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Film director Kiwi Chow holds a poster for his latest thriller, “Deadline,” inside his office in Hong Kong.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2025
Banned film exposes Hong Kong’s censorship trend, director says
“If it involves Hong Kong’s real political situation, absolutely no one will make a movie about it,” says Deadline director Kiwi Chow.
Koichi Hagiuda, the Liberal Democratic Party’s deputy secretary-general, at the party headquarters in Tokyo in October. He is on a three-day visit to Taiwan through Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 22, 2025
LDP lawmakers continue to visit Taiwan amid tensions with China
Meanwhile, it seems unlikely that a multiparty group of Japanese lawmakers for Japan-China friendship will be able to send a delegation to China by the end of this year.
Two blockbuster trading debuts in Shanghai have signaled insatiable demand for future national champions in China's chip sector.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2025
Chinese chipmakers race to IPO market after back-to-back listings surge
The surge in listings is coming on the back of two blockbuster trading debuts in Shanghai.
A worker installs battery packs into an electric vehicle chassis at the vehicle assembly lines of Geely Automobile's Zeekr Factory in Ningbo, China, in March. Chinese firms are on track for a 75% jump this year in global shipments of lithium-ion battery cells for energy storage, according to one estimate.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Dec 22, 2025
China’s power reforms and global data center buildout usher in battery boom
Chinese firms have exported more than $65 billion worth of storage and electric-vehicle batteries this year, cementing their dominance in the sector.
While many have heralded a multipolar world, what is emerging instead is a “multisphere” order — spheres of influence without fixed boundaries or shared norms to contain them.
COMMENTARY / World / Perspectives
Dec 22, 2025
The perils of a multisphere world
A volatile world of blurred norms and fragile alliances demands new strategies to manage coercion and risk.
Members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army attend a flag-raising ceremony in Beijing's Tiananmen Square with a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong displayed on Tiananmen Gate, on Nov. 20.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2025
The secret trial of the general who refused to attack Tiananmen Square
In 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Now, leaked video from his court-martial is on YouTube.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends a news conference after the European Council meeting in Brussels on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 22, 2025
Europe stumbles in its attempt to bypass Trump’s global trade order
The continent fell short in sealing the Mercosur pact over the weekend. Officials say they will try again to sign the deal on Jan. 12 — but there’s no guarantee it can be salvaged.
Queried about the comments by a senior Japanese government official that Tokyo should acquire nuclear weapons, a U.S. State Department spokesperson did not directly address the remarks, but praised Japan for its stance on nuclear nonproliferation.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2025
U.S. appears to pour cold water on idea of Japan acquiring nukes
The State Department called Japan “a global leader” and “valuable partner” on nuclear nonproliferation and advancing nuclear arms control.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a summit with five Central Asian nations in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2025
Japan sets $19 billion business target in Central Asia
Japan unveiled a five-year goal on Saturday for business projects totaling $19 billion in Central Asia as Tokyo vies for influence in the resource-rich region.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year news conference at the State Department in Washington on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2025
Rubio calls Japan-China tensions ‘preexisting’ and vows to work with both
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Asian powerhouses’ row over Taiwan “one of the dynamics that has to be balanced in that region.”
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meet in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2025
Takaichi hosts first summit with Central Asia leaders
The summit comes as Tokyo competes for influence in the resource-rich region.
Ground Self-Defense Force personnel participate in a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in 2024.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Japan should have nuclear weapons, official reportedly says
The comments come at a sensitive time for Japan amid a tense security environment in East Asia.
Two crude oil tankers remain anchored on Lake Maracaibo, near Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Venezuela authorizes two unsanctioned oil supertankers to depart, sources say
These would be only the second and third supertankers to depart the country since the U.S. seized a ship carrying Venezuelan oil last week.
A M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher during training exercises at Lightning Academy at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu on Nov. 9
WORLD
Dec 19, 2025
U.S. balances Taiwan backing and China trade push with arms sale
The Trump administration is looking to maintain defense ties with Taiwan while boosting Washington’s economic relationship with China.
A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter flies over the tarmac at Mercedita International Airport in Ponce amid ongoing military movements in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The U.S. president ordering a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela has raised questions under international law about whether it amounts to an act of war.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 19, 2025
How Trump’s Venezuela embargo could put Taiwan at risk
Beijing could exploit a U.S. blockade of Venezuela to undercut any American efforts to drum up international diplomatic opposition to such a move in the Taiwan Strait, experts say.
TikTok said it signed binding agreements to create a U.S. joint venture majority-owned by American investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2025
TikTok says it signed agreements for new U.S. joint venture
CEO Shou Chew said deals with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX have been signed, with a closing date of Jan. 22, 2026.
China is again restraining currency appreciation as market pressure builds, with the People’s Bank of China using reference rate settings and state bank actions to slow gains in order to protect exports and manage economic weakness.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2025
Why the push for a stronger yuan won’t go away
China has been skirting deflation and a strong currency could exacerbate the difficulties.
Taiwan reservists during a training session in Yilan on Dec. 2. Pushed by the United States, Taiwan has been working to transform its armed forces to be able to wage “asymmetric warfare.”
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 18, 2025
U.S. approves $11.1B arms package for Taiwan — the largest ever
The Pentagon said the arms sales serve U.S. national, economic and security interests by supporting Taiwan’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces.
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews an honor guard with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during his October visit to Tokyo. Japan must create strategic conditions in which the U.S. cannot abandon the Indo-Pacific without abandoning its own core interests.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2025
Tokyo’s Musashi moment: Become America’s indispensable ally
How can Japan can make itself indispensable to a U.S. focused on its own hemisphere while facing a China that possesses sufficient economic mass to dominate the Indo-Pacific.
Japan’s top uniformed military officer, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, listens during an interview with The Japan Times at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 18, 2025
SDF chief homes in on air defense as threats grow increasingly complex
The “central pillar” in responding to sophisticated threats, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura said, is for Japan to establish an integrated air and missile defense system.
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Trump says ‘Japan’ instead of Iran at meeting in Ankara
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference during a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
Wakatakakage injury casts pall over July meet, but potential new stars loom
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in August 2024.
Osaka trumps Tokyo as both ranked among world’s top 10 most livable cities
Osaka’s infrastructure earned higher marks than Tokyo’s in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Liveability Index.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.

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