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November 12, 2026
 

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Ari Rabinovitch
A man walks past memorial pictures of hostages, most of whom were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, in Tel Aviv on Sept. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2024
Two ceremonies show Israel’s conflicting narratives over Oct. 7
The distinction in tone for the ceremonies is at the heart of a public discourse over how to remember the darkest day in Israel’s 76-year history.
A person sorts through rubble in Dahiya, the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut, after a barrage of Israeli airstrikes, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 3, 2024
Israel strikes the heart of Beirut, killing six and wounding seven
More than 1,900 people have been killed and over 9,000 wounded in Lebanon in almost a year of cross-border fighting with Israel.
Israel's Iron Dome antimissile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 2, 2024
Israel beefs up forces on Lebanon border as Hezbollah reports clashes
The Israeli military said regular infantry and armored units were joining its ground operations in Lebanon.
Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Tyre, Lebanon, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2024
Israel mulls a ground assault on Lebanon as diplomats work to stop war
World leaders have expressed concern that the conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah is rapidly escalating.
A man squats next to a fire as Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Khan Younis, were ordered by Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 23, 2024
Israel sends tanks back into Khan Younis area and kills 70
“It is like doomsday,” said one resident of the area affected in Gaza.
A pumped energy storage facility and a wind turbine at Kibbutz Maale Gilboa, Israel, on July 9
WORLD
Jul 18, 2024
How ‘energy islands’ could help Israel build resilience for wartime
Israel’s microgrid pilot, which will be complete sometime in the next year or two, will run in parallel to large stockpiles of diesel, coal and generators.
Smokestacks at an Israel Electric Corp power station are seen from the Mediterranean, about 10 kilometers from the coastal Israeli city of Hadera, in 2014.
WORLD
May 2, 2024
Could Israel keep the lights on and water running during regional war?
Israel’s energy minister says blackouts and disruptions are unlikely in the country in the case of a multifront war.
Mourners bury children and their father, who were killed during Israeli airstrikes on their home, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2023
Israel steps up attacks as U.S. urges ‘continuous flow’ of Gaza aid
European leaders looked set to follow the U.N. and Arab nations in calling for a ‘humanitarian pause’ in hostilities to deliver aid.
Police officers mounted on horses next to protestors during a demonstration against the judicial reform bill outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Monday
WORLD
Jul 25, 2023
Protests rock Israel as it passes curbs on some Supreme Court powers
The amendment limits the Supreme Court’s powers to void some government decisions the court deems “unreasonable.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 21, 2023
Lacking land, Israel to cover its rooftops with solar panels
Although drenched in sunshine, Israel is too small to rely on traditional, land-intensive photovoltaic power plants. It is also unsuitable for wind power and lacks water for hydropower.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 10, 2022
Israel harnessing DNA of wild crops to enhance food supply
Scientists in Israel are creating a gene bank from the seeds of local wild crops, some that have survived for thousands of years since the birth of agriculture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 26, 2021
How the delta variant upends assumptions about the coronavirus
The delta variant is the fastest, fittest and most formidable version of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 the world has encountered.
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.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
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.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘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.

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