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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.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and others attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's second term in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2026
The rise of the global oligarchic world order
The question is thus no longer whether oligarchs will rule the world, but rather what kind of world they are building.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a binder as he stands next to Chinese leader Xi Jinping before Xi delivers a speech during a state dinner at the White House in Washington on Sept. 24.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Trump-Xi-Putin trilateral summit moves closer to reality
U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin were likely to be held at next week’s APEC summit.
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.
Chinese Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin attends the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2026
Xi taps military ‘hatchet man’ to rebuild China’s army command
Zhang Shengmin’s promotion as the Politburo’s sole military member comes as Xi prepares to mark the Chinese military’s centenary in August 2027.
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.
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.
President Xi Jinping’s sweeping purge of China’s military has concentrated power in his hands and raises the risk of aggression toward Taiwan, meaning the U.S. must be ready.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2026
Xi’s military purges make U.S. deterrence more urgent
President Xi Jinping’s sweeping purge of China’s military has concentrated power in his hands and raised the risk of aggression toward Taiwan.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2026
China’s Xi calls on Japan to protect political foundation of ties
The message came after the Chinese leader extended his condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who died Thursday.
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.
Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a toast at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 30
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / EXPLAINER
Oct 24, 2026
What to know about the Chinese Communist Party’s Fifth Plenum
Chinese President Xi Jinping and others will meet in Beijing on Monday for a gathering that could hint at the country’s next generation of leaders.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2026
Trump open to trilateral summit with Putin and Xi but wants denuclearization focus
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has reportedly proposed a summit for talks on the war in Ukraine, possibly during next month’s APEC summit in China.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump pose with other leaders during a family photo session at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Danang, Vietnam, in November 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2026
Possibility of Putin-Trump-Xi summit on Ukraine raises eyebrows in Asia
Russia’s Vladimir Putin has reportedly proposed a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to talk about ending the Ukraine war.
China’s growth targets distort perceptions of economic performance and encourage policymakers to focus on meeting benchmarks rather than addressing deeper structural challenges.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2026
China’s growth target has become a trap for Xi
The deeper problem lies in how China measures economic success. It doesn’t aspire to beat expectations, merely to meet them.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Washington on Sept. 24.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2026
Trump reportedly asked Xi to meet with Takaichi
The Chinese leader was not receptive to the proposal, according to the report.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ride together in a car during a visit to Beijing on Sept. 3 last year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 7, 2026
North Korea warns U.S. over Taiwan while Kim pledges support for Russia
State media KCNA condemned the recent delivery to Taiwan of new F-16V Block 70 fighter jets from the U.S.
U.S. Marines prepare to receive Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his official reception with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 25.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2026
Japan wants the U.S. close. Just not too close
Japan fears nothing more than America losing focus and allowing Beijing to start dictating policy.
The World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Aug. 21. China’s rapid push into autonomous, agentic AI is raising fears that its systems could replicate the same containment?breaking, deceptive behaviors seen in U.S. models.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2026
What happens when Chinese artificial intelligence goes rogue?
Beijing has dismissed some of these warnings as “fearmongering,” seeing the calls to slow AI development as an attempt to hold China back.
Protesters calling for a pause in AI development rally outside Anthropic’s headquarters before marching to the offices of OpenAI and xAI in San Francisco in March.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2026
Preventing artificial intelligence from triggering a world war
A mechanism for distinguishing unintended harm from deliberate attacks is urgently needed.
Iranians living in Japan hold a march in support of nationwide protests in Iran in mid-January, just weeks before U.S. and Israeli forces launched attacks on the country.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2026
Is Trump’s war on Iran a threat to Japan?
Trump’s pressure campaign against China is increasingly complicated by Washington’s need for Beijing’s cooperation in managing the Iran conflict.
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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