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Democrats' sweeping midterm victory leaves Donald Trump's foreign policy largely intact while shifting the broader fight over America's global role to the next U.S. presidential election.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2026
Midterms shake U.S. foreign policy, but no tectonic shifts
The real fight, which began the day after the ballot, is over U.S. foreign policy in the next administration.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hold talks in Andong, South Korea, on May 19.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 10, 2026
Are Japan and the U.S. losing South Korea as an ally?
Washington’s trust in the South Korean government on intelligence matters seems increasingly fragile.
A South Korean battle tank takes part in a live-fire exercise at a defense expo at a military base in Pocheon, South Korea, in September 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2026
South Korea’s military ambitions get a reality check
Lee’s decision to push for a timetable to take wartime operational control is a bold but ultimately fraught plan.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a rally in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sunday, demanding the immediate return of abduction victims held by North Korea.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2026
800 rally in Tokyo to demand North Korea abductees’ immediate return
The rally adopted a resolution calling on North Korea to return all abductees while members of the parents’ generation are still alive.
Binance disclosed the theft on Oct. 29, in what has become the largest cryptocurrency hack on record.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 6, 2026
Binance hack funds flow to Chinese launderers, Chainalysis says
The hackers have been seen transferring stolen assets through thousands of digital wallets and across multiple blockchains to obscure their origins.
Sakie Yokota holds a comb her daughter gave to her father, Shigeru, the day before she was abducted, in Kawasaki, on Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2026
Mother wants to see abductee Megumi Yokota ‘just once’ before time runs out
“It feels like the flame had gone out. It’s hopeless,” said Sakie Yokota, 90. “I want to see her even just once before I die.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands before their one-on-one chat during the second U.S.-North Korea summit at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi in February 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2026
North Korea pours cold water on Kim-Trump meeting as APEC summit looms
The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader issued a familiar ultimatum to Trump, telling him to drop his country’s “hostile policy.”
A soldier walks past a screen showing showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at the main rail station in Seoul on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2026
North Korea fires off ‘several’ missiles in latest weapons test
Tokyo did not issue an alert about any North Korean missile launches, as it usually does with those that could pose a threat to Japan.
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.
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.
Kim Yo Jong (center left), sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, joins defense officials for an inspection visit at an undisclosed location in the country in this image released on Oct. 21.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2026
North Korea calls U.S. claims it was behind Binance hack ‘a grave political provocation’
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader, called the allegations “absurd rhetoric and nothing new.”
The crypto market at large has faced a surge in cybercrime this year, fueled in part by the growing sophistication and availability of artificial intelligence tools.
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2026
Binance outflows hit $4.7 billion after record North Korea hack
Net withdrawals from the platform reached $4.7 billion by Monday morning in London, according to a Binance spokesperson.
Unlike garden-variety hackers targeting individual investors, TraderTraitor uses a strategy known as Big Game Hunting, cybersecurity experts say, helped by AI to seek out high-value crypto businesses to compromise.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2026
North Korea’s hackers supercharge crypto heists with AI skills
North Korea maintains a thousands-strong hacker army, but the top unit known as “TraderTraitor” may only have a dozen or so members, experts say.
Lee Ae-ran, a North Korean cuisine researcher and owner of Neungra Restaurant who defected from North Korea in 1997, mixes marinated beef in a bowl while preparing bulgogi, a Korean marinated beef dish, at her restaurant in Seoul on Oct. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 2, 2026
North Korea touts BBQ restaurant boom, but skeptics dismiss it as propaganda
Analysts say the openings reflect a push by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to portray a growing prosperity across the country.
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 combination picture shows what North Korea said was a test to evaluate the effectiveness of a cluster-bomb warhead in this image released Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2026
North Korea fires off cluster bomb warheads in latest ‘major’ weapons test
Pyongyang claimed the warhead is “capable of turning into ashes a target area of 12 to 13 hectares.”
Richard Teng, co-chief executive officer of Binance, speaks during the Token2049 conference in Singapore, on Oct. 8.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 1, 2026
FBI blames North Korea for $6 billion Binance crypto hack
Binance has said it will cover about 90% of the loss and plans to restore withdrawals, making progress on a pledge to fully reimburse customers.
A tactical ballistic missile test conducted in North Korea at an undisclosed location earlier this month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 31, 2026
U.S., South Korea and Japan vow ‘complete’ denuclearization of North Korea
The joint pledge comes as Pyongyang continues to reject disarmament ahead of possible talks with Washington.
Platforms such as Binance are ripe targets for attackers armed with increasingly advanced infiltration technology in the age of artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2026
Binance hack exposes unsolvable crypto risk: disappearing money
The $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist shows that however sophisticated the fortifications, high-tech criminals are still finding a way in.
Binance runs a secure asset fund for users, ?a $1 billion bitcoin reserve designed to protect customer assets in the event of security breaches, according to its website.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 30, 2026
Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record heist blamed on North Korea
Cryptocurrency prices fell on the news, while Binance halted withdrawals and said it would cover the losses.
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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