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November 11, 2026
 

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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
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.
A China Coast Guard vessel in 2017. Taiwan says it is facing a stepped-up pressure campaign by Beijing, including in the waters around the island where China's military and coast guard operate daily.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2026
Taiwan probes organized crime links to China’s ‘transnational repression’
Taipei has complained that Beijing is using various underhanded methods to target Taiwanese nationals viewed as politically suspect.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaks in front of a Teng Yun unmanned aerial vehicle during a visit to the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taichung, Taiwan, on July 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 28, 2026
Taiwan pushes back after Xi seeks to win over Trump on WWII narrative
Taipei says the version of events Beijing is promoting is distorted, given that the Republic of China was the government at the time.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet in Busan, South Korea, in October last year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 22, 2026
China’s Xi expected to press Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under 1982 agreement
In return, Beijing is offering help to put pressure on Iran as the U.S.-led war in the Middle East drags on.
A Taiwanese soldier participates in a drill during the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Yilan, Taiwan, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2026
Taiwan condemns ‘dangerous’ planned Chinese navy drill with Indonesia
Taipei says Beijing was trying to create a false impression that it controls waters east of Taiwan, where the drills were conducted.
M60A3 tanks fire during a live-fire drill as part of the Han Kuang military exercise in Penghu, Taiwan, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2026
Taiwan ‘throttles’ mobile internet for first time during annual war games
The island simulated communication disruption in the event of a Chinese attack or ?natural disaster.
Stanislav Gryshyn, co-founder of Ukrainian drone-maker General Cherry, at the Japan Drone 2026 and International Advanced Air Mobility Expo in the city of Chiba, last month
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 19, 2026
Ukrainian drone-makers target Asia as Taiwan tensions spur demand
Ukraine has developed a reputation as a master of drone warfare, which has helped an otherwise-outgunned Kyiv hold out for more ?than four ?years against Russia.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaks during a briefing at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents Club in Taipei.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2026
Taiwan not ‘provoking’ China and hopes new U.S. arms sale package can be approved soon, president says
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te reiterated his desire for talks based on “parity and respect” with China, but said Taiwan had a right to protect ?its interests.
A Taiwanese military officer during a live-fire exercise on June 3
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 8, 2026
Taiwan says China Coast Guard patrols to its east are ‘provocative act’
China said the moves were in ?response to a Japanese and Philippine announcement regarding talks ?on delimiting their maritime boundaries.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te attends the opening ceremony of the annual Computex trade show in Taipei on Tuesday. He said he sincerely hopes "China can face up to the June incident of 37 years ago," in a post on his Facebook page on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2026
Taiwan presses China to confront Tiananmen past
The events on June 4, 1989, when Chinese troops opened fire to end pro-democracy protests, are not publicly discussed in ?China, and the anniversary is not officially marked.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te delivers an address on the second anniversary of his taking office at the Presidential Office in Taipei on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 20, 2026
If they spoke, Taiwan president would tell Trump China was undermining stability
A conversation between the two ?presidents has not taken place since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979.
The former Royal Mint Court office complex in London, the future site of a new Chinese embassy, on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
U.K.’s China embassy gamble shows changing calculations in divided West
British and U.S. politicians, local ?residents and British-based Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners say the new building could be used as a base for espionage.
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu poses for a photo during an interview with The Japan Times in Taipei in March.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister made secret trip to Israel
It was unclear if Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu touched upon Taiwan’s new multilayered air defense system, which is partly modeled on Israel’s air-defense system.
A Chinese warship participates in joint Navy exercise of Iran, China and Russia in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, on March 12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2025
China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say
The country is in the middle of a traditionally busy season for military exercises, though its army hasn’t made announcements of large-scale officially named drills.
This screen grab from video footage from China’s Ministry of Defense taken in May 2024 shows China’s third aircraft carrier Fujian carrying out sea trials in an unknown location.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2025
Taiwan says China sometimes stages mock attacks on foreign navy ships in strait
Taiwan shares intelligence with international partners when they operate in those waters, a senior Taiwan security official said.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s fabrication plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Under a possible new arrangement, Taiwanese companies, including TSMC, would send new capital and workers to expand their U.S. operations and train U.S. workers.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2025
Trump team negotiating Taiwan deal that could train U.S. workers, sources say
Trump has previously said some skilled foreign workers may be necessary to train Americans in state-of-the-art factories.
The Taiwanese flag waves on a hilltop facing China's Xiamen city, on Dadan Island, in Kinmen, Taiwan, on Oct. 18.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Taiwan wary China’s new economic plan could include front-line islands
Taiwanese officials fear China could seek to gain de facto jurisdiction over Kinmen islands if it includes them in its economic development plan.
A China Coast Guard vessel is seen on a giant screen showing news footage about the coast guard's law enforcement patrols in waters around Taiwan, outside a shopping mall in Beijing on April 1.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
China honing abilities for a possible future attack, Taiwan warns
China has been using AI tools to weaken Taiwan’s cybersecurity and to scan for weak points in critical infrastructure, the island’s defense ministry said.
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.
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.
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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