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Military radar towers on Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited island of Japan.
JAPAN
Japan builds up ‘missile archipelago’ near Taiwan to counter China
By Alastair Gale
As tensions between China and Japan rise, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines.
Military radar towers on Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited island of Japan.
Soldiers stand on the stage during the memorial ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre at the Nanking Massacre Museum in the city now known as Nanjing, in China's Jiangsu province, on Saturday.
JAPAN
China holds low-key Nanking Massacre memorial despite Japan tensions
Chinese leader Xi Jinping did not the ceremony, despite a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Tokyo over Taiwan.
Journalist and director Shiori Ito speaks during a stage greeting after the Japanese release of the "Black Box Diaries" in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Shiori Ito's Oscar-nominated #MeToo film finally screened in Japan
By Tomohiro Osaki
A Japanese #MeToo campaigner's documentary premiered in her homeland on Friday after months of delays, with one audience member saying she hoped it triggered a change in society.
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on its way to the Pacific in April 2021.
JAPAN
China aircraft carrier flotilla headed home, one week after Japan radar incident
By Jesse Johnson
Aircraft from the Liaoning carrier were involved in what Tokyo said was a “dangerous” incident that saw Chinese military jets lock their radar on Japanese fighters.
Despite its decidedly European setting, the Harry Potter franchise has proven surprisingly popular in Japan, a country with no direct ties to the series.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Why is 'Harry Potter' so big in Japan? ‘Oshikatsu’ fandom.
By Gendel Gento
The "Harry Potter" franchise has no direct ties to Japan or Japanese culture, but fans say its stories are universal.
Despite its decidedly European setting, the Harry Potter franchise has proven surprisingly popular in Japan, a country with no direct ties to the series.

JAPAN

A clinical trial by a Tokyo-based venture company has confirmed that transplanting cardiac muscle cell clusters created from iPS cells into patients with severe heart failure improved their cardiac functions and symptoms.
Tokyo startup confirms efficacy of iPS cell-derived heart muscle transplants
According to Friday's announcement, the transplant was performed on 10 patients, and no major safety issues were confirmed.
Members of the ultra-nationalist group Taikosha bow during a prayer ritual at Yasukuni Shrine on Monday.
'Samurai spirit': Ultranationalists see Japan tilting their way
By Tomohiro Osaki
The recent rightward lurch of mainstream politics under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi means that suddenly some parts of ultranationalists' messaging no longer seem quite so fringe.
Nearly half of Japanese have experienced loneliness and isolation
Takaichi mulling ministers’ fundraising rule change
Ski resort acknowledges reports of bear sightings, as predator tops kanji pick
Takaichi’s Taiwan comment that sparked China spat apparently unscripted
By Sakura Murakami, Akemi Terukina and Yoshiaki Nohara

BUSINESS

Paramount Pictures' studio in Hollywood.
Paramount’s $54 billion debt plays a starring role in Warner bid
By Claire Ruckin and Caleb Mutua
Paramount has a temporary financing package in place for the combined company, but it hasn’t locked in a maximum rate on more permanent borrowings for the transaction.
SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son speaks during an event in Tokyo on Dec. 1.
SoftBank billionaire Son trims share pledges after AI rally
Son trimmed his committed shares by 19.4 million to around 154.2 million, according to a filing earlier this month.
Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
By Joey Roulette, Ross Kerber and Echo Wang
Macquarie’s Dutch data center stake attracts Igneo and Orix
Kyocera and Fujifilm among firms eyeing investments in Rapidus
Nippon Steel to invest ?6 trillion over five years to fiscal 2030

WORLD

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and then-head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, pose for the press at the Zarzuela Palace, in Madrid on Nov. 18.
Ukraine fails to fill key posts as corruption scandal lingers
By Pavel Polityuk and Dan Peleschuk
The corruption case at the state atomic agency has caused public outrage and undermined Kyiv's position in U.S.-brokered peace talks.
Two V-22 Ospreys operated by the U.S. Marine Corps at a naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Friday.
V-22 Osprey accidents soared in last two years, watchdog says
The most sweeping audit to date of the $56 billion program found that the Osprey has the second most so-called catastrophic risks of any U.S. Navy aircraft.
Kim hails North Korean troops returning from Russia mission
Flood-stricken towns in Washington state brace for potential levee failures
Democrats release new cache of Epstein photos featuring Trump and Clinton
U.S. briefly withheld some intelligence from Israel during Biden era
By Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay

Sports

Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, ahead of an NBA Cup game between the Clippers and Grizzlies on Nov. 28.
NBA Cup goes from 'outside the box' idea to smash hit
NBA Cup games have averaged 2.2 billion views across NBA-owned social and digital platforms, a 41% jump over last year.
Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore faces felony and misdemeanor charges
Canucks trade former Norris Trophy winner Quinn Hughes to Wild
Vonn claims sensational first ski World Cup win since 2018
Australia's depth making major difference against England during Ashes

Opinion

China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying Japan as a threat to the postwar order.
Is China guardian of the ‘postwar international order’?
Shinya Kadozaki
China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying Japan as a threat to the postwar order.
How to read Trump’s National Security Strategy
By Kuni Miyake
Lock-on incident shows China will continue to test Japan
Why Thailand and Cambodia keep fighting the same war
By Karishma Vaswani
America's corn syrup addiction began with deceit
By Stephen Mihm

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.
‘Good Luck’: A gently absurd road movie about filmmaker’s anxiety
By Mark Schilling
‘Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise’: Cute designs, harrowing truths about the horrors of war
By Matt Schley
Japan releases 'Emily in Paris' star after drug arrest
Tadao Ando’s raw passion in 750 artworks
By Zoria Petkoska

LIFE

Chef Taizo Hirokado worked at high-end Japanese restaurants around Japan for two decades before returning to his hometown, Beppu, to open his eponymous restaurant.
Beppu Hirokado puts the spotlight on Kyushu's rich seafood
By Robbie Swinnerton
In a town better known for hot springs than haute cuisine, chef Taizo Hirokado is making waves with his bold cuisine that brilliantly showcases the bounty from the region's waters.
Osaka Expo, ‘Kokuho’ top 2025’s sumo-style consumer interest rankings
By Mark Schreiber
Frank O. Gehry, titan of architecture, is dead at 96
By Nicolai Ouroussoff
‘Messy, blingy, over the top’: Heisei Era charms Japan’s youth
By Jessica Speed
InterContinental Sapporo kicks off Hokkaido capital’s MICE push
By Owen Ziegler

COMMUNITY

Southern California native Hector Herrera is one of three pastors at Tokyo Union Church in Omotesando.
Hector Herrera: ‘Tolerance means remaining in the conversation’
By Kimberly Hughes
Music, incense and natural wines — a pastor at Tokyo Union Church talks about his hobbies and inspirations, both in and out of the church.
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 Japan
By Isabelle Steen
Alex and Mami St-Jean: ‘Home feels like the family we’ve created in Hokkaido’
By Jessica Speed

Editors' Picks

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 Japan’s record for most streams by a song on its release day.
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
A movie buff in Jimbocho bets on independent cinema in a big way
By Matt Schley
CineMalice is set to open Dec. 19 in Jimbocho, the bookstore-laden enclave recently dubbed the world's coolest neighborhood by Time Out.
JAPAN
U.S. may require tourists to disclose social media history to customs
By Elizabeth Beattie
Haneda Airport's international departure lobby in April 2023. Under U.S. President Donald Trump, travelers and immigrants have been scrutinized more aggressively.
LIFE
A deep dive into Japanese comfort food
By Simon Daly
As a child, Emiko Davies spent long periods in Japan and was exposed to her grandmother's homecooking.

Podcast

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

Longform

Brown rats, also known as sewer rats, often burrow into damaged pipes and survive on garbage and food scraps. While there aren’t any official numbers, at least hundreds of thousands of them are thought to be living in Tokyo.
In the company of rats: Tokyo's growing rodent problem
By Alex K.T. Martin

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JAPAN
Government proposes numerical criteria for dangerous driving
Under a draft legal revision, the offense of dangerous driving will apply when drivers exceed the speed limit by 60 kph on expressways or other roads where limits are set at more than 60 kph.
JAPAN
'Kuma' selected as kanji of the year after surge in bear sightings and attacks
By Jessica Speed
Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji "kuma," which was chosen by the public as the character that best represents 2025, at the temple on Friday.
JAPAN
Magnitude 6.9 quake off Aomori triggers tsunami advisory
By Yukana Inoue
An earthquake struck at 11:44 a.m. on Friday off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, registering shindo 4 in some areas on Japan's seismic intensity scale of 1 to 7.
COMMENTARY
China’s heavy-handed attack on Takaichi is backfiring
By Edo Naito
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives for a party leaders' debate in the Upper House of parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 26. Takaichi has refused to back down from recent Taiwan-contingency remarks that were fiercely criticized by China.
JAPAN
Ski resort acknowledges reports of bear sightings, as predator tops kanji pick
A record 13 people have been killed by bears across Japan since April.