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The city center of Auckland, New Zealand
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2026
New Zealand leaders make final appeals as election remains tight
Polls show the election is too close to call as discontent around an ailing economy continues to swell.
Fiji's climate-threatened Serua Island, which lacks natural forms of wave breakers, is constantly threatened by sea level rise and cyclones.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 27, 2026
Climate-threatened Fijian utopia rejects calls to relocate
Residents of Serua Island want to protect their ancestral home and the culture linked to it. The island also boasts “$100 million views.”
The Burke?class guided?missile destroyer USS John Finn and destroyers from South Korea and Japan sail together during a trilateral ballistic?missile?defense exercise in the Sea of Japan in July 2023.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 17, 2026
Defense Priorities has its Indo-Pacific priorities wrong
Retreating to the second island chain is tantamount to surrendering to Beijing.
An aerial view of Palau Port in Koror, the island nation's main maritime gateway. Palau will become the U.S. military's top overseas location for construction next year.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 16, 2026
U.S. military buildup in Palau stirs war fears
Plans to rebuild the main port in the pristine Pacific archipelago have stirred painful memories of World War II and have locals concerned.
From left, Pacific Islands' Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa, Palau President Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr., Solomon Islands' Minister for Foreign Affairs Rick Nelson Houenipwela and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attending a news conference after the closing ceremony of the Pacific Islands Forum in Koror, Palau, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 4, 2026
Pacific leaders issue joint rebuke over China missile test
China gave only a handful of nations short notice before test-firing the intercontinental ballistic missile in July.
Pacific leaders attend the Leaders Plenary during the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2026
Australia and U.S. commit $580 million to support Pacific island nations
The funding follows an increase in China’s influence in recent years via grants, infrastructure projects and donations.
The flags of Pacific Island nations during the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 1, 2026
China voices angst over Taiwan as Pacific Island leaders meet
Palau, host of this year’s Pacific Islands Forum, invited Taiwan’s foreign minister to attend, one of Taipei’s few remaining avenues for international exposure.
Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr. (L) and Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung gesture after cutting a ribbon during the inauguration ceremony for Taiwan-funded solar energy and electric bus projects in Koror on Sunday, ahead of the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2026
Pacific leaders to meet in Palau amid China-Taiwan tension
Palau is among three members holding diplomatic ties with Taiwan and not China, a large creditor to many island states.
Staff members carry the FIFA logo onto the field before the World Cup final in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19.
SOCCER
Aug 12, 2026
‘Flawed’ funding system keeping smaller nations on sidelines of FIFA civil war
Smaller nations are wary to taking a side and putting their funding at risk, according to former Papua New Guinea international Alex Davani.
The headquarters for the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Fiji, on Friday
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 11, 2026
China missile test deepens Pacific divide over growing militarization
Pacific Islands ?foreign ministers have been unable to agree on a collective statement condemning Beijing’s missile test, despite individual leaders expressing alarm.
A meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Fiji, on Friday. A senior official from Tuvalu called on the 18 members to collectively condemn China's missile test.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2026
Island nation Tuvalu feared tsunami from China missile test
China gave no warning on the early July missile test and did not say it would land so close to the island, said a senior Tuvalu foreign affairs official.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale shakes hands with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2026
Japan and Solomon Islands leaders agree to bolster ties
In their meeting, the two leaders discussed regional affairs, apparently with China’s growing military and economic coercion in mind.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale wear garlands during the island nation's Independence Day celebrations at National Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 7, 2026
Australia vows stronger ties with Solomon Islands amid China concerns
China on Monday test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine ?in the Pacific, its first test since 2024.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) listens to the national anthems alongside Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka during a traditional welcome ceremony at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva on Monday as part of his official visit aimed at strengthening the partnership between the two countries and regional cooperation in the Pacific.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 6, 2026
Australia signs defense alliance with Pacific nation Fiji
Canberra is bolstering ties with its South Pacific island neighbor as it seeks to outmaneuver China in the region.
Prime Minister of Vanuatu Jotham Napat (left) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shake hands after signing the Nakamal agreement during the Australia-Vanuatu Leaders’ Meeting at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2026
Australia and Vanuatu agree deal after impasse over China ties
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Vanuatu counterpart, Jotham Napat, signed the Nakamal Agreement in Canberra on Monday.
The coastline of Funafuti Atoll in Tuvalu. Gravely threatened by rising seas, the low-lying island nation relies on a $200 million trust fund to help foot the ballooning costs of climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 23, 2026
Australia withholds climate fund reports over risk of diplomatic ‘damage’
Australia is the largest contributor to the Tuvalu Trust Fund, which has been invested on Tuvalu’s behalf in funds exposed to coal mining, gas exploration and a crude oil refinery.
China is Australia's largest trading partner, ?accounting for almost a third of Australia's exports.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2026
China’s strike capacity over Australia set to expand, think tank says
The report said ?China can already strike ?northern Australia with missiles deployed to its South China Sea outposts.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (center) poses for a commemorative photo with leaders attending the Island States Ocean Summit in Tokyo on Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 3, 2026
Takaichi calls for cooperation at meeting with leaders of island nations
The prime minister says daily life in Japan and other island nations are deeply dependent on the marine environment and that collaboration is indispensable.
The coastline of Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu. A trust fund set up to help a South Pacific nation gravely threatened by climate change has invested in coal mining, gas exploration and the world's largest crude oil refinery.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 28, 2026
Fund for climate-exposed Pacific nation invests in fossil fuels
A trust fund set up to help a South Pacific nation gravely threatened by climate change has invested in coal mining, gas exploration and the world’s largest crude oil refinery.
A Chinese research vessel at Avatiu Harbour in the Avarua district of the Cook Islands last year. New Zealand and the Cook Islands have repaired relations that were strained when the tiny South Pacific nation entered a strategic agreement with China.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 7, 2026
New Zealand signs Cook Islands pact to counter China deal
While the Cook Islands is a self-governing state, it is part of the Realm of New Zealand and has a special constitutional relationship with Wellington.
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
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