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A Chinese tourist group stands near the Sensoji temple, a popular sightseeing spot in Tokyo's Asakusa area, on Nov. 18.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2025
China orders travel agencies to slash group tours to Japan as dispute festers
One agency has been told to lower the frequency of such tours to about 60% of previous levels, while another has been urged to cancel all sales.
A water processing facility at TSMC's plant in Kikuyo, Kumamoto Prefecture, is shown to media on Nov. 12. Numbers and maker names on the devices have been blurred upon the company's request.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 26, 2025
TSMC Kumamoto plant leaves concerns over water impact
About 75% of up to 30,000 metric tons of water used at the plant per day is recycled water, according to the company.
The mother (center) of a Thai girl forced to perform sexual services for money at a Tokyo massage parlor is escorted by police and immigration officers at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan. Parts of the image have been blurred.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2025
Thai girl in Tokyo sex-work case to be returned home
The girl has expressed a desire to return to Thailand since first seeking help from the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau in September.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's refusal to yield to China’s demands to retract her remarks on Taiwan represents a rare pushback against decades of Beijing's rule-breaking and impunity.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 24, 2025
China has always done as it pleased — until now
China suffered no tangible consequences from any U.S. President, regardless of political party, for breaking its commitments.
Koichi Hagiuda, a senior figure in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has described Japan-Taiwan relations as "the best they have ever been,” according to a statement from Taiwan’s Presidential Office.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 24, 2025
Flurry of Japanese lawmaker visits to Taiwan sparks China’s anger
Visits by Japanese lawmakers to Taiwan are not unusual, but the current round comes at a time of heightened tensions between Japan and China.
A giant screen broadcasts news footage of a fighter jet assigned to the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command participating in large-scale joint exercises around Taiwan, at a shopping area in Beijing in April, 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2025
China replaces military commanders overseeing Beijing and Taiwan operations
Chinese leader Xi Jinping installed new military leadership for its central and eastern regions amid an unprecedented purge of the top defense echelons. 
The draft resolution was submitted by the U.S. House of Representatives members including Republican Young Kim, who heads the Foreign Affairs Committee’s East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 23, 2025
Draft resolution by U.S. lawmakers blasts China’s coercion against Japan
The bipartisan group of lawmakers urged President Donald Trump to work with Pacific allies to counter Beijing.
China Eastern Airlines is the biggest operator of flights between China and Japan, leaving it more exposed than China Southern Airlines and Air China to a pullback in demand.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2025
Chinese airlines see profit hopes dim as Japan tensions dent demand
China ordered curbs on flights to Japan and other economic retaliatory measures after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made comments related to Taiwan.
Koichi Hagiuda, deputy secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (left), and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te meet in Taipei on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 23, 2025
LDP exec Hagiuda and Taiwanese President Lai agree to boost ties
Hagiuda told Lai that he hopes to continue deepening what he described as the best-ever relations between the two sides.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 22, 2025
Support for Takaichi stays firm as China dispute festers
Surveys conducted over the weekend showed that about 70% of respondents were in support of Takaichi’s administration.
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.
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.”
An injured woman, her shirt stained with blood, is wheeled away from the main train station in Taipei, after a man tossed smoke grenades and lunged at bystanders with a large knife on Friday night, according to the city's police.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2025
Suspect takes own life after killing three in Taipei metro attacks
Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai said the attacks at Taipei Main Station and Zhongshan Station were “a deliberate act,” although the motive was not immediately clear.
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.
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.
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 17, 2025
Taiwan says Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait
The sailing was the advanced vessel’s first transit of the sensitive waterway since formally entering service last month.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with the leaders of Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia after the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26. Hostilities between the two countries have since resumed.  
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2025
White House 2025 Asia upheaval set to continue in 2026
Will the Trump administration learn from its counterproductive actions in Asia in 2025? It seems unlikely.
Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koo inspects reservists during a training session at Loung Te Industrial Parks Service Center in Yilan, Taiwan, on Dec. 2.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2025
Taiwan says its military can respond rapidly to any sudden Chinese attack
The military has a standard operating practice on how to raise its combat alert level in case Chinese exercises move “from drill to war,” the ministry added.
Shigeru Iwasaki, then chief of staff of the Self-Defense Forces, in Tokyo in April 2013. Countermeasures against Iwasaki include visa restrictions, freezing his properties, and prohibiting any transactions or cooperation with him, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2025
China launches countermeasures against former Japan defense official
The largely symbolic sanctions appear to be a response to the official Shigeru Iwasaki’s appointment earlier this year as an adviser to Taiwan’s Cabinet.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
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.
Micron breaks ground on $9 billion western Japan plant expansion
Micron Technology’s factory in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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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