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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi should defend 今日吃瓜 right to speak on Taiwan and other security issues at this month's APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, rather than trade it for a handshake with Xi Jinping.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2026
Asia for China? Tokyo’s answer to Beijing’s coercive strategy
Tokyo can preserve its autonomy by balancing diplomatic engagement, economic resilience and credible deterrence.
An unlicensed mining operation in Toboali, on the southern shores of the island of Bangka, Indonesia, in April 2021
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2026
How to improve global mineral governance
Global South countries should work together to ensure that mineral supply chains deliver equitable economic benefits and protect the environment.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth poses for a photo with Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on the sidelines of an expanded ASEAN defense ministers' summit in Cebu, the Philippines, on Wednesday in this image posted to Hegseth's official X account.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2026
U.S. and Japan defense chiefs agree to boost cooperation to prevent cyberattacks
The agreement comes as Japan continues to reel from almost daily revelations of serious data breaches.
Japan and China are pouring billions into reducing their reliance on each other even as their massive trade ties keep them bound together, a hedging dilemma faced by other countries as well.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 11, 2026
With bilateral trade booming, why are Japan-China tensions rising?
In our new era of “weaponized interdependence,” economic ties can create strategic vulnerabilities.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi meets with his Indian and American counterparts, S. Jaishankar and Marco Rubio, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila on July 22.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2026
Reports of rising powers’ demise are premature
Shifts in global power may become less dramatic than in past centuries, but economic change and coalition-building still reshape hierarchies.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa (center) said participants at a Japan-ASEAN meeting in Manila expressed their interest in strengthening cooperation in energy security, artificial intelligence and supply chains, among other fields.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2026
Japan and ASEAN to consider expanding trade pact
At a meeting in Manila, participants expressed interest in strengthening cooperation in energy security, AI and supply chains, among other fields.
The Burke?class guided?missile destroyer USS John Finn and destroyers from South Korea and Japan sail together during a trilateral ballistic?missile?defense exercise in the Sea of Japan in July 2023.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 17, 2026
Defense Priorities has its Indo-Pacific priorities wrong
Retreating to the second island chain is tantamount to surrendering to Beijing.
A demonstrator holds up an image of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Bangkok in February 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 9, 2026
Myanmar says ASEAN’s call for Suu Kyi release is interference
Myanmar’s military-backed government says demands to release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi are interfering with the country’s judicial process.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (right) and Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing (left) attend a welcoming ceremony at the Government House in Bangkok on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 6, 2026
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing in Thailand on legitimacy quest as Bangkok backs engagement
Thailand is pushing for reengagement between its war-torn neighbor and the regional bloc ASEAN.
Rohingya refugees hold a rally inside a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Aug. 25 last year, marking the eighth anniversary of their forced exodus from Myanmar.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2026
The Rohingya drown while ASEAN debates oil
People do not board unseaworthy boats because they misjudge the tides. They board because remaining has become its own form of drowning.
China's Foreign Ministry has denied that Wang Yi, its top diplomat, held any form of chat with his Japanese counterpart on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related meetings in Manila last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2026
Did they or didn’t they? China and Japan at odds over diplomats’ ‘talks’
More than eight months after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Japanese military intervention in a Taiwan crisis, ties have seen little — if any — improvement.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers an opening statement during a ministerial meeting of the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers' meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2026
Japan and China’s top diplomats hold first chat since Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Thursday he had spoken briefly with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, a day earlier on the sidelines of ASEAN-related meetings in Manila.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (from left), Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of ?State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong during their “Quad” ministers’ meeting in Manila on Wednesday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2026
‘Quad’ top diplomats focus on ASEAN maritime security — but don’t mention China
The officials said in a joint statement that “peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific maritime domain underpin the security and prosperity of the region.”
Philippine Navy personnel and China Coast Guard personnel clash near a grounded Philippine warship at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2026
Manila and Beijing summon envoys over violent encounter in South China Sea
China blamed the Philippine side for triggering the skirmish, while also saying that it had “allowed” the Philippines to transfer away the injured serviceman.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers pose for a photo with representatives from the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights representatives during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Philippines, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 21, 2026
Myanmar’s future and Middle East fighting hang over ASEAN talks
Talks over Myanmar — a member state formally excluded from summits since its military junta seized power in 2021 and triggered a bloody civil war — could ratchet up tension.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) meets with his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, in Tokyo in November 2020.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 20, 2026
ASEAN meetings offer chance of China-Japan encounter — for better or worse
When Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi visits Manila for ASEAN meetings this week, a familiar face will also be in attendance: his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media before departing for Bahrain International Airport after his visit to the Middle East in Manama, Bahrain, on June 25.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 18, 2026
Rubio expected to discuss Trump-Xi summit in Asia meetings
Analysts say ?a Rubio meeting with Wang ?Yi is likely to focus on preparations for a second summit this year ?between Trump and Xi following their last meeting in May.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on May 31.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 17, 2026
Don’t become a casualty in Beijing’s ‘history war’
Koizumi and the Takaichi administration must quickly shake off the euphoria of their Shangri-La performance and tighten their ideological defenses.
Anti-coup protesters carry a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, the deposed civilian leader, during a march in Yangon, Myanmar, in February 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 13, 2026
Myanmar tells ASEAN ‘sister’ Aung San Suu Kyi will be looked after, envoy says
Top ?diplomats of the 11-member Southeast Asian bloc met with their Myanmar counterpart for the first time since the coup, in an effort to kick-start a peace ?initiative.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on July 2. AFP-JIJI
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 8, 2026
Time for middle powers to sustain ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’
The Japan-India summit’s ambitious agenda demonstrated a willingness to move beyond declarations toward practical cooperation on economic security.
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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