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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.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
U.S. House blocks path to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth
The impeachment articles accused Hegseth of the “high crimes and misdemeanors” of illegally ordering ?military actions in Iran, Yemen and Venezuela.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a meeting in Cebu, Philippines, on Oct. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Hegseth accused of crimes and misconduct in impeachment effort
Hegseth is among the most enthusiastic backers of the Iran war, which spiked energy prices, fueled inflation and doomed Republicans in the midterms.
Demonstrators participate in a nationwide protest against data centers, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on July 18.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2026
Voters in U.S. reset the debate on data centers and billionaires
Building data centers in the U.S. just became more difficult, but perhaps as important, voters issued a challenge to the AI billionaires behind them.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a photograph after delivering remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, reopened after months of repairs, ahead of the midterm elections, in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
G7 allies to assess impact of Trump’s midterm setback at Paris talks
Diplomats signaled the results could narrow Trump’s room for maneuver but warned against expecting a return to traditional U.S. multilateralism.
Newly appointed White House chief of staff Stephen Miller is regarded by allies and foes alike as a combative ideologue with a deep knowledge of the levers of power and an unswerving loyalty to U.S. President Donald Trump.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
With Stephen Miller at the helm, Trump charts a course for conflict
Trump’s decision to elevate loyalist Miller to run his White House indicates that he plans to ramp up confrontation in his final two years in office.
Marco Rubio, U.S. secretary of state, during a news conference at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on Oct. 31.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Rubio warns top staff against conflicts of interest as U.S. Republicans look to 2028
His message comes as leading Republican figures attempt to distance themselves from an increasingly unpopular Trump administration.
A cutout of US President Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin token during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 8, 2026
Crypto’s Trump-fueled Washington boom reaches its endgame
The industry now faces the challenge of remaining a lasting force in finance as its extraordinary political advantage evaporates.
U.S. President Donald Trump and UFC CEO Dana White arrive for the "UFC Freedom 250" mixed martial arts event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on June 14.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Trump taps UFC boss as press secretary and urges criminal probes into Democrats
The posts echoed comments Trump made after a midterm defeat in 2018, when he said his White House would assume “a war-like posture.”
Stephen Miller
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2026
Trump makes hard-liner Stephen Miller his chief of staff after midterm defeat
Miller, who will replace Susie Wiles, assumes the role as the president prepares to confront a Democratic-led House of Representatives and Senate.
Technology stocks plunged on Thursday as traders assessed the implication of a Democratic sweep in the U.S. midterm elections on artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 6, 2026
Blue tsunami wipes out $2.5 trillion from Nasdaq as investors fret about AI trade
It was the second straight day of selling in AI stocks and the fifth decline of more than 500 points in the Nasdaq Composite since mid-October.
The rout of U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republicans in the U.S. midterm elections was also a defeat for Elon Musk and for the massive campaign spending meant to sway voters.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2026
Musk has little to show for his record spending on Republican campaigns in U.S. midterms
Just three of the 37 Republicans Musk backed for the U.S. House of Representatives won on Tuesday night.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an executive order signing event in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, after Democrats swept the midterm elections earlier in the week.
EDITORIALS
Nov 6, 2026
Trump’s midterm shellacking: an uncertain response
The day after the vote, the Japanese government said that it intends to honor its promise to invest $550 billion in the U.S.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting on Oct. 28 in Cebu, the Philippines. Democrats are planning to target Hegseth in Congress while Republicans are blaming the Iran war he championed for their recent election losses.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Pressure mounts on U.S. defense chief after Republican election rout
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have blamed election losses on the Iran war, for which Hegseth is a key advocate.
The 2026 U.S. midterms showed that Japan can no longer take Republican influence for granted and must adapt to a Washington in which Democrats hold significant power.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2026
Navigating Japan-U.S. relations after the ‘blue tsunami’
Tokyo will have to shift gears to deal effectively with the Democrats’ rising power.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a midterm campaign rally at Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kansas, on Nov. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Marco Rubio denies plans to leave post for White House bid
Rubio, who also serves as national security adviser, is widely considered a potential successor to U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2028 presidential race.
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico celebrates with supporters in Austin after defeating his Republican opponent, State Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the midterm election on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2026
America’s midterms: History rhymes half a century later
Why 2026 feels like the 1976 election of Jimmy Carter and why it doesn’t.
President Donald Trump with President Xi Jinping of China at the White House in Washington on Sept. 24.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2026
China keeps faith in Trump even as ‘total defeat’ adds new risks
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s third summit of the year unfolds in just two weeks.
The 2026 midterms weakened U.S. President Donald Trump's authority, boosting Democratic congressional leverage and altering how foreign governments, allies and corporations will have to navigate his administration.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2026
The Democratic ‘blue wave’ just reset American power
Trump no longer commands the political support he once claimed. U.S. voters have roundly rebuked the U.S. president in a referendum on his leadership.
A sign against the construction of a data center, in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 3
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 5, 2026
Trump’s midterm drubbing demonstrates the power of data center opponents
Investors say the artificial intelligence boom that has propelled U.S. economic growth and stock markets could slow down.
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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