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Kenyan researchers from a Save the Elephants research camp operate a surveillance drone, as environmental groups around the world adopt AI to analyze climate data, track forest fires and count endangered wildlife, at the Samburu National Reserve in Samburu County, Kenya, on Nov. 4.
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 9, 2026
Environmental groups embrace AI, even as they warn of data center impacts
The contradiction is forcing organizations to justify their AI use in carrying out missions to combat climate change or protect natural resources.
A Ghostwake uncrewed surface vessel, developed by U.S.-based STR8 Industries and manufactured in Taiwan, performs a high-speed maneuver during the Taiwan Marine Tech and Unmanned Robotics Expo in Tainan on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2026
Sea drone makers compete in Taiwan for soaring investment
While Taiwan already has the know-how to make high-tech sea drones, the island is keen to work with foreign firms whose systems are battle-tested.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi inspects the honor guard at the Self-Defense Forces Senior Commanders' Conference in Tokyo in September.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2026
Japan weighs $500 billion defense spending plan, sources say
If adopted, defense buildup spending for the five years from April 2027 would be nearly twice that in the current five-year plan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an unmanned aeronautical technology exhibition and weapons demonstration in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2026
Kim urges drone dominance as North Korea fires missiles and rockets
According to KCNA, Kim said that pursuing superiority in drone technology was “an indispensable option” given the changing nature of modern warfare.
A burning oil terminal following an air attack in St. Petersburg on Oct. 18.
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 25, 2026
Secretive Ukrainian deep-strike unit behind rapid expansion of campaign
Ukraine’s ability to pummel targets well inside Russia has increased dramatically over the course of the war.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (right) shakes hands with Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin at a signing ceremony at the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Japan to provide Malaysia with counterdrone system
The government will spend ?1.65 billion on the system, marking its third provision of official security assistance to Malaysia.
The V-BAT uncrewed reconnaissance aircraft introduced by the Maritime Self-Defense Forces on the Kumano destroyer in Sagami Bay in June
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 5, 2026
MSDF deploys V-BAT uncrewed surveillance aircraft
The aircraft can autonomously patrol predetermined routes, collecting surveillance footage and transmitting it to a command vessel in real time.
Environment Minister Hiroyoshi Sasagawa emphasized in an interview in Tokyo on Monday that prompt action regarding bears will give "a sense of security" to the public.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
Government eyes supporting use of AI and drones to manage bear population
Environment Minister Hiroyoshi Sasagawa emphasized that prompt action regarding bears will give “a sense of security” to the public.
People try to evacuate an administrative building hit by a Russian jet-powered drone strike in Kyiv on Monday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2026
Kyiv Science Academy hit, 10 dead as Russian jet-drones strike across Ukraine
In recent weeks, Russia has begun hitting Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with faster, high-flying jet drones.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2026
Japan Defense Ministry to support startups in UAV development
The three main research targets will be incorporating domestic components, increasing efficiency in supply warehouses and reducing aircraft noise.
Yoshitaka Shindo, chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party’s foreign residents policy headquarters, speaks at a meeting of its project team on national security and land legislation on Thursday at the party headquarters in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2026
LDP panel calls for permit system for key land acquisitions
In the draft, the team also pushed for a ban on individuals working for foreign governments from acquiring land deemed critical to national security.
Military police and response vehicles near the site where, according to the Lithuanian national crisis management center, a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone near Pratkunai village, Lithuania, on Sept. 15
WORLD / Society
Sep 22, 2026
Lithuania plans hardened energy substation as grids increasingly targeted
Plans include fencing strong enough to resist an explosives-laden truck, sensors searching for tunnels, and concrete “sarcophagi” for transformers.
Members of a local electoral commission and a voter sit under portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Denis Pushilin, Moscow-installed leader of the Russian-controlled parts of the Donetsk region, at a polling station on the final day of Russia's three-day parliamentary election in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2026
Drones hit Moscow as Russians go to the polls
The ruling United Russia party, which backs President Vladimir Putin, has won every parliamentary election in Russia since 2003.
People walk past a sign reading "No drone zone" in an alley in Beijing on Sept. 14.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2026
Drone owners rush to offload devices ahead of Beijing ban
New rules in the Chinese capital ban not just the flying of unmanned aerial vehicles but the possession or storage of them.
Paramedics prepare to transport a resident injured during a Russian drone strike on a gas station in Kyiv on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 16, 2026
Ukraine races to counter Russia’s jet-powered drone attacks
Recent attacks underscore the challenges Ukraine will faces with no clear answer to Moscow’s faster, more powerful drones.
An Air Self-Defense Force unmanned Global Hawk ??reconnaissance drone stationed at the Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2026
Japan says reconnaissance drone crashed off Tottori
The ASDF said debris spotted and photographed floating in waters off the prefecture was judged to be the drone.
Companies that have adopted the use of drones in their business, particularly those in sectors such as construction and tourism, are being affected by no-fly zones being widened following legal amendments that took effect in July.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Sep 14, 2026
Okinawan businesses lament stricter rules for drone flights
A recent revision to 今日吃瓜 drone law has widened no-fly zones, with some of them now covering entire towns that host military structures.
Japan is widening its use of drones as a tool to keep bears away from human settlements.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2026
Japan adds drones to arsenal against bears
Beyond their use in aerial searches for bears, drones are proving effective as a preventive tool to help keep the animals away from human settlements.
Security personnel fortify a police post with Ukraine-style mesh barriers as a new line of defense against militant drone and aerial attacks at Bara in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Aug. 4.
WORLD
Sep 9, 2026
Pakistan police counter drone attacks with Ukraine-style nets
Lessons from the war in Ukraine are reverberating in Pakistan, where security forces are improvising new defenses against Islamist insurgents.
A man looks on as smoke rises over a warehouse that was hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv region on Aug. 27.
WORLD
Sep 6, 2026
Kyiv adapts to new reality of life under constant Russian drone attack
Since late August, Russia has ramped up the frequency of its air assaults on the Ukrainian capital using jet-powered drones that are harder to intercept.
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.
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‘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.
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Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
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