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People walk past a bus featuring French soccer star Kylian Mbappe in Shanghai on Oct. 27. Mbappe’s experience shows that apologizing to Beijing offers little reward, which should reinforce Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s refusal to retreat.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 11, 2026
French soccer star Mbappe said sorry to China. Takaichi shouldn’t.
Takaichi and soccer star Mbappe have both been on the wrong side of Beijing for saying something the Chinese state would rather nobody said.
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.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2026
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
The Nvidia CEO admitted to having an affair with a woman who could have been a Chinese spy.
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.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Taiwan said Tuesday that Beijing is carrying out “area denial” drills in the western Pacific involving an aircraft carrier and other naval formations.
A Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel moves in Keelung, as China conducts "Justice Mission 2025" military drills around Taiwan, in Keelung, Taiwan, in December 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 10, 2026
Taiwan says China is conducting ‘area denial’ drills in Western Pacific
Taiwan last week reported a rise in the number of Chinese air force aircraft around the island, though Beijing has not formally declared any drills.
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.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted on Sunday that he'd had an affair and said the Nvidia board was launching an investigation.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 9, 2026
Nvidia CEO’s affair engulfs AI giant in Chinese spying probe
In a memo to employees, Jensen Huang left no doubt that the chip colossus was embroiled in a crisis like none before in its three-decade history.
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Ties between Japan and China have over the past year hit one of their lowest ebbs since the countries normalized relations in 1972.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference after a cabinet reshuffle at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2026. RIE KIKUCHI/Pool via REUTERS
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2026
Japan and China shifting toward selective economic dependence
One year into an ongoing political row, the neighbors are continuing to look for new opportunities while cutting risks.
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.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 6, 2026
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
The ongoing dispute between China and Japan began following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan in parliament on Nov. 7, 2025.
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.
A Ghostwake uncrewed surface vessel, developed by U.S.-based STR8 Industries and manufactured in Taiwan, performs a high-speed maneuver during the Taiwan Marine Tech and Unmanned Robotics Expo in Tainan on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2026
Sea drone makers compete in Taiwan for soaring investment
While Taiwan already has the know-how to make high-tech sea drones, the island is keen to work with foreign firms whose systems are battle-tested.
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 Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel moves in Keelung, Taiwan, as China conducts military drills around the democratic island, last December.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2026
Taiwan says China harassing shipping with east coast patrol
The China Coast Guard is trying to exert a fictional jurisdiction in the area, seen as a critical supply route in the event of a blockade or conflict.
Taiwanese actor Ethan Juan (right) stars as Lee, a police detective struggling with amnesia, in Sabu’s “Arrested Memory.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 30, 2026
‘Arrested Memory’ filmmaker Sabu likes to stay on his toes
Shot entirely in Taiwan, “Arrested Memory” is the latest in a string of international productions helmed by the idiosyncratic filmmaker.
Maritime Self-Defense Force Adm. Tawara Tateki, commander of the Japan Joint Operations Command, delivers remarks during an opening ceremony commencing exercise Keen Sword 27 in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 19.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2026
With China in mind, Japan eyes more realistic joint military exercises
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the commitment at a bilateral meeting this week.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during an expanded ASEAN defense ministers summit in Cebu, the Philippines, on on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2026
Koizumi vows to uphold ‘defense-oriented’ policy at ASEAN meet
The pledge comes as China continues to accuse Japan of “accelerated remilitarization.”
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi addresses the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on May 31.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2026
The naive case for deploying U.S. nuclear weapons to Japan
Bringing U.S. nuclear weapons into Japan won’t help make the country more secure.
An EVA Air flight lands at Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2026
Taiwan says Pakistan briefly closed airspace to Taiwanese flights
The island suspects China of being behind the unprecedented move.
Taiwanese flags in the city of Keelung, Taiwan, on Oct. 12. China has position the aircraft carrier Liaoning and its accompanying battle group to the east of the Philippines, with other formations off Taiwan's east and southeast along three off the southern coast of Japan, according to a map shared by Joseph Wu, the secretary-general of Taiwan's National Security Council.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 29, 2026
Taiwan flags ‘obvious’ threat from 50 Chinese vessels across regional waters
The secretary-general of Taiwan’s National Security Council published a map showing locations of vessels including the aircraft carrier Liaoning.
Palantir defense chief Mike Gallagher has said that Taiwan’s importance to AI development has grown to the point that Chinese leader Xi Jinping may need to act on Beijing’s designs toward the island.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 29, 2026
Palantir’s defense chief sees China threat to Taiwan over AI
Palantir defense chief Mike Gallagher has said Taiwan’s importance to AI development has made the island more compelling for Beijing to control.
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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