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A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a military exercise in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia, in this still image released Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. sanctions Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills
The new sanctions were unveiled one day after plans for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin fell apart.
The Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Any sweeping technology restrictions on China could disrupt a fragile U.S. economy already absorbing the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. considers broad software curbs on China, White House says
The acknowledgment came following a report that the U.S. was weighing efforts similar to the curbs implemented against Russia.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (center) during a photo session with her new Cabinet ministers including Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (right) at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2025
Japan’s new leader to woo Trump with promises on pickups and soybeans
The two leaders will sit down in Tokyo during Trump's first visit to Japan since his re-election.
Ships and containers at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2025
China’s $1 billion of daily U.S. exports show Xi bargaining power
Despite double-digit drops in the value of overall trade during the past half a year, some products have recently seen an increase from 2024.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Washington on Sept. 25.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Erdogan turns Trump's Gaza deal into a power play for Turkey
Initially resistant to Trump's ultimatum, Hamas leaders relented only when Turkey, a country they view as a political patron, urged them to agree to the plan.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Trump says he doesn't want 'wasted' meeting with Putin
Trump's reversal Tuesday came just days after he announced that he would meet Putin in the Hungarian capital within two weeks.
The seaport of Buenaventura in Colombia on June 28. Shipments to the U.S. account for 35% of Colombia's exports, according to the Colombian-American Chamber of Commerce, while 70% of imports from the U.S. are items not produced in the country.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Trump's Colombia tariffs would flip U.S. policy on drugs and trade
Trump's tariff threat was a rejection of an idea about countering the narcotics business that free trade can make legitimate exports more appealing than drug trafficking.
A member of the civil defense walks next to a fire truck as the team searches for bodies trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a severe lack of equipment and capabilities needed to recover the victims, according to Palestinian Civil Defense, in Gaza City on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2025
Trump threatens Hamas amid push toward next steps of Gaza truce
With the existing truce already shaky, the U.S. and mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are trying to move toward the far more complicated second phase of talks.
U.S. Marines come ashore from a landing craft utility during training exercises in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 16.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2025
In Trump's drug war, U.S. officials avoid tackling legal status of prisoners
The U.S. government chose not to use the term "prisoners of war" to describe two survivors of an attack last week by the U.S. military.
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi, who was elected prime minister on Tuesday, holds up a policy agreement with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing the deal at parliament in Tokyo a day earlier.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 21, 2025
On defense policy, Japan's new ruling bloc packs a lot of punch
The LDP and Japan Innovation Party aim to revise key security documents while eliminating curbs on exporting lethal defense gear and building up Japan’s defense industrial base.
Former senior U.N. official Kiyotaka Akasaka speaks during a news conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Japan needs quasi-permanent seat on U.N. Security Council, says ex-official
China's influence is growing in global affairs, former senior U.N. official Kiyotaka Akasaka added, emphasizing the need for Japan to play a more active role.
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Japan for three days from Oct. 27.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Trump confirms plan to visit Japan after trip to Malaysia
The U.S. president is expected to visit Japan for three days from Oct. 27 after visiting Malaysia, where the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will hold a summit.
A protester holds flowers as federal law enforcement officers move a crowd of protesters back from the gate of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Appeals court allows Trump’s Portland troop deployment, for now
The decision, for now, is a major boost for the Trump administration’s effort to send the military into Democratic-led cities like Portland.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, during the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong, China, in August. Japanese policymakers are taking a more positive view of crypto as U.S. President Donald Trump’s embrace of the assets bolsters the industry.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 21, 2025
Japan's FSA may allow banks to invest in crypto assets if risks are managed
The Financial Services Agency is also considering allowing banking groups to apply for licenses to operate cryptoexchanges, according to a source.
Steam rises out of chimneys at the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island in Middletown, Pennsylvania, in March 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
U.S. starts furloughing nuclear weapons workers as shutdown standoff continues
The United States has an arsenal of 5,177 nuclear warheads, with about 1,770 deployed, according to the global security nonprofit Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
The U.S.-China trade war has escalated as both sides use economic leverage, with China asserting dominance over rare earths to retaliate against U.S. tariffs, while the U.S. seeks a collective global response and long-term strategy to reduce dependency on China's supply chains.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 21, 2025
This is what a real trade war looks like
China has leverage over trading partners every bit as powerful as what Trump seeks to wield.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Zelenskyy paints Trump meeting as a success, contrasting with earlier reports
The Ukrainian leader touted progress on acquiring new Patriot air defense systems from the U.S.
A displaced Palestinian girl carries water containers in Gaza City on Monday. Israel and Hamas have both recommitted to a ceasefire plan since Sunday's flare-up in which a Palestinian attack that killed two soldiers prompted an Israeli bombardment killing at least 28 people in Gaza.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
U.S. steps up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken
The weekend violence reflected the stumbling blocks to keeping the long-sought ceasefire from unraveling and securing a lasting peace in Gaza.
U.S. President Donald Trump points to a reporter during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Trump expects Taiwan on agenda for Xi meeting, predicts trade deal
The U.S. leader underlined a number of divisive topics the two sides plan to tackle at a meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in South Korea next week.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
Trump and Australia's Albanese sign critical minerals deal to counter China
The U.S. president also backed the AUKUS strategic nuclear-powered submarine deal with Australia to bolster security in the Indo-Pacific.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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