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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.
Employees prepare food for customers in China's first official Hello Kitty-themed restaurant in Shanghai in April 2016.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2026
China’s hard power keeps undermining its soft power
China undoubtedly has real soft power. Yet its behavior repeatedly undermines it.
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.
A tombstone for those who have no relatives stands near the Chosei coal mine in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 2023.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2026
Japan and South Korea agree to cooperate over remains from undersea mine
Workers from the Korean Peninsula were among victims of a 1942 flooding at the Chosei coal mine in the city of Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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.
The construction site of the Yongin semiconductor cluster in the background in Yongin, South Korea, on July 21
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2026
South Korea to double spending on AI and chips in 2027
President Lee Jae Myung pledged to use the technology to turn the military into a “smart, elite force.”
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.
News coverage shows file footage of a North Korean missile launch, on a screen at Seoul Station on Oct. 12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2026
North Korea fires off around a dozen ballistic missiles
Seoul said the missiles had been fired from the city of Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast.
Construction at the Yongin semiconductor cluster in South Korea in July
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2026
South Korea growth tops forecast as chip boom masks weak demand
A contraction in consumption underscored an increasingly uneven expansion that may complicate the trajectory for further interest-rate hikes.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, at the Tiananmen Gate for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2026
Why everyone wants to meet with North Korea’s leader
Kim’s involvement in the Ukraine war has given him credible alternatives, something North Korean leaders have rarely possessed.
South Korean Army K-9 self-propelled howitzers conduct a live-fire drill at an artillery range in Cheorwon as part of a training exercise held last week.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2026
Tensions high as North Korea howitzer spotted near South Korean border
The presence of the self-propelled 122-mm howitzer near the border marks a rare visible deployment of such artillery.
Police personnel and firefighters help evacuate people from a fake train station after a simulated attack by China during the annual Min An Civil Defense drills in New Taipei City in July 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2026
Taiwan’s resilience must be built before a crisis
Taiwan has focused heavily on military readiness against China, but it now faces a tougher question: how its society will deal with prolonged duress.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, during a trip to the far eastern Amur region of Russia in 2023. She said on Thursday that North Korea will place anti-South Korea loudspeakers on standby along the entire border amid heightened tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2026
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns South, saying border loudspeakers to be ready within days
The threats deal a blow to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s efforts to ease inter-Korean hostility.
The Fujitsu Red Wave wins the Park Shin-ja Cup in Cheongju, South Korea, earlier this month.
BASKETBALL
Oct 22, 2026
Fujitsu wins Park Shin-ja Cup in South Korea as club-level regional events broaden opportunities
The Japanese team has won three straight titles at the Park Shin-ja Cup in South Korea.
Tourists cross the Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Japan tourist spending rises despite drop in visitor arrivals
The news comes as Japan approaches the one-year mark since Chinese authorities began issuing advisories urging citizens to avoid travel to Japan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2026
Seoul to pull embassy staff from Kyiv over North Korea prisoner disclosure
The announcement comes less than two weeks after South Korea said it was recalling its ambassador to Ukraine, deepening the diplomatic rift.
A survey released by Teikoku Databank earlier this week said that around one-sixth of Japanese companies had suffered breaches.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2026
Chinese AI tool used in cyberattacks on Japanese companies, investigation finds
The threat of cyberattacks for Japanese companies has grown recently, as the number of companies disclosing data breaches continues to rise.
The so-called Tequila Crisis reshaped Mexico's economy, bringing stability but at the cost of slower growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2026
The ‘Tequila Crisis’ and Mexico’s long economic hangover
The downside is that Mexico’s focus on stability may have come at the expense of faster economic expansion.
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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