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Abdul Hafeez Khoso, one of 39 Pakistani farmers pursuing a climate lawsuit against German firms, chants "polluters have to pay" with schoolchildren during an awareness event in Jacobabad in Pakistan's Sindh province on July 29.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 11, 2026
Pakistani farmers in long fight to make German firms pay for flood damage
The litigation argues the firms’ emissions contributed to climate change and turbo-charged rain that wiped out farmers’ crops, livestock and homes.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at a news conference in Berlin last week
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2026
German defense chief cautious over joining Japan-U.K.-Italy fighter jet project
His position marks a stark contrast with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s positive stance on the nation’s participation in GCAP.
"Night of Broken Glass" (Kristallnacht) survivor George Shafi, who will be 95 on Nov. 29 in front of the Neue Synagoge in Berlin on Thursday
WORLD
Nov 9, 2026
‘Last generation’: ‘Kristallnacht’ survivor, 94, bears witness
Violence the Nazi regime unleashed on Nov. 9 to 10, 1938, saw at least 90 Jewish people killed and 1,400 synagogues set alight across Germany.
An attendee sits in the cockpit of a full scale mock-up of a Global Combat Air Program fighter jet at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, in July.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2026
Talk of Germany joining GCAP fighter program grows, but Japanese concerns persist
Officials in Tokyo are worried that adding a new partner at this stage could further delay the aircraft’s planned 2035 introduction date.
Employees empty perishable goods from freezers at a supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden, on Monday after a hacker attack on refrigeration systems that affected several countries in Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2026
Uncool! Hacking refrigerators is a hint of threats to come
Fiddled freezers are not a national security threat. But think of refrigerators as the tip of the iceberg.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) speak to the media during a joint news conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
Russia bombards Ukraine power grid before Abu Dhabi talks; Merz urges Moscow to engage
In more than four years of war, Russia has repeatedly targeted the Ukrainian energy system as winter approaches.
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.
Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, gives her speech during the AfD party congress in Erfurt, Germany, on July 5.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2026
As Europe’s right advances, Germany’s AfD rethinks its anti-euro roots
The party’s popularity is prompting debate over how to balance an anti-establishment identity with the need to appear as a credible partner to allies.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the White House on Sept. 24.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2026
A Cold War blueprint for today’s nuclear dangers
U.S. President Donald Trump wants a three-way summit with his Russian and Chinese counterparts to talk about nuclear weapons and denuclearization.
A protester attacks a shop window in Frankfurt.
WORLD
Nov 2, 2026
German protests turn violent as activists clash with police
Demonstrations that began peacefully erupted in violence as night fell and rioters faced off against police in Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz shakes hands with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi before their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2026
Takaichi and Merz pledge to boost economic security and tech cooperation
The leaders expressed “grave concern” over economic coercion, including arbitrary export restrictions and retaliatory measures on critical minerals.
Demonstrators clash with police in Paris on Saturday amid nationwide protests over the cost of living and rising fuel prices.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2026
A French accident waiting to happen
France may be the first major test, but other heavily indebted European countries could face similar pressures.
Demonstrators protest against the high cost of living in Nantes, France, on Oct. 17. Similar demonstrations have spread across other parts of Europe as households grapple with rising prices and economic uncertainty.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2026
France burns as the political center fiddles
The political center in Europe is struggling to offer convincing answers to voters’ economic concerns.
People walk past the damaged window of a McDonald's, the day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2026
As France erupts, Europe’s far right gains from fuel-price anger ahead of elections
The European Commission estimates the Iran conflict has cost Europe roughly �100 billion ($112 billion) through disrupted trade and energy markets.
A circus group performs during the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa in September 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2026
JICA and the World Bank should put the poor first
Poor people are vulnerable to everything — disease, hunger, broken infrastructure and economic shocks. The question is will climate policy help them.
Although artificial intelligence may surpass human intelligence, human consciousness, subjective experience and spirit remain qualities that distinguish humanity from machines.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2026
It’s AI 0, German philosophers 1
Safranski coins the fourth affront: Intelligence can no longer be the quality that makes us special as humans, because machines will outdo us.
Marine Le Pen (center), the National Rally candidate for France's 2027 presidential election, attends a news conference with party president Jordan Bardella (right) and lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy in Paris on Oct. 6.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2026
The French far right embraces austerity
Marine Le Pen is pairing nationalist politics with fiscal austerity, betting that voters will support spending cuts.
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the Defense Security Equipment International Japan event at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba in May last year.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2026
Germany eyes joining GCAP fighter jet project with U.K, Italy and Japan
There has been mounting speculation the group could open the door to Germany after a rival Franco-German fighter program collapsed in June.
Six Japanese rice varieties will be sold on trial at Kaufhaus des Westens department store in Berlin amid increasing interest in Japanese cuisine.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
Department store in Berlin to offer high-end Japanese rice on trial basis
One of the goals of the trial is to raise awareness of high-quality Japanese rice as washoku restaurants in Germany often use non-Japanese varieties.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomes British Prime Minister Andy Burnham with military honors at the Chancellery in Berlin on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2026
U.K.’s Burnham says he is open to Germany joining joint fighter jet program
There has been mounting speculation that the program could open the door to Germany after a rival Franco-German fighter program collapsed in June.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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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