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November 11, 2026
 

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Despite widespread global volatility, the U.S. dollar has reasserted itself as the ultimate safe-haven asset, completely deflating the speculative "debasement trade" that briefly drove gold and Bitcoin to record highs.
COMMENTARY / World
The dollar is reasserting itself as the king of global finance
By Jonathan Levin
The slumps in gold and Bitcoin show just how silly all the talk of a “dollar debasement” trade in markets has been.
The Dawning Information Industry's Sugon Dawn 8000 display at its booth at the World AI Conference in Shanghai last July
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
China’s innovation thrives on openness, even under authoritarian rule
By Kai Kajitani
Open technologies in its AI sector are challenging conventional views of Beijing’s model.
U.S. President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders attend the bloc's summit in Ankara on July 8.
COMMENTARY / World
U.S. allies need a plan for a lame-duck Trump
By Marc Champion
Some countries, including Iran and Israel, are concerned about how Trump will react to his defeat.

EDITORIALS

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an executive order signing event in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, after Democrats swept the midterm elections earlier in the week.
Trump’s midterm shellacking: an uncertain response
The day after the vote, the Japanese government said that it intends to honor its promise to invest $550 billion in the U.S.
EDITORIALS
Japanese journalist arrested in Russia is a pawn, not a spy
EDITORIALS
France burns as the political center fiddles
EDITORIALS
‘Cockroach’ insult is now a badge of honor — and a threat to India’s government
EDITORIALS
Oct. 7 was a tragedy, what followed was worse

COMMENTARY

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hold talks in Andong, South Korea, on May 19.
Japan
Are Japan and the U.S. losing South Korea as an ally?
By Masahiro Matsumura
Washington’s trust in the South Korean government on intelligence matters seems increasingly fragile.
World
South Korea’s military ambitions get a reality check
By Ruth Pollard
Japan
China’s hard power keeps undermining its soft power
By Waka Ikeda
World
The rise of the global oligarchic world order
By David Lingelbach and Valentina Rodriguez Guerra
Japan
Voters reset the debate on data centers and billionaires
By Dave Lee
Japan
Navigating Japan-U.S. relations after the ‘blue tsunami’
By Glen S. Fukushima
World
America’s midterms: History rhymes half a century later
By Kuni Miyake
Japan
The Democratic ‘blue wave’ just reset American power
By Cory Alpert
World
Patrick Stewart embodied the value of aging actors
By Miles Surrey
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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.
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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