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China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying Japan as a threat to the postwar order.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 12, 2025
Is China guardian of the ‘postwar international order’?
China is advancing a revamped World War II narrative to justify its regional claims while portraying Japan as a threat to the postwar order.
Flags flutter as soldiers participate in a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing in September. The maiden flight of the unmanned Jiutian drone mothership has highlighted its advances in unmanned aerial vehicles capable of unleashing weaponized swarms.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2025
China launches massive aerial drone carrier in show of prowess
The world’s largest drone mothership highlights Beijing’ advances in unmanned aerial vehicles capable of unleashing weaponized swarms.
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu poses for a photo during an interview with The Japan Times in Taipei in March.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister made secret trip to Israel
It was unclear if Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu touched upon Taiwan’s new multilayered air defense system, which is partly modeled on Israel’s air-defense system.
Guardia di Finanza — the Italian tax police — carry out a search at a textile firm during a recent investigation, in the Tuscan city of Prato, Italy.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2025
Is sabotage unraveling the trial of Chinese crime gangs in Italian fashion?
The many mishaps that have occurred — from the disappearance of documents to the resignation of interpreters — have led a senior prosecutor to suspect so.
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.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2025
China’s heavy-handed attack on Takaichi is backfiring
Japan has never formally accepted that Taiwan is part of the PRC and Taiwan has never, for one day, been under the Communist Party’s control.
B-girl Royal, whose real name is Guo Pu, trains at a breaking studio in her hometown of Pingyi, China, on Nov. 25.
MORE SPORTS / Breaking
Dec 11, 2025
Breakout star: teenage B-girl on mission to show China is cool
Royal is part of a growing Chinese force in breaking.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a news conference with his Australian counterpart at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2025
Japan looks to international community to lower temperature in China row
Gaining the understanding of other nations on Japan’s stance “is of the utmost importance,” the government’s top spokesman said.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Oct 30.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2025
Survival in Trump, Xi and Putin’s ‘great power’ world
Japan and other middle powers must help shape the new order — or risk becoming subject to it.
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito says he hopes to visit China soon to help ease tension between Beijing and Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Japan-China spat lacks immediate off-ramp despite Komeito talks
Tetsuo Saito, the head of former ruling coalition partner Komeito, says he’s spoken several times with China’s ambassador.
Flags of Solomon Islands and China flutter near the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing in July 2023. A new think-tank report has proposed quasi-allies Japan and Australia divide up efforts to boost ties with Pacific island nations in a bid to maintain critical supply lines and prevent China from gaining a military foothold in the region in the event of a war.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2025
With eye on Beijing, Japan and Australia urged to divvy up Pacific island aid
An Australian think tank says the quasi-allies should work with the region to maintain supply lines and prevent China from gaining a military foothold in any war.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaks following negotiations over a trade deal with the United States, in Jakarta in July.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 11, 2025
Trump demands on mining and China snarl U.S.-Indonesia trade deal
Jakarta fears the demands would restrain its independence, particularly in critical minerals and energy that risk its relations with China and Russia.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a Lower House budget committee session on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2025
U.S. backs Japan in radar row with China as Tokyo refutes Beijing’s claims
Washington criticized Beijing over its military’s use of radar on Japanese fighter jets Saturday — the first time the Trump administration has weighed in on the incident.
A coal-fired power plant in Shanghai. China’s on track for another year of record mine output.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Dec 10, 2025
Energy demand boom keeps Asia tethered to coal
Concerns over energy security and costs are trumping the climate agenda in the region’s high-growth, high-polluting economies.
Jensen Huang (center), chief executive officer of Nvidia, takes questions during the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2025
Trump’s Nvidia deal reshapes China strategy and risks supercharging Xi’s AI push
The move raises questions about how far the U.S. president will go to steady ties with his Chinese counterpart.
A street leading to the Tsutenkaku tower in Osaka's Shinsekai district. Local reports and social media posts point to thinner crowds in Shinsaibashi and Shinsekai, once favorite haunts for Chinese groups.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2025
Osaka tourism endures heavy hit as China-Japan tensions simmer
China bookings for Osaka-bound flights for winter and early spring departures are down 55% to 65% — a sharper drop than the nationwide average.
A Chinese J-16 fighter jet flies next to a Tu-95 nuclear-capable bomber during a joint long-range patrol near Japan on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2025
Chinese and Russian bombers hold joint drill near Japan in ‘show of force’
Two Russian nuclear-capable bombers flew from the Sea of Japan toward the East China Sea to join two Chinese bombers for a “long-range joint flight” above the western Pacific.
A worker operates machinery at a textile factory in Binzhou, China, on Dec. 1. China faces a worsening economic picture at home, where growth has cooled following months of slowdown in consumption and rapidly falling investment.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 10, 2025
China reveals unease over trade in economic roadmap for 2026
More than a year on from Donald Trump’s reelection, the threats looming abroad are more likely to come from countries other than the U.S.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on April 30.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2025
Trump’s reprieve for Nvidia’s H200 spurred by Huawei’s AI gains
The U.S. president concluded the move carried a lower security risk because Huawei already offers AI systems with comparable performance.
Hiroyuki Takahashi, chairperson of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, speaks during an interview on Monday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2025
Don’t depend on just one country, Japan Association of Travel Agents chief says
Japan’s travel industry needs to woo visitors from elsewhere to make up for a drop in Chinese tourists, says Hiroyuki Takahashi.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) has told his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul, that Japan is threatening China militarily after Tokyo said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
Japan threatening China militarily, Chinese foreign minister tells German peer
The remarks made by China’s top diplomat in Beijing came after Tokyo said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
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.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
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.
World’s first fully sealed vertical-farming facility opens in Tokyo
Fully sealed units are stacked on top of each other at Plantx's vertical-farming facility in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Wednesday.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
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.

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