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November 12, 2026
 

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reacts during a news conference about the wave of violence in the country, following the killing of a drug lord in a military operation, at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on Monday.
WORLD
Feb 24, 2026
Unprecedented military raid is risky gamble for Mexico’s Sheinbaum
The raid that killed a most wanted cartel leader was the president’s biggest bet yet, doubling down on her historic offensive against Mexico’s organized crime groups.
People hold up portraits of soldiers killed in the U.S. strike on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during a march outside the U.S. Embassy to protest against what they denounce as U.S. aggression in the region, in Havana on Jan. 16.
WORLD
Feb 22, 2026
Cuban security forces exit Venezuela as U.S. pressure mounts
Prior ?to the operation to remove Maduro, thousands of Cuban doctors, nurses and sports coaches worked in Venezuela as part of welfare programs begun under Chavez.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily morning news conference after U.S. strikes on Venezuela, at the National Palace in Mexico City on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 6, 2026
Mexico condemns attack on Venezuela while seeking to avoid its fate
The Mexican government has found itself traversing the most delicate balancing act since U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term.
Workers unload equipment to set up a temporary shelter to receive migrants deported by the United States, in the El Punto area of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Jan 23, 2025
Mexico builds temporary shelters to prepare for deportations from U.S.
The shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people, a municipal official has said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2021
Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000
Political turmoil, quake-damaged hospitals, gangs and a tropical storm all conspire to hinder relief efforts.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2021
Biden tells migrants to stay put. Central Americans hear a different message.
Disinformation suggesting that the U.S. border is now wide open has rocketed across social media and by word of mouth.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2020
Die in detention or at home? U.S. pandemic forces cruel choice on asylum-seekers
Lawyers, advocates, detainees and their family members say the risks of contracting COVID-19 inside detention facilities have driven people to seek deportation.
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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