual training session near Mount Fuji at the Higashifuji training field in Gotemba,Shizuoka Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2026
Japan gets serious about defense spending hike as year-end deadline looms
The government and ruling coalition are reportedly considering nearly doubling defense spending over the next five years.
Kim Yo Jong (center left), sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, joins defense officials for an inspection visit at an undisclosed location in the country in this image released on Oct. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2026
North Korea calls U.S. claims it was behind Binance hack ‘a grave political provocation’
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader, called the allegations “absurd rhetoric and nothing new.”
A combination picture shows what North Korea said was a test to evaluate the effectiveness of a cluster-bomb warhead in this image released Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2026
North Korea fires off cluster bomb warheads in latest ‘major’ weapons test
Pyongyang claimed the warhead is “capable of turning into ashes a target area of 12 to 13 hectares.”
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong pose for photographs at a meeting of Quad top diplomats on the sidelines of the Group of 20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2026
‘Quad’ diplomats express ‘grave concerns’ about economic coercion in veiled jab at China
Economic security was a key feature of the talks, the officials’ third meeting this year, as the grouping gears up for a leaders’ summit this month.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during an expanded ASEAN defense ministers summit in Cebu, the Philippines, on on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2026
Koizumi vows to uphold ‘defense-oriented’ policy at ASEAN meet
The pledge comes as China continues to accuse Japan of “accelerated remilitarization.”
News coverage shows file footage of a North Korean missile launch, on a screen at Seoul Station on Oct. 12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2026
North Korea fires off around a dozen ballistic missiles
Seoul said the missiles had been fired from the city of Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth poses for a photo with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on the sidelines of an expanded ASEAN defense ministers' summit in Cebu, the Philippines, on Wednesday in this image posted to Hegseth's official X account.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2026
U.S. and Japan defense chiefs agree to boost cooperation to prevent cyberattacks
The agreement comes as Japan continues to reel from almost daily revelations of serious data breaches.
A surface-to-surface Agni V missile is launched from the testing range on Wheeler Island off the eastern Indian state of Odisha in April 2012.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2026
Japan eyes using Indian test ranges for powerful missiles and small attack drones
Tokyo sent officials to the South Asian nation this month as it eyes the possibility of using the sites, the GSDF’s top uniformed officer said.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2026
Koizumi heads to Philippines for ASEAN defense talks, but China meeting unlikely
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said his ministry had yet to confirm if the Chinese defense chief would even attend the summit.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Finnish counterpart, Antti Hakkanen, inspect an honor guard before their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2026
On nuclear policy, Koizumi agrees with Finnish defense chief: Japan ‘must not be naive’
The two defense ministers discussed the Nordic country’s decision to allow nuclear weapons onto its soil as Japan weighs a similar policy shift.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets China's No. 4 official, Wang Huning, in Dandong, China, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 25, 2026
North Korea’s Kim visits China as allies look to boost economic ties
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was accompanied during his visit to the border city of Dandong on Saturday by Wang Huning, China’s No. 4 official.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training event near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji training field in?Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Koizumi to meet Finnish defense chief, with nuclear policy shift to top agenda
The talks come after Finland revised a law allowing nuclear weapons into the country — a decision that came as Japan weighs a similar shift in policy.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Freedom 250 reception at the Jio World Convention Center in Mumbai on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 21, 2026
With leaders’ summit, ‘Quad’ hopes to breathe fresh life into grouping
U.S. President Donald Trump will join a meeting next month amid concerns that the four-nation grouping is withering on the vine.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2026
Koizumi lauds shift as more universities apply for defense research subsidy program
The defense minister characterized the development as a break from academia’s once deep-seated aversions to being involved in national security.
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.
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