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U.S. President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that the U.S. had leverage over Iran, citing the naval blockade of Iranian ports.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 18, 2026
U.S.-Iran peace prospects dim as Trump rejects truce extension
The truce was meant to give Washington and Tehran a 60-day window to reach a more lasting peace.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington in 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2026
Trump and Modi likely to have first meeting since Pakistan spat
Despite personal ties between leaders and similar strategic priorities, relations between the U.S. and India have soured over India’s clashes with Pakistan and trade tensions.
A woman walks past an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel mural in Tehran on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2026
Trump extends Iran truce and maintains blockade as talks falter
The president said that Pakistan, which is mediating, asked the U.S. to hold off on fresh strikes.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at an event in Las Vegas, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 20, 2026
U.S. seizes first Iranian ship in blockade, imperiling talks
The waterway is just one of the unresolved issues, which also include Iran’s nuclear capabilities and Israel’s ongoing invasion of Lebanon.
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement regarding U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in a screenshot from an eight-minute video posted to his X account on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2026
Diplomacy shifts to war: How Trump’s team decided to attack Iran
Even as U.S. envoys to Iran talks were preparing to fly to Geneva to meet their Iranian counterparts for more discussions, the calculus was shifting toward conflict.
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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