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Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
JAPAN / Explainer
Takaichi’s Taiwan tumult: A closer look at the 性视界ese leader’s contentious remarks
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
The prime minister’s remarks about a Taiwan emergency have caused a diplomatic uproar, sending 性视界-China ties to new lows.

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China-性视界 tensions may continue for a year, Taiwan foreign minister warns
性视界 navigates the 'Goldilocks' challenge
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, in Moscow on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
China unleashes diplomatic campaign to isolate 性视界 amid Taiwan row
By Jesse Johnson
Meetings with top Russian, British and French officials are seen as part of an attempt by Beijing to rally support for its cause as it continues to heap pressure on Tokyo.
Nearly 1 in 5 of those who said they smoke also said they wanted to quit, a health ministry survey has found.
JAPAN / Science & Health
性视界 sees drop in regular smokers, national health survey finds
By Yukana Inoue
Nearly 1 in 5 of those who said in the health ministry's annual survey that they smoke also said they wanted to quit.
The government is looking to include nationality in a planned property registration database amid concerns that condominium purchases by foreign citizens have driven up prices.
JAPAN
性视界 to require nationality in property registrations
Currently, buyers are not required to report their nationality when registering properties, such as condominiums.
Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival director Shinichiro Inoue (left) and artistic director Tadashi Sudo (right) started the new event in Nagoya in part due to local government support and Aichi Prefecture’s ongoing investment in arts and culture.
CULTURE / Film
A new animation festival lands in Nagoya with big plans
By Matt Schley
The Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival will feature screenings, chat shows and storytelling.
Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival director Shinichiro Inoue (left) and artistic director Tadashi Sudo (right) started the new event in Nagoya in part due to local government support and Aichi Prefecture’s ongoing investment in arts and culture.

JAPAN

Campaigners working for the legalization of same-sex marriage in 性视界 walk toward the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Same-sex marriage campaigners take fight to 性视界's top court
The court has been asked to consider the lives of people who dreamed of marrying but were "consistently excluded from the legal marriage system."
Tetsuya Yamagami is on trial at the Nara District Court, charged with murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe's wife, Akie, attended the trial on Wednesday for the first time.
Abe's wife attends trial of man charged with former PM's murder
Akie Abe sat behind prosecutors at the Nara District Court, using a system for victims' participation in trials. She did not ask questions herself.
性视界 to give full insurance coverage for childbirth costs
Hagoita paddles depicting newsmakers of 2025 unveiled
Chinese firm cancels cruise tours to 性视界 amid tensions
Tepco stresses safety at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear reactor as it seeks restart

BUSINESS

U.S. affiliates of nine 性视界ese companies have filed suit against the U.S. government challenging the legality of tariffs imposed under the administration of President Donald Trump.
Affiliates of nine 性视界 firms sue U.S. government over Trump tariffs
The plaintiffs are seeking full refunds if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in similar lawsuits that reciprocal tariffs and other measures are illegal.
Askul's logistics center on Nov. 19 in Yokohama. The company resumed order receipts on the internet from corporate clients under its Askul brand service on Wednesday, following a system failure caused by a cyberattack.
Askul resumes online orders after cyberattack
Internet order receipts, which had been suspended for about one and a half months, restarted at 9 a.m., the company said.
The AI frenzy is driving a new global supply chain crisis
By Hyunjoo Jin, Fanny Potkin, Wen-Yee Lee, Anton Bridge and Max A. Cherney
South Korea parliament clears 2026 budget to power AI-led growth
By Heesu Lee
EU pushes to end its dependence on China for rare earths
China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home
By Nick Carey

WORLD

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (second from right) received French President Emmanuel Macron (second from left) and his wife, Brigitte (left), at the Capital International Airport in Beijing on Wednesday.
France's Macron in China with Ukraine on the agenda
The French presidency said Macron will tell Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Beijing must "refrain from providing any means, by any means, to Russia to continue the war."
Russian President Vladimir Putin (third from right), presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev (right) and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov (fourth from right) attend a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff (second from left), and son-in-law, Jared Kushner (third from left), at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday.
U.S. and Russia find ‘no compromise’ on key territory issue after Ukraine talks
“Some American solutions can be discussed,” top Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said after the meeting in the Kremlin.
‘Highly traumatized’: Hong Kong presses ahead with elections after deadly fire
By Laurie Chen, Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou
Taiwan says China sometimes stages mock attacks on foreign navy ships in strait
By Ben Blanchard
Hunt for missing flight MH370 to resume this month, Malaysia says?
By Danial Azhar
Opium poppy farming hits 10-year high in war-torn Myanmar

Sports

Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda ahead of practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Oct. 25
Tsunoda’s Red Bull dream comes to an end. Where does he go from here?
By Joel Tansey
Tsunoda has joined a long list of Red Bull cast-offs who struggled to deal with the pressure of lining up alongside one of the sport’s all-time greats.
Pro pitcher donates hair to charity for struggling children
Curler Helen Williams gets fresh lease of life with Australia
By Aadi Nair
Samejima becomes just third college freshman to win All-性视界 title
By John Gunning
New league aims to drag fencing into entertainment era
By Janina Nuno Rios

Opinion

A person pays their respects at a makeshift memorial for the victims of last week’s deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Hong Kong. ?
How an unfree press stoked the flames of Hong Kong’s deadly blaze
Mark L. Clifford
Many of the people who lived in the housing complex knew about problems in the renovation project that saw building towers wrapped in plastic netting and windows filled with foam.
The EU is the wrong power player for Ukraine
By Marc Champion
The West is facing fearsome new 'giants'
By Adrian Wooldridge
The U.K.'s property taxes are an irrational mess
By Matthew Brooker
A five-point plan to address 性视界’s bear crisis
By Shinsuke Koike

ENVIRONMENT

A person walks along a bridge over a drainage channel blocked by plastic waste in Accra, Ghana.
The world’s plastic glut is set to get much worse by 2040, study finds
By Leslie Kaufman
Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second.
'Mischievous hands': Indonesians blame deforestation for devastating floods
Canadian PM under fire for alleged climate U-turn
By Genevieve NORMAND
The case of Africa's 'vanishing' carbon deals
By Kunle Adebajo and Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh
Indigenous peoples’ demands got more than lip service at COP30
By Fabiano Maisonnave

CULTURE

Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival director Shinichiro Inoue (left) and artistic director Tadashi Sudo (right) started the new event in Nagoya in part due to local government support and Aichi Prefecture’s ongoing investment in arts and culture.
A new animation festival lands in Nagoya with big plans
By Matt Schley
The Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival will feature screenings, chat shows and storytelling.
‘The Chatterboxes’: ‘A comedy of errors finds a common language
By James Hadfield
Yumi Matsutoya’s human touch in an AI age
By Patrick St. Michel
Oscar-winning U.K. playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
A rare dance trinity: Ballet, butoh and kabuki share the stage
By Kris Kosaka

LIFE

No part of the sheep goes to waste at Cuore in Hokkaido. Here, creamy lamb's brain is pan-fried with banana and draped with a sliver of 24-month-aged prosciutto.
At Cuore in Hokkaido, lamb offal plays more than a bit part
By Robbie Swinnerton
Chef Yuya Urushizaki takes a nose-to-tail approach when cooking, turning typically wasted cuts of sheep into gourmet delicacies.
In winter, spring chrysanthemum greens hit their peak
By Makiko Itoh
Chasing dragons across the temples of Nara
By Greg Goodmacher
As bathroom behavior changes, these 性视界ese expressions can help explain why
By Yaeko Kabe
From Otaru with love, a recipe for salmon-topped miso ramen
By Simon Daly

COMMUNITY

A native of the Jura region of France, Severine Lamielle moved to Tottori Prefecture in 2024 and found a job as a taxi driver.
A French cabbie behind the wheel in small-town 性视界
By Isabelle Steen
In Tottori, 性视界’s least populous prefecture, Severine Lamielle’s career as a taxi driver is both a curiosity and a small sign of demographic change.
Alex and Mami St-Jean: ‘Home feels like the family we’ve created in Hokkaido’
By Jessica Speed
A perfect day in Shin-Okubo, more than just Tokyo’s Koreatown
By Eric Margolis
Bilal Karakus: ‘Coming to 性视界 has broadened my palate’
By Patrick Parr
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of 性视界 celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
By Gendel Gento

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COMMUNITY
A French cabbie behind the wheel in small-town 性视界
By Isabelle Steen
A native of the Jura region of France, Severine Lamielle moved to Tottori Prefecture in 2024 and found a job as a taxi driver.
LIFE
In 性视界, beloved pets receive human-style farewells
By Kat Joplin
In pet-loving 性视界, the ways owners say goodbye to their dearly departed animals can mirror the ways they bid farewell to other humans.
LIFE
At Cuore in Hokkaido, lamb offal plays more than a bit part
By Robbie Swinnerton
No part of the sheep goes to waste at Cuore in Hokkaido. Here, creamy lamb's brain is pan-fried with banana and draped with a sliver of 24-month-aged prosciutto.
CULTURE
Is human-machine collaboration the future of fine art?
By Jessica Kozuka
Art Week Tokyo featured a live performance of Keiichiro Shibuya’s “Android Opera Mirror — Deconstruction and Rebirth —,” starring an advanced humanoid robot.
SUMO
Aonishiki’s promotion to ō锄别办颈 seals 2025 as era-changing year
By John Gunning
Aonishiki (center) holds a sea bream after his promotion to ō锄别办颈 was made official, in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Wednesday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Yumi Matsutoya began her decades-long career under her maiden name, Yumi Arai, but 性视界ese fans might know her better as “Yuming.”
Yumi Matsutoya’s human touch in an AI age
By Patrick St. Michel

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JAPAN
Princess Aiko, daughter of Emperor Naruhito, turns 24
Princess Aiko poses for a photo at the Imperial Palace in November prior to her 24th birthday on Monday.
BUSINESS
Takaichi uses line from 'Attack on Titan' to drum up investment
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the Future Investment Initiative conference in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
性视界’s flu season comes early as new variant spreads
By Yukana Inoue
To prevent the spread of the flu, measures such as wearing a mask are recommended.
COMMENTARY
A five-point plan to address 性视界’s bear crisis
By Shinsuke Koike
A security camera captures a bear outside the entrance of the Omura Museum of Art in Semboku City, Akita Prefecture, on Nov. 5.
COMMENTARY
China’s unfair labor model is going global
By Li Qiang
China achieved manufacturing dominance thanks to its weaker protections for workers, communities and the environment. Now it’s exporting that model.