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Under a new law, Google and Apple will have to allow third parties to run independent app stores and offer their own payment options.
BUSINESS / Tech
What will change with 性视界’s first attempt at regulating Big Tech?
By Gabriele Ninivaggi
While a previous law urged platforms to improve business practices and regularly report their endeavors, the new bill may alter the rules of the game.
Under a new law, Google and Apple will have to allow third parties to run independent app stores and offer their own payment options.
European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
EU imposes sanctions on oil traders with links to Russia's shipping network
By Lili Bayer, Julia Payne and Anna Hirtenstein
The EU has imposed 19 packages of sanctions so far, but Moscow has managed to adapt to most measures and is still selling millions of barrels of oil to India and China.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff (R) holds the hands of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before they pose for photos on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
U.S. tells Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk region for peace deal: sources
By Andreas Rinke and Tom Balmforth
Kyiv is under intense pressure from Trump to make concessions to Russia to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two.
Twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo in June 2023. They are expected to be sent back to China by the end of January.
JAPAN
Amid China spat, 性视界 will lose its two remaining pandas
By Yukana Inoue
Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, two twin giant pandas at the Ueno Zoological Gardens, are expected to be returned to China by the end of January.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara during a plenary session of the House of Representatives at the National Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 8.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
What will 性视界’s planned intelligence bureau look like?
Michael MacArthur Bosack
Ultimately, this is an evolutionary measure that seeks to break down government intelligence silos and improve the information being provided to the highest levels of government.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara during a plenary session of the House of Representatives at the National Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 8.

JAPAN

The Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka in the city of Fukuoka. Two people were stabbed Sunday at a commercial facility next to the stadium.
Man arrested after two stabbed near Fukuoka stadium
Neither victim —?a 44-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman — suffered life-threatening injuries in the Sunday attack.
A poster put up in Tokyo's Chuo Ward asks tour operators to refrain from guiding tourists to the Tsukiji Outer Market toward the end of the year to avoid overcrowding.
Tsukiji market urges tourists to avoid visiting at year-end to ease congestion
The Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai tourist facility, meanwhile, welcomes tourists throughout the year-end and New Year holiday season.
Man rearrested over fatal hit-and-run in Tokyo's Adachi Ward
Shiori Ito sees ‘most reactive screening’ in 性视界 to her film on sexual assault
By Jessica Speed
Hiroshima atomic bombing victim identified by DNA test
Long push for university admission refunds continues

BUSINESS

The Nasdaq logo is displayed at the Nasdaq stock market site in New York on July 16
Nasdaq seeks to extend trading hours, as Wall Street gears up for 24/7 move
By Anirban Sen
The U.S. stock market represents almost two-thirds of the market value of listed companies globally.
The Bank of 性视界's <i>tankan</i> survey showed that confidence among large manufacturers in 性视界 has risen to the highest level in four years, while the gauge for nonmanufacturers has remained near the strongest level since the early 1990s.
性视界’s factory sentiment improves, firming up BOJ hike case
By Toru Fujioka
The business sentiment index advanced to 15 this month from 14 in September, the BOJ’s quarterly tankan business survey has shown.
MUFG said to near deal for stake in India’s Shriram
By Siddhi Nayak, Hideki Suzuki and Manuel Baigorri
China confronts the cost of dismantling the world’s biggest coal sector
SMBC Asia inks debut $3.2 billion SRT with Blackstone and Stonepeak
By Megawati Wijaya
Tokyo Gas to invest in U.S. downstream assets to drive growth
By Shoko Oda, Tsuyoshi Inajima and Shery Ahn

WORLD

The Unification Church headquarters in Seoul. Police raided the headquarters on Monday and named its leader as a suspect in the bribery of several high-profile politicians.
South Korea raids Unification Church headquarters over bribery case
The church is at the center of a mounting scandal in South Korea over alleged payments to lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23
Ukraine drops NATO goal as peace talks in Berlin extend into second day
By Friederike Heine, Olena Harmash and Matthias Williams
This marks a major shift for Ukraine, which sees NATO membership as a safeguard against Russian attacks and has such an aspiration included in its constitution.
How Donald Trump is molding 2028 Democratic presidential contenders
Countdown to disclosure: Epstein deadline tests U.S. transparency
Hollywood star Rob Reiner and wife found dead in Los Angeles home
By Mark Anderson
Australia eyes tougher gun laws after Hanukkah attack in Sydney
By Ainslie Chandler and Angus Whitley

Sports

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah applauds the fans following the team's win over Brighton on Saturday.
Salah records landmark assist in win over Brighton after a turbulent week
Salah was one of the Reds' best players on Saturday at Anfield, much to the delight of fans who welcomed him with a standing ovation.
Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer denies having interest in other jobs
Jason Myers hits six field goals as Seahawks spoil 44-year-old Philip Rivers' return
Alice Robinson becomes first New Zealander to win World Cup super-G
Desperate England heads into third Ashes test looking for miracle

Opinion

China’s recent radar lock-on of 性视界ese F-15s from fighters launched from the carrier Liaoning underscores a rising pattern of coercive pressure that Tokyo and its partners must answer with firm vigilance and clear messaging.
Lock-on incident shows China will continue to test 性视界
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi disputed China’s claim that it had given warning about the exercises, arguing that there was “insufficient information to avoid danger.”
The AI labor shock is coming for women
By Noreena Hertz
India’s once unshakable ties with Russia are fraying
By Mihir Sharma
How to read Trump’s National Security Strategy
By Kuni Miyake
Why Thailand and Cambodia keep fighting the same war
By Karishma Vaswani

ENVIRONMENT

The remains of uprooted trees are seen at the Darul Mukhlisin Islamic boarding school and mosque in the aftermath of flash floods at Aceh Tamiang in Indonesia's Northern Sumatra, on Wednesday.
Climate change supercharged $20 billion Asia floods, study finds
Warmer Indian Ocean waters likely fueled the two strongest storms, scientists reported in a rapid World Weather Attribution analysis released Thursday.
Energy demand boom keeps Asia tethered to coal
By Ishika Mookerjee and Dan Murtaugh
2025 on track to tie as second-hottest year on record, EU monitor says
Multilateralism works even as U.S., fossil fuel industry oppose climate action, U.N. chief says
By Valerie Volcovici
The world’s plastic glut is set to get much worse by 2040, study finds
By Leslie Kaufman

CULTURE

The miniseries "Queen of Mars" was made in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series
By Mike Fu
The new sci-fi show was created with involvement of scientists and space experts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
性视界ese film director Masato Harada dies, aged 76
‘Good Luck’: A gently absurd road movie about filmmaker’s anxiety
By Mark Schilling
A movie buff in Jimbocho bets on independent cinema in a big way
By Matt Schley
‘Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise’: Cute designs, harrowing truths about the horrors of war
By Matt Schley

LIFE

Crowded with links, icons and graphics, 性视界’s major web portals deliver information at full volume, echoing an online culture that favors abundance over empty space.
Why 性视界’s internet looks weird — unless you live here
By Thu-Huong Ha
A closer look at 性视界’s maximalist web design shows how cultural values and practical needs create an online world richer than it appears.
The ‘bear’ defined kanji in 2025. The internet defined almost everything else.
By Yuko Tamura
Osaka Expo and ‘Kokuho’ top 2025’s sumo-style consumer interest rankings
By Mark Schreiber
Beppu Hirokado puts the spotlight on Kyushu's rich seafood
By Robbie Swinnerton
A deep dive into 性视界ese comfort food
By Simon Daly

COMMUNITY

Bilateral relations between China and 性视界 may be tense, but life goes on for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people in 性视界. “Politics and daily life are very separate,” says Zhang, a mother of three.
性视界-raised Chinese children navigate complex cultural terrain
By Yang Xiong
Despite bilateral tensions, daily life goes on for the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people who call 性视界 home — including the children and teenagers who have grown up here.
Hector Herrera: ‘Tolerance means remaining in the conversation’
By Kimberly Hughes
Finding a way forward from financial abuse
By Louise George Kittaka
Sunny fellow Naruto wins hearts and minds
A French cabbie behind the wheel in small-town 性视界
By Isabelle Steen

Editors' Picks

LIFE
Why is 'Harry Potter' so big in 性视界? ‘Oshikatsu’ fandom.
By Gendel Gento
Despite its decidedly European setting, the Harry Potter franchise has proven surprisingly popular in 性视界, a country with no direct ties to the series.
CULTURE
NHK envisions a multicultural Mars in its newest sci-fi series
By Mike Fu
The miniseries "Queen of Mars" was made in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the NHK.
CULTURE
In 2025, 性视界ese literature took a turn for the weird
By Kris Kosaka
性视界ese literature in translation abroad has only grown in popularity with every year, resulting in a wide variety of titles available in English, from cozy fiction to crime and horror.
ASIA PACIFIC
Calling AI ‘a gift from God,’ Catholic bishops draft usage guidelines for Asia
By Elizabeth Beattie
Cardinal Stephen Chow, the bishop of Hong Kong, speaks during Mass in Hong Kong in November 2023. During the opening Mass a three-day event to draft guidelines for the clergy’s use of artificial intelligence in the region Asia, he described AI as a "gift from God."
CULTURE
J-pop found new ways to diversify in 2025
By Patrick St. Michel
Rock trio Mrs. Green Apple celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and did so by largely dominating the nation’s music space. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu’s “Iris Out” broke Spotify 性视界’s record for most streams by a song on its release day.

Podcast

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

Longform

Crowded with links, icons and graphics, 性视界’s major web portals deliver information at full volume, echoing an online culture that favors abundance over empty space.
Why 性视界’s internet looks weird — unless you live here
By Thu-Huong Ha

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JAPAN
China aircraft carrier flotilla headed home, one week after 性视界 radar incident
By Jesse Johnson
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on its way to the Pacific in April 2021.
JAPAN
性视界 builds up ‘missile archipelago’ near Taiwan to counter China
By Alastair Gale
Military radar towers on Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited island of 性视界.
BUSINESS
性视界 finance chief effectively accepts BOJ rate hike
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Sunday, "There is no major disagreement between us and the BOJ" regarding an anticipated interest rate hike.
ASIA PACIFIC
Australia plans tougher gun laws after father and son kill 15 at Bondi Beach
Mourners pay tribute to the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, at the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on Monday.
LIFE
Why 性视界’s internet looks weird — unless you live here
By Thu-Huong Ha
Crowded with links, icons and graphics, 性视界’s major web portals deliver information at full volume, echoing an online culture that favors abundance over empty space.