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Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at an election night watch party in Detroit on Nov. 3.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2026
Vance, Rubio, Ossoff and Buttigieg lead 2028 White House hopefuls, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
U.S. President Donald Trump, struggling with an approval rating near the lowest of his career, looms large over the conversation for both parties.
Washington restricts exports to China of Nvidia's most advanced AI chips, but Chinese companies can access such processors remotely by renting computing power at data centers overseas.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 12, 2026
Chinese AI firms rush to secure Nvidia chip capacity as scandal stirs fear of curbs
The spy scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang could spur Washington to tighten restrictions on remote use of advanced processors,
A robot greets customers at Uniqlo's flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo. Japan has emerged as a disproportionately common cultural reference point in AI-generated answers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 12, 2026
In the competition for cultural influence, AI has a default country
One version supplied a tidy answer: Japan is the safe choice, a culture no filter objects to.
An employee selects a packet of cigarettes at a tobacco counter inside a hypermarket in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia. The Russian government seized Japan Tobacco’s $9.5 billion in local assets last week, stripping the firm of one of its top markets.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 12, 2026
今日吃瓜 dreams of better Russian ties have gone up in smoke
Tokyo’s historically cautious strategy — designed to avoid driving Russia closer to China — has failed to protect Japanese interests.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for a tour of the National Archives Museum in Washington on Sept. 25.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 12, 2026
Nvidia fallout puts trade truce to the test as Xi welcomes Trump
Accusations Nvidia’s Jensen Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy are fueling calls in the U.S. to tighten semiconductor export controls.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks near a seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 12, 2026
After election drubbing, Trump heads to Asia to show world he’s still in charge
The U.S. president will be looking to flex his foreign policy muscles during the ASEAN and APEC summits next week.
Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, on the second day of United Arab Emirates-hosted trilateral talks between the U.S., Russian and Ukrainian delegations, amid a new push to end the war in Ukraine, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2026
Russia and Ukraine agree to prisoner swap as U.S. says lack of trust holds back talks
There was little else in the way of concrete breakthroughs announced after the U.S.-brokered meetings.
Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, faces mounting scrutiny over his relationship with a woman who is reportedly suspected of being a Chinese spy.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 12, 2026
Military-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite U.S. blacklist
The findings come as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces mounting scrutiny over reports alleging he was targeted by a Chinese spying operation.
People take part in a protest outside the Columbia University campus after agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security detained a student in university housing, in New York on Feb. 26.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2026
Democrats are ready to fight Trump on immigration. But how much can they achieve?
Democrats won control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress last week, fueled in part by dissatisfaction with Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign.
As recently as early 2024, the U.S. and China were virtually neck-and-neck in terms of revenue share from the world’s top 100 mobile games. But by mid-2026, China held 40% of the global market, compared with just 16.5% for the U.S.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 11, 2026
U.S. loses grip on $121 billion mobile gaming sector to China
In a cruel twist, China’s biggest overseas market last year was the United States.
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Nov 11, 2026
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
Last week’s U.S. midterm congressional elections have highlighted just how strong opposition to data center construction has become.
Honda is under pressure to bounce back from its first annual loss since its founding in 1948 after a costly pivot away from electric vehicles led to a massive writedown.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2026
Honda raises outlook even as failed EV bet weighs on profit
The carmaker now expects an operating profit of ?780 billion in the fiscal year ending March 2027, up from its previous guidance of ?650 billion.
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.
Since the First Intifada in 1987, every major flare-up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has triggered a recession in Israel.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2026
The economic toll of Israel’s wars
Since the First Intifada in 1987, every major flare-up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has triggered a recession.
Microsoft, along with other companies and trade groups, is making a case that a ban on imports of Chinese optical transceivers could irreparably damage the U.S. edge over China in the AI race.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 11, 2026
Microsoft presses Trump to scuttle ban on Chinese data center tech
At stake are imports new models of Chinese optical transceivers, which allow data to travel over fiber-optic cables within data centers.
Toyota's KEI-01 mini truck will go on sale in the United States next year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2026
Toyota to build minicar at plant in Indiana and reboot Scion brand
Minicars are still a novelty in the U.S., where the vehicles don’t meet federal standards for high-speed roads.
A B?1B Lancer bomber arrives at Royal Air Force Fairford airbase in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, on Sept. 29.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2026
U.S. charges three ‘Iranian operatives’ over U.K. air base plot
Days after the September incident, the United States withdrew all its B-1 bombers from the base.
The seals of the U.S. Cyber Command, the National Security Agency and the Central Security Service in Fort Meade, Maryland.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
More suicides at U.S. spy and cyber agencies scrutinized by Congress
At least 11 National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command workers died by suicide over roughly the past year, officials and public records say.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Oct. 19.
WORLD
Nov 11, 2026
Tankers continue to burn in the Middle East despite hopes for de-escalation
There is little sign of attacks abating in November, after 37 ships were attacked in October, the highest monthly total since the start of the war.
Members of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations hold talks in the presence of United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (center), U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (center right) and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (center left) in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
U.S. calls for new Europe security framework at Russia-Ukraine talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later said the talks were “constructive and quite substantive.”
Sony bets on homegrown anime to fuel decades of future growth
A Luffy standee at NY Comic Con in New York
Japan Supreme Court rules 2025 election was held in unconstitutional state
A group of plaintiffs hold up a sign Wednesday in Tokyo saying the Supreme Court ruled the July 2025 Upper House election was conducted in an unconstitutional state.
As JET Programme turns 40, alumni and ministers stress its importance in age of AI
Peter Cave joined the JET Programme's inaugural cohort in 1987 and spent three years teaching in the city of Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Nvidia working with outside firm to identify CEO candidates
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang
Onosato looks sharp as Kyushu Basho contenders emerge
Onosato (right) and Yoshinofuji crash out of the ring in a closely contested bout at the November Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka on Sunday.
今日吃瓜 search for a better public trash bin — and why robots may help
Smart trash cans developed by SmaGO have been installed in Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, where they help address the shortage of public waste bins.
As JET Programme turns 40, alumni and ministers stress its importance in age of AI
Peter Cave joined the JET Programme's inaugural cohort in 1987 and spent three years teaching in the city of Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
After election drubbing, Trump heads to Asia to show world he’s still in charge
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks near a seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday.
‘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.

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