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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belem, Brazil, on Nov. 19 last year. Lula will also attend COP31, which will take place from Nov. 9 to 20 in Antalya, Turkey.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 4, 2026
Ahead of COP31, Brazil offers a global fossil fuel exit plan
The Brazilian roadmap calls for countries to shift away from oil, gas and coal on a voluntary basis.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announces support measures for electricity and gas bills to reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 30, 2026
Takaichi says electricity and gas subsidies will resume in December
The prime minister said the subsidies will be offered until February and could save people about ?7,000 over the three months.
Liberal Democratic Party policy chief Takayuki Kobayashi speaks at a party meeting on fuel subsidies on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2026
LDP proposes gradual reduction of fuel subsidies
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has ordered industry minister Ryosei Akazawa to consider reviewing the subsidy program.
Signboards display fuel prices outside gasoline stations in Tokyo in September
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2026
Government to review gasoline subsidies as costs mount
Japan is providing subsidies to oil wholesalers to curb the average retail price of regular gasoline in the nation at about ?170 per liter.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in February 2025
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 18, 2026
Trump-Zelenskyy rift threatens vital support for Kyiv
The widening rift has sparked concerns that Trump and Zelenskyy’s tumultuous relationship could lead to even worse outcomes for Kyiv.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2026
Trump’s Russia sanctions waiver called mistake by GOP allies
At least eight Republican senators and several House lawmakers have spoken out against Trump’s diesel deal with Russia or the sanctions waiver.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Dalton, Georgia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 17, 2026
Trump waives new Russia sanctions as Ukraine ties slump
The move came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged EU leaders to keep financing Kyiv’s fight with nearly $80 billion more next year.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Republican campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2026
Trump calls for replacing Zelenskyy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia
Zelenskyy, in some of his sharpest criticism yet of the White House, blasted Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel.
A semi drives past a sign advertising the price of diesel along Interstate 5 in Williams, California, U.S., on Sept. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2026
Trump says Russia to supply diesel to U.S. and global markets
Prices for diesel are near a record and have put Trump’s fellow Republicans at risk ahead of the Nov. 3 congressional elections.
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled the Alaska liquefied natural gas plan on Wednesday as part of a broader $200 billion South Korean package.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2026
Alaska LNG could cost more than double Gulf Coast rivals
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled the plan as part of a broader South Korean package, though Seoul said it had not yet decided whether to fund it.
Diesel prices are displayed above $8 per gallon at a gas station in Los Angeles on Thursday, as prices reach record highs across the United States.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 19, 2026
Iran war drives bigger diesel supply loss despite Trump’s claims
The global energy market was thrown into disarray this year, with a widely expected oil glut erased by the Iran conflict.
The MT Desert Kite oil tanker carrying Russian oil off the state of Gujarat, India, on March 11. India, the world's third-biggest oil importer, is among the biggest buyers of Russian oil.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 17, 2026
India warns U.S. new tariffs to deter buyers of Russian oil could impact ties
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill authorizing tariffs of up to 100% to increase pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
A worker stands in the coal yard at the John E. Amos Power Plant in Winfield, West Virginia.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Sep 15, 2026
Trump EPA ends climate regulations for power plants
The decision will effectively end the federal effort to regulate the largest industrial sources of greenhouse gases in the U.S.
Members of an expert panel discussing measures to prevent a recurrence of post-earthquake explosions speak at the industry ministry on Sept. 8.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2026
Suppliers asked to install sensors in enclosed spaces with gas piping
The moves comes in the wake of a deadly explosion at a shopping mall in Kumamoto Prefecture following an earthquake in July.
U.S. President Donald Trump waves after exiting Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 5, 2026
Job growth, but surging diesel prices — Trump’s midterms mixed bag
The labor market showed strong growth but record-high diesel prices are likely to further fuel inflation.
East Japan Usami and Kyoei Sekiyu of Tokyo, Eneos Wing of Nagoya, Enex Fleet of Osaka and Kitaseki of Miyagi Prefecture are suspected of violating the antimonopoly law.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2026
Five Japanese oil distributors admit to forming price cartel
East Japan Usami and Kyoei Sekiyu of Tokyo, Eneos Wing of Nagoya, Enex Fleet of Osaka and Kitaseki of Miyagi Prefecture are suspected of violating the antimonopoly law.
Cars wait to refuel at a gas station in Russia. A series of Ukrainian drone attacks have forced major refineries to suspend operations, causing a fuel shortage.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2026
Russia’s gasoline output drops to 70% of domestic demand
The fall at this month’s end comes after a series of drone attacks forced major refineries to suspend operations, according to two industry sources.
A staff member fills up gas in a customer's car at a gasoline station in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2026
Japan to keep gas pump prices at around ?170
To secure additional financial resources, the government plans to tap into a ?2.5 trillion?reserve fund for responding to the Middle East situation.
Vendors prepare shoes for sale at a market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 24, 2019.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2026
Asia’s energy-starved nations go dark as Hormuz tensions drag on
The cost of gasoline in parts of the region spiked after U.S. strikes on Iran in disrupted energy supplies.
A young woman looks at a mobile phone in Havana during a nationwide blackout on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2026
‘Agony’ in Cuba amid third nationwide blackout in six months
Cuba was already struggling to keep the lights on before U.S. President Donald Trump cut off its oil supplies, depleting the dwindling supply of fuel for its power plants.
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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