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November 12, 2026
 

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Anna KORKMAN
A Leopard 2 tank fires during military drill during the NATO Cold Response drills near Bardufoss, in Arctic Norway, on March 13.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2026
Leaders urge EU to boost Arctic role to tackle Russia ‘threat’
As sea ice melts, Russia, China and the U.S. have ramped up activity in the region, racing to claim natural resources and new maritime routes.
Philippe Bordarier, chief executive of nuclear operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), stands in one of the tunnels that is part of what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel at the Onkalo nuclear repository in Eurajoki, southwestern Finland, May 18.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2026
In Finland, radioactive spent nuclear fuel soon to be buried underground
With space for 6,500 tons of uranium, a new facility in Finland is aimed at providing permanent storage for spent fuel from Finland’s five nuclear reactors.
Residential apartment blocks in Helsinki in May 2023. Finland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 9.6% in September.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 2, 2025
Soaring unemployment challenges Finnish welfare model
Figures from the European statistics agency Eurostat showed Finland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 9.6% in September.
Reindeer herder Ari Maununiemi feeds lichen to his reindeer at his home and farm outside Rovaniemi, Finland, on Feb. 26.
WORLD
May 26, 2025
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland’s reindeer herders
“Military activity has increased massively here since Finland joined NATO,” one herder said.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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