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November 17, 2025

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Emperor Naruhito officially swears in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.

EDITORIALS

Oct 24, 2025

Sanae Takaichi stands tall and heads into the breach

Her Cabinet includes several rivals from the presidential campaign. It is an attempt to smooth over ill and a smart move.

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war and securing a
ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Oct. 13.

EDITORIALS

Oct 17, 2025

Trump’s Middle East breakthrough may prove fragile

Hamas is unlikely to give up its weapons. Its existence is predicated on armed resistance to the Jewish state and disarmed it will be prey to its enemies among the Palestinians.

Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi is often compared to Margaret Thatcher, but the analogy fails because Japan today is not 1980s Britain and her success depends on pragmatism, not ideology.

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Oct 10, 2025

Pragmatism, not ideology, must guide Takaichi

The key difference from Thatcher lies in economic policy, as the LDP has never been a truly neoliberal party.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greet each other during a meeting of senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on Tuesday.

EDITORIALS

Oct 3, 2025

Trump and Hegseth advance militaristic noise over nuance

For countries that study U.S. actions closely, this week’s spectacle was anything but reassuring.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday.

EDITORIALS

Sep 26, 2025

A painful display at the United Nations

The U.N. will rarely actually solve problems but it can expose them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Israeli soldiers carrying out operations in Rafah, in the southern Gaza, in July 2024.

EDITORIALS

Sep 19, 2025

Netanyahu’s impunity threatens Israel

In an especially damning survey, the Pew Research Center earlier this year found that there was no majority positive view of Israel in any of the 24 countries it surveyed.

A single flag is planted in memory of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to organizers at the Young America's Foundation, alongside a field of flags marking the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks outside the U.S. Capitol.

EDITORIALS

Sep 12, 2025

America’s politics turn bloody

Charlie Kirk’s killing was tragic and horrific, but not unexpected. Violence has become an all-too common component of life in the U.S.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.

A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo

By Kathryn Wortley

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