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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.
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.
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.
Supporters of James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, react after his victory was announced during an election night watch party in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2026
Texas turns blue in stunning rebuke of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and GOP
The party swept the governor’s office, a U.S. Senate seat and every other statewide race in the U.S. midterm election.
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. President Donald Trump hold hands during a midterm election campaign rally at an event center in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Oct. 29.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
Trump hand-picked Senate candidates. Republicans paid the price.
Tuesday’s results revealed the U.S. president was unable to persuade the broader electorate to back his choices.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller rides a horse at his ranch, in Stephenville, Texas, on Sept. 11.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2026
Trump’s beef policies irk Texas ranchers, testing their loyalty
The U.S. president’s move to allow additional imports of ground beef could cost him the support of cattle ranchers.
A man drinks from a water fountain amid a heat wave in New York City on July 4.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2026
Energy efficiency is no communist plot
Politics, not policy, drives the backlash against power conservation in the U.S.
A newly assembled Toyota Tacoma pickup truck moves through final inspection on the assembly line at the company's manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2026
Toyota to shift production of truck from Mexico plant to Texas
The carmaker will build a second production line in San Antonio, where it currently makes full-size pickups and SUVs, and add some 2,000 new jobs by 2030.
A herd of cattle roam a pasture in La Pryor, Texas, on Thursday. The New World screwworm has been detected in the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, posing a major threat to the cattle industry.
WORLD
Jun 5, 2026
U.S. races to contain deadly screwworm threatening cattle supply
The flesh-eating parasite has been confirmed on in a 3-week-old calf in south Texas, marking the first detection in the U.S. in nearly a decade.
Toyota's manufacturing facility in San Antonio
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2026
Toyota files to build $2 billion assembly plant in Texas
The forthcoming factory would create 2,000 new jobs and deepen Toyota’s manufacturing footprint in its largest market.
Two men work next to a sign for CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 23, 2026
Middle East war to dominate Houston’s ‘Davos of Energy’
The attacks on critical energy facilities in Gulf countries have exacerbated a global oil and gas supply picture already upended by the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Shop manager Davis Yarber opens up a survival shelter door at the Atlas Survival Shelters factory in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on March 7.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2026
With Middle East in flames, Texan bunker maker sees business boom
With the United States and Israel pounding Iran, and Tehran retaliating with strikes across the region, a bomb shelter company in Texas has seen demand soar for its bunkers.
The Pentagon accidentally shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone on the Texas border with Mexico using a high-energy laser, according to people familiar with the matter.
WORLD
Feb 27, 2026
Pentagon shoots down government drone in Texas accident, congressional aides say
The incident prompted the FAA to bar flights on Thursday in an area around Fort Hancock, Texas.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents stand guard as people take part in a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 30.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 22, 2026
DHS agent killed U.S. citizen in March 2025, records show
The shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez appears to be the first known instance of a U.S. citizen being killed during U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on Jan. 28. The facility has become a harsh symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, with disease running rampant among the throng of people held there, including some families who entered the United States legally.
WORLD
Feb 8, 2026
Bugs in food and sickness haunt immigrants held in Texas
Historically, asylum-seekers have generally been allowed to live and work in the United States while their claims work their way through the court system.
Law enforcement personnel respond at the scene of a shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2025
Gunman wrote ‘ANTI-ICE’ on unused bullet in fatal attack on Dallas immigration office
U.S. President Donald Trump quickly politicized the incident on his Truth Social platform, accusing “Radical Left Democrats” of stoking anti-ICE violence.
Suyun Ham, an engineering professor at UTA, reviews data from a recent inspection with two other researchers. Ham likens his technology to a “portable MRI,” which can detect cracks and other hidden dangers in a bridge.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 26, 2025
Are bridges near you safe? This MRI-like scan may prevent disaster
An engineering professor from the University of Texas at Arlington is experimenting with a novel approach to inspecting bridges for heat damage.
Democratic Texas Rep. Gene Wu speaks at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. State officials are redrawing congressional maps to benefit Republicans.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2025
Americans worry democracy is in danger amid gerrymandering fights, poll finds
As Texas Republicans redraw the state’s congressional maps to benefit their party, California Democrats threaten to respond in kind.
Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier has chosen to remain at the House until Wednesday, after Democratic lawmakers who had left the state to prevent Republicans from redrawing Texas’s 38 congressional districts returned to the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2025
Texas lawmaker prepares for second night of redistricting protest in state Capitol
Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier is pushing back in a redistricting battle as President Donald Trump seeks to keep Republican control of Congress.
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.

Podcast

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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