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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.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick holds a chart as President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington in April 2025.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
Trump and U.S. Congress set to clash over economic costs of tariffs
Curbing President Donald Trump’s tariff powers will be hard, and there’s a risk any efforts to do so will spur infighting in both parties.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Evian-les-Bains, France, in June. Tariffs on Canadian imports have become a political liability for Trump.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2026
U.S. and Canada working on deal to ease steel and auto tariffs, sources say
Tariffs on Canadian imports have become a political liability for U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections next week.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a midterm elections campaign rally in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 25, 2026
Trump defends tariffs at rally as he says Audi to build U.S. plant
The Audi announcement marks a political win for Trump, who has been on the defensive about the domestic effects of his tariffs.
U.S. President Donald Trump points a finger onstage during a rally at Florida Gulf Coast University's Alico Arena ahead of the midterm elections, in Fort Myers, Florida, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 24, 2026
Trump foreign policy hits voters in the pocketbook, imperiling Republicans in midterms
Voters are increasingly drawing a direct connection between the president’s approach to world affairs and higher costs of living.
Agriculture minister Arata Takebe represents a district in Hokkaido, the prefecture that grows most of Japan's domestically sourced potatoes.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 20, 2026
Politics of the potato front and center for 今日吃瓜 new agriculture minister
Arata Takebe’s Hokkaido constituents might oppose a push to increase potato imports from the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event at a Peterbilt Motors factory in Denton, Texas, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 4, 2026
Trump tariffs a mixed bag for U.S. auto industry
Trump has claimed a “roaring comeback” in U.S. auto manufacturing following aggressive trade policy, but analysts say its more of a mixed bag.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump also announced a $22.3 billion natural gas-fired power project in Texas that would be backed by South Korea.
WORLD
Oct 1, 2026
Trump unveils $200 billion in U.S. energy investments by South Korea
South Korea had previously agreed to invest $350 billion in the United States and increase purchases of U.S. energy under a July 2025 trade deal.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump speak on the North Portico steps of the White House ahead of a State Dinner in Washington on Sept. 24.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 29, 2026
Trump and Xi’s ‘stalemate’ summit was a glitzy gift to China
The summit’s limited outcomes showed just how far apart Washington and Beijing remain on key issues.
The reciprocal tariff reduction effort was among the key takeaways from the second summit this year between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2026
China and U.S. pledge tariff cuts on $60 billion of goods
The U.S. and China both did not indicate the extent of the tariff reductions, nor any timing for implementation.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Sept. 25.
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2026
U.S. and China release product lists for $30 billion tariff deal
The expected tariff relief is one of the most tangible outcomes of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they depart after visiting the National Archives in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 26, 2026
Xi seizes Trump detente to seek lasting gains on trade and Taiwan
Underneath many of U.S. President Donald Trump’s grand gestures at his summit with Xi Jinping, there were signs of the limits to their relationship.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump greet Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2026
U.S. unveils two-month truce extension as Trump and Xi begin summit
While the truce extension ensures stability until 2027, it fell short of the three-to-six month continuation some U.S. officials had floated.
A provisional deal for the purchase of 200 planes struck in May in tandem with U.S. President Donald Trump's summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing put Boeing back into competition for Chinese jetliner orders.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2026
Hope fading for new Boeing deal during U.S.-China summit, sources say
The planemaker is trying to finalize a May deal for China to buy 200 planes, rather than pursue hopes of securing new commitments for more jets.
President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump in Beijing, on May 14. As they meet this week,
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2026
Xi and Trump seek safe AI without slowing the race for supremacy
While Silicon Valley ponders if AI will wipe out humanity, Washington and Beijing appear more worried about global technological supremacy.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as they participate in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2026
Takaichi and Trump discuss China ahead of Xi’s visit to U.S.
The talks — the leaders’ first formal summit since March — focused on issues surrounding China, including economic security.
Vietnamese President To Lam. Under Lam, Vietnam has pursued a vigorous diplomatic agenda, with the president embarking on a raft of overseas trips aimed at diversifying trade and energy partners as well as cementing Vietnam’s position as a middle power.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 22, 2026
Vietnam’s President To Lam says Hanoi ‘very close’ to inking U.S. trade deal
U.S. trade officials have pressed Vietnam to strengthen rules of origin, customs enforcement and controls on Chinese inputs.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham (left) and his wife, Marie-France van Heel, board a plane for the United States, to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, at Stansted Airport, north of London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2026
U.K.’s Burnham heads to U.S. with pragmatism in mind for Trump meeting
A former mayor with limited experience of foreign affairs, the British prime minister is expected to meet Trump for the first time on Tuesday.
The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Mandated by Congress and known in Washington as 1260H, a Pentagon blacklist has rapidly expanded to feature nearly 200 companies, including some of China’s biggest brand names.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2026
Pentagon blacklist of Chinese firms likely agenda item for Trump-Xi summit
The once-obscure roster of companies accused by the Defense Department of helping China’s military has emerged as a major irritant for Beijing.
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.
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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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