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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife Diana arrive in Sydney on Tuesday ahead of his Friday stop in Tokyo, where he will hold talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 5, 2026
Canada has an opportunity to redefine its role in the Pacific
The solution for Canada is not to seek an alternative to the U.S. in Japan, but to join Japan in the project of keeping the U.S. engaged.
Taiwan auctions off luxury cars linked to the Prince Group, suspected of running scam centers in Cambodia, in Taipei on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2026
Taiwan indicts 62 people linked to suspected scam center operator Prince Group
Taipei prosecutors say Taiwan was one of the locations where the group’s chairman had funneled funds via shell companies, buying luxury goods, sports cars and real estate.
Shohei Ohtani (center) and Suzuki (left) celebrate with Ukyo Shuto after Japan's win against the Tigers on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Mar 4, 2026
Samurai Japan’s path to a WBC repeat starts with Pool C in Tokyo
The sixth edition of the World Baseball Classic is set to kick off on Thursday, with Japan facing Australia, the Czech Republic, South Korea and Taiwan in the first round.
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung speaks during an interview last week in Taipei. Lin has called on Japan and other partners to step up cooperation in areas such as intelligence-sharing, joint exercises, defense-industry tie-ups, data links and dealing with hybrid threats such as China’s gray-zone activities.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 4, 2026
Taiwan’s FM calls for Taipei to be part of ‘first island chain’ security framework
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said working with partners in the strategic string of islands that stretch from Japan to Borneo is crucial to deterring China.
Huang Kuo-chang, chairman of the opposition Taiwan People’s Party, speaks during an interview in Taipei on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 3, 2026
Taiwan opposition force open to passing special defense budget if U.S. OKs new arms package
The chair of the Taiwan People’s Party has ruled out writing a “blank check” for the government by passing the $40 billion in funding without a commitment from Washington.
Japan aims to become a wartime-resilient “unmanned systems hub” by expanding domestic military-drone production and integrating allied cooperation.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 2, 2026
Lessons for Japan from Russia’s war in Ukraine
Japan aims to become a wartime-resilient “unmanned systems hub” by expanding domestic military-drone production and integrating allied cooperation.
Taiwan's Patriot air defense system is deployed at a park during the annual Han Kuang drill in Taipei last July.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2026
Taiwan arms sale OK’d by U.S. Congress is delayed as Trump plans Beijing visit
Officials have said that the White House ordered agencies not to move forward to ensure a successful summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the coming weeks.
A Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol plane (back) flies next to a Philippine military aircraft near the Bashi Channel during joint military exercises on Tuesday in this image posted to X.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2026
Japan joins U.S. and Philippines for military exercises in waters near Taiwan
The naval and aerial exercises were conducted near the Bashi Channel, a crucial waterway between the Philippines and Taiwan.
With Taiwan visible from its western shores, Yonaguni has always been more linked to events in Asia than other stretches of Japan.
LIFE / Travel
Feb 28, 2026
On westernmost Yonaguni, geopolitics can’t spoil the island’s aura
Residents are split on plans for development and militarization, but a visit to the island reveals an enduring atmosphere of peace above all else.
Baseball legend Sadaharu Oh (second from left) received the Order of Brilliant Star with Special Grand Cordon from Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (second from right) on Thursday in Taipei.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 27, 2026
Taiwan president honors Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh
Oh called for cooperation between Japan and Taiwan to bring energy into Asian baseball, according to Taiwan’s presidential office.
A satellite image shows large drones at Qionghai Boao International Airport on Hainan Island, China, on Sep. 3, 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2026
How China is masking drone flights in potential Taiwan rehearsal
Military attaches and security analysts scrutinizing the operations say the flights represent a step-change in China’s gray-zone tactics in the contested South China Sea.
A woman collects Orthodox icons from a church destroyed in a Russian missile strike in the village of Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, in April 2023. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is entering its fifth year.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2026
Lessons from four long years of war in Ukraine
If the intelligence services got the invasion right, they got the war wrong. They badly misjudged Russia’s ability to fight and Ukraine’s determination to resist.
Construction at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s complex in Phoenix on Oct. 17, 2025
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 25, 2026
The looming Taiwan chip disaster that Silicon Valley has long ignored
If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a regular news conference Tuesday at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2026
Japan to deploy missiles to Yonaguni Island by fiscal 2030, defense chief says
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the timing for the deployment of the weapons could change depending on the progress of future facility improvements.
IHI's headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday. Several affiliated companies of the Japanese conglomerate are among firms put on a Chinese blacklist the same day.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 24, 2026
China issues dual-use blacklist of 20 Japanese entities
Special permission will be needed to export dual-use items to these companies, institutions and agencies.
The Royal Australian Navy frigate Toowoomba arrives in preparation for Rim of the Pacific military exercises at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in June 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2026
Australian warship transits Taiwan Strait, tracked by Chinese Navy
An Australian government source said all interactions with foreign ships ​and aircraft “were safe and professional.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi display a trade deal they signed during a news conference at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo last October. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate many of Trump’s tariffs throws into doubt a series of trade deals struck in recent months, including with some of America’s largest trading partners.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 22, 2026
Asian economies weigh impact of fresh Trump tariff moves
Japan said it “will carefully examine the content of this ruling and the Trump administration’s response to it, and respond appropriately.”
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers a diplomatic policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 20, 2026
Japan foreign chief stresses need for communication with China
Relations with Beijing have deteriorated since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made remarks last November over a possible contingency concerning Taiwan.
Sanae Takaichi and her ruling party's election victory strengthens Japan’s stability and its role in regional and global diplomacy amid rising geopolitical uncertainty.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2026
Stability as strategy: Japan’s moment for global leadership
Rising anti-China sentiment may have contributed to Takaichi’s strong mandate.
Claims by China that Japan is returning to militarism are misleading because legal and institutional constraints make such a shift unlikely and current defense reforms reflect practical responses to changing regional threats.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2026
Debunking the myth of Japanese militarism
It is necessary to be clear on this point: Japan in 2026 is not the Japan of 1936.
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
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.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
A graphic illustration of the Hayabusa2 probe flying past the asteroid Torifune
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.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  

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