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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left), shakes hands with India¡¯s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 27, 2026
Rubio seeks to repair U.S.-India relations after Trump-era strains
Several pillars of the U.S.-India relationship have been undermined under U.S. President Donald Trump.
The reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 24, 2026
Trump¡¯s rush to end Iran war risks delivering weak nuclear deal
With talks on hold amid a tentative ceasefire, the Trump administration is eager to find an alternative to restarting an unpopular war that has roiled markets and drawn criticism.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
U.S. eyes swift end to war as fresh attacks hit Gulf states and Iran
The remarks underscored the shifting and at times contradictory timelines and statements from Washington about how and when the war might end.
A young man plays on a beach as the Hong Kong-flagged vessel Sea Horse, carrying some 200,000 barrels of Russia-origin fuel originally bound for Cuba, is anchored near the coast after arriving in Venezuelan waters, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2026
U.S. plans to allow Russian oil tanker into Cuba, easing crisis
The shipment of 730,000 barrels of crude is expected to be allowed to arrive in coming days.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks to reporters in Washington on Feb. 9.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 8, 2026
Venezuela¡¯s Machado fights to be heard as Trump embraces rival
The talks prompted dual narratives from people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to speak publicly.
President Donald Trump takes questions from the media in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
Trump could still lead ¡®Board of Peace¡¯ after his term ends, U.S. says
A possible chair-for-life status for the U.S. president is the latest wrinkle in the creation of the diplomatic initiative that is drawing resistance from Group of Seven leaders.
A Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility under construction in Phoenix on Oct. 17.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 13, 2026
Trump team nears Taiwan trade deal with more U.S. chip investment
Under the deal taking shape, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. would pledge to build at least four more chip manufacturing plants in Arizona, one source said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday as Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, looks on.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2026
Rubio seizes chance to remake Latin America in Venezuela gambit
The U.S. Secretary of State grew up in a Cuban exile community in Miami known for anti-communist and anti-authoritarian fervor.
A rare earths processing plant in Dingnan County, Ganzhou, in eastern China's Jiangxi province on Nov. 20. The U.S. is looking to cut its dependence on China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 2, 2025
U.S. moves to deepen minerals supply chain in AI race with China
The initiative, which builds on efforts dating back to the first administration of President Donald Trump, unfolds as the U.S. looks to cut its dependence on China.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talk to the press in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2025
Trump¡¯s warm welcome gives Saudi crown prince ¡®lopsided¡¯ rewards
The White House said the two countries signed a loosely worded defense cooperation pact, and Trump designated Saudi Arabia as a "major non-NATO ally.¡±
U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist as he boards Air Force One before traveling to South Korea, from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2025
Trump plays nice with Asian allies stung by repeated threats
While allies in Asia have ample reason to be wary of U.S. President Donald Trump, the message from his regional tour appeared to be that America isn't going anywhere.
A boy sits amid the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike in Nuseirat, in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 30, 2025
Israeli army says ceasefire in Gaza resumed after strikes
The flare-up in hostilities on Tuesday was one of the worst since Israel and Hamas signed a truce in mid-October.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a bilateral meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2025
U.S.-Pakistan relations don¡¯t come at expense of India, Rubio says
The U.S.¡¯ pivot toward Pakistan under President Donald Trump has irked New Delhi and coincided with a fraying in ties between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Taiwan is courting MAGA influencers to get Trump¡¯s attention
Officials have grown worried that Trump could undermine the self-ruled democracy¡¯s interests during talks with China.
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during an arrival ceremony in Beijing in November 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Xi pushes Trump to ¡¯oppose¡¯ Taiwan independence in major shift
Any change in wording will fan concerns that Washington¡¯s position on the self-ruled democracy is becoming a trade war bargaining chip.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio in June.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
U.S. strike on alleged cartel boat shows Rubio¡¯s influence growing
The attack was the culmination of Trump¡¯s yearslong interest in using unprecedented ¡ª and legally questionable ¡ª force against drug cartels.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, "It won¡¯t stop with just this strike,¡± after the U.S. targeted a boat in the Caribbean Sea allegedly full of drugs from Venezuela.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2025
U.S. threatens more strikes on purported drug boats after attack in Caribbean
The move marked a major escalation in U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s crackdown on narcotics traffickers following deployment of U.S. Navy vessels off the Venezuelan coast.
The U.S. Navy warship USS Sampson docks at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2025
Trump taunting Maduro on Venezuela coast spurs questions on goal
The U.S. president has labeled Nicolas Maduro a terrorist and on Aug. 7 Trump's administration put a $50 million bounty on the Venezuelan leader's head.
U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance meet Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner (far right) and Rwanda Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (far left) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 27.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 24, 2025
Trump¡¯s count of wars he¡¯s ¡®settled¡¯ remains a matter of dispute
Looking to bolster his legacy as a global peacemaker, Donald Trump has boasted often in recent days that he¡¯s ended at least six wars.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 16, 2025
¡®Dear neighbor¡¯: A red carpet for Putin, no ceasefire for Trump
There was a lot the two presidents left unsaid at the end of an inconclusive summit, with details of a tantalizing agreement the pair had mentioned kept under wraps.
¡®AI simply can¡¯t replicate it¡¯: Japan embraces zine trend
A staff member taking a printed newspaper out of the machine at the Kyoto Shimbun factory in Kumiyama, Kyoto Prefecture.
Kyoto police search for missing American tourist
James "Weston" Higginbotham was last seen in Kyoto on May 29.
Japan should prepare for an intense typhoon season this year, experts say
Elevated water levels are seen along the Tama River in Kawasaki's Tama Ward as Tropical Storm Jangmi brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Kanto region Wednesday.
Man sues hospital after wife gives birth using someone else¡¯s sperm
The Kyoto District Court in the city of Kyoto heard a complaint Wednesday from a man who says his estranged wife presented someone else's sperm as his and was able to undergo successful fertility treatment using it without his awareness.
Consumption tax cut is quickly turning into a headache for Takaichi
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a party leaders' debate at the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo on May 20. A pledge to cut the consumption tax on food products is quickly becoming a policy headache for the prime minister.
How Japan created its naphtha supply bottleneck
Japan received 93% of its oil via the Strait of Hormuz prior to the Feb. 28 start of the Iran war.
¡®Fujiko¡¯ transforms a mother¡¯s resilience into festival gold
¡°Fujiko¡± stars Yuki Katayama (left) as a scrappy single mother who fights for her autonomy in 1970s and ¡¯80s Japan.
Japan should prepare for an intense typhoon season this year, experts say
Elevated water levels are seen along the Tama River in Kawasaki's Tama Ward as Tropical Storm Jangmi brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Kanto region Wednesday.
The LDP wants another coalition partner. Will it happen?
Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), delivers a question during a House of Representatives plenary session on May 25. Making the DPP a coalition member would make it easier for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (above left) to drive forward her legislative agenda.
Japan¡¯s Cannes moment signals a new global push
Tao Okamoto (left) and Virginie Efira (right) shared the Cannes Film Festival¡¯s best actress honor for their roles in Ryusuke Hamaguchi¡¯s ¡°All of a Sudden,¡± a coproduction between Japan, France, Belgium and Germany.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Community programs and tracking systems are expanding across Japan as local governments search for ways to prevent dementia-related disappearances.
He told his wife he was ¡®coming home.¡¯ Then he disappeared.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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