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Employees prepare food for customers in China's first official Hello Kitty-themed restaurant in Shanghai in April 2016.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2026
China’s hard power keeps undermining its soft power
China undoubtedly has real soft power. Yet its behavior repeatedly undermines it.
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was released from detention in Russia, waves as he disembarks the aircraft upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Aug. 1, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Evan Gershkovich on prison, Russia and liberty
The reporter was the first U.S. journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War before being freed in 2024.
Apple has an undisclosed multilingual gray list of tens of thousands of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will not autocomplete or swipe-type, a researcher has said.
WORLD
Nov 7, 2026
Apple’s autocomplete restrictions include ‘Dictator Trump’ and ‘Sleepy Joe,’ researcher finds
The find offers insight into the tradeoff between guessing what users are trying to say and preventing the devices from offering offensive suggestions.
The royal family holds revered status in Thai society and is shielded from criticism by a defamation law that critics say is used to muzzle dissent.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2026
Thailand bans textbook on national security grounds
The royal family holds revered status in Thai society and is shielded from criticism by a defamation law that critics say is used to muzzle dissent.
Under Article 112 of Thailand’s Criminal Code — the country’s lese-majeste law — anyone who defames, insults or threatens the king, queen or heir apparent faces a prison sentence of three to 15 years.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2026
It’s time for Thailand to amend its controversial lese-majeste law
Thailand’s lese-majeste law is sending pro-democracy activists to prison.
Jimmy Lai, who founded the now defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily in Hong Kong, was handed a 20-year prison term on collusion and sedition charges under a national security law following a crackdown from Beijing.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2026
Trump says he raised case of Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai with Xi
The U.S. president was under pressure to raise high-profile humanitarian cases when he met with the Chinese leader in Washington last week.
Television cameras set up in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2026
TV networks resume covering White House as press access fight continues
Trump last week banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, before a judge ordered the administration to restore their access.
The CNN booth at the White House in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump banned the network, along with MS NOW and Politico, from the White House on Sept. 18 as punishment for distributing what he branded as "fake news" and "fiction and lies."
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2026
U.S. judge blocks White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
Judge Timothy Kelly found the revocation of the three news agencies’ press passes “likely violated their constitutional due process rights.”
An updated solidarity sign hangs outside the Associated Press booth at the White House grounds after U.S. President Donald Trump banned three major news outlets — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — from the White House, in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2026
Trump’s White House media ban faces long odds in court, legal experts say
U.S. courts have long held that the government cannot condition press access on favorable coverage once it has opened a space to the media.
The latest proposed social media reforms in Australia follow a law, which took effect in December of last year, banning social media for users under the age of 16 in the country.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2026
U.S. warns Australia’s social media algorithm reforms risk ‘facilitating censorship’
Under the proposal, platforms would be required to offer a default content feed, with the option to opt out and see posts only from followed accounts.
MS Now correspondent Akayla Gardner reports outside the White House grounds after U.S. President Donald Trump banned MS Now, CNN and Politico in a Truth Social post, in Washington on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2026
U.S. networks halt Trump coverage in revolt over White House ban
Top five U.S. broadcasters say they are halting “pool” coverage of the White House in solidarity with CNN.
MS NOW correspondent Akayla Gardner reports from the sidewalk outside the White House after U.S. President Donald Trump banned three major news outlets, CNN, MS NOW and Politico, from the White House in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2026
CNN and MS NOW barred from White House after ban by Trump
CNN called the move “an illegal assault” on the constitutional rights of news organizations to report without hindrance.
U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2026
Trump says CNN, Politico and MS NOW banned from White House
The 80-year-old Republican warned that other outlets could face a similar fate but did not say which ones.
People watch outside the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, where #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin and labor activist Wang Jianbing were expected to be sentenced, in Guangzhou, in China's Guangdong province, on June 14, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 18, 2026
Friends and rights groups worry for Chinese #MeToo activist’s life after jail
Journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin, who has been behind bars since 2021, is due to be released on Friday.
Max Lederer, the embattled former publisher of Stars and Stripes, says that military personnel and their families are not the only ones who will be dealt a blow if the paper's reporting is gagged.
WORLD
Sep 15, 2026
Ousted Stars and Stripes publisher warns of rising attacks on press freedoms
Max Lederer, the ousted publisher of the U.S. military newspaper, says the paper’s clashes with the Pentagon are emblematic of a larger battle.
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki prays during his election campaign in the town of Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 27.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 3, 2026
What separates heckling from unlawful interference during election campaigns?
As Okinawa Prefecture’s gubernatorial race picks up steam, some guidance can be had from a 2024 Supreme Court ruling.
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong (center), who was disqualified from running, queues up to cast his vote during district council elections in the South Horizons district in Hong Kong on Nov. 24, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2026
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty to collusion
Once a symbol of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, Joshua Wong has been in custody since late 2020 and sentenced multiple times for his role in anti-government protests in 2019.
Stars and Stripes' Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin told CBS News he was being fired for "insubordination" following an interview with the network where he spoke about disagreements with the Department of Defense.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2026
Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders after they criticize interference
The firings came after the paper, which is partially funded by the Pentagon but has long had editorial independence, reported on grim conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Iran is moving to sharply restrict contact with foreign media and institutions, imposing prison terms and fines for unauthorized communication.
WORLD
Aug 16, 2026
Iranian parliament votes to further criminalize interviews with ‘hostile media’
Interviews with other foreign media would require notification ?to the intelligence ministry.
An ice block floats in the sea waters near a cemetery in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 29.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 13, 2026
‘Imposing ignorance’: U.S. climate science under siege
President Donald Trump’s latest move against science documenting the impacts of climate change is causing concern among experts.
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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