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TAIWAN

After Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned that a Taiwan conflict could pose an existential threat to the nation, China responded with coordinated economic, cultural and information campaigns of coercion — pressure that Japan should not yield to.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 4, 2025
Why Takaichi must stand up to Beijing’s bullying
This wasn’t spontaneous outrage; it was calculated coercion — a playbook Beijing has refined over years of punishing those who dare speak uncomfortable truths.
French President Emmanuel Macron walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during an official welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday as part of a three-day visit to China.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2025
Macron and Xi meet in Beijing to discuss trade tensions and Taiwan
The French president is hoping to attract more Chinese investment into France, whose major exports include aeronautics and luxury goods.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, in Moscow on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 3, 2025
China unleashes diplomatic campaign to isolate Japan amid Taiwan row
Meetings with top Russian, British and French officials are seen as part of an attempt by Beijing to rally support for its cause as it continues to heap pressure on Tokyo.
This screen grab from video footage from China’s Ministry of Defense taken in May 2024 shows China’s third aircraft carrier Fujian carrying out sea trials in an unknown location.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2025
Taiwan says China sometimes stages mock attacks on foreign navy ships in strait
Taiwan shares intelligence with international partners when they operate in those waters, a senior Taiwan security official said.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
JAPAN / Explainer
Dec 3, 2025
Takaichi’s Taiwan tumult: A closer look at the Japanese leader’s contentious remarks
The prime minister’s remarks about a Taiwan emergency have caused a diplomatic uproar, sending Japan-China ties to new lows.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported the alleged theft to the authorities this year, triggering a probe that’s cast a spotlight on the sensitive nature of chipmaking technology.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2025
Taiwan charges Tokyo Electron in TSMC secrets theft case
The development escalates a dispute involving two Asian linchpins of a chip industry increasingly vital to national and economic security.
Lin Chia-lung, Taiwan's foreign minister, during an interview in Taipei on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2025
China-Japan tensions may continue for a year, Taiwan foreign minister warns
Lin Chia-lung said that Taipei hopes the two sides can find a way to resolve their differences, as the row over Japan’s potential role in a Taiwan crisis roils ties.
Japan must be wary of antagonizing China while not irritating the U.S. The difficulty is finding the “just right” sweet spot.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 2, 2025
Japan navigates the ‘Goldilocks’ challenge
It’s hard to appreciate the importance of U.S. policy toward China in shaping Japan’s decision-making.
Takayuki Kobayashi speaks to fellow Liberal Democratic Party members in Gifu Prefecture on Nov. 1.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 30, 2025
LDP’s Kobayashi advocates Japan’s economic independence from China
The remark came during discussions on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s parliamentary remark on a potential Taiwan contingency and subsequent Chinese pressures on Japan
A Chiang-Kong missile and launcher, a new generation anti-ballistic missile air defense system developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, are displayed during the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition in Taipei in September. Taiwan's government has proposed $40 billion in extra defense spending over several years, with the focus on developing a multilayered air defense system dubbed T-Dome.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 30, 2025
What is Taiwan’s multilayered T-Dome air defense system?
Taiwan’s government has proposed $40 billion in extra defense spending over several years, with the focus on developing the advanced system.
Soldiers stand guard at a gate of the Yonaguni military base in October 2021. The Self-Defense Forces plan to deploy Chu-SAM missiles to strengthen the air defenses around the island, which lies just 110 kilometers from Taiwan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 28, 2025
Koizumi’s significant (and insignificant) Yonaguni visit
The timing of Koizumi’s visit amid the ongoing China-Japan tension made this stop there much more interesting than it otherwise would have been.
Presidential candidate Nasry Asfura of the National Party of Honduras (left); presidential candidate Rixi Moncada of the Liberty and Refoundation Party (center); and presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 28, 2025
Taiwan eyes a rare victory over Beijing in Honduras election
The two frontrunners in the Nov. 30 election both pledge to sever ties with Beijing and reestablish them with Taipei.
A giant screen in Beijing shows news footage of military drills conducted in the Taiwan Strait in 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 27, 2025
New Zealand navy ship made rare transit through Taiwan Strait this month
China claims the strait, a major trade route through which about half of global container ships pass, is under its jurisdiction, while others say it’s an international waterway.
Cosplayers pose ahead of a screening of "Demon Slayer" in Shanghai.
BUSINESS
Nov 27, 2025
Spat with Japan clouds anime boom’s momentum in China
The China Film Administration has frozen approvals of new Japanese movies, while the release of at least six titles previously been approved has been postponed indefinitely.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media after a telephone call with the U.S. president in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 27, 2025
Trump asked Takaichi to avoid escalating dispute with China, sources say
Takaichi sparked a diplomatic bust-up with Beijing when she said that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger Japanese military action.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi takes part in a debate with opposition party leaders, including Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda (right center), in parliament on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Takaichi hints that Taiwan remarks were off the cuff
The PM has indicated that she didn’t initially intend to offer an example of what she could consider a “survival-threatening situation” that would allow the SDF to be deployed.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s fabrication plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Under a possible new arrangement, Taiwanese companies, including TSMC, would send new capital and workers to expand their U.S. operations and train U.S. workers.
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2025
Trump team negotiating Taiwan deal that could train U.S. workers, sources say
Trump has previously said some skilled foreign workers may be necessary to train Americans in state-of-the-art factories.
The navies of Japan, the U.S. and South Korea take part in a combined anti-submarine exercise in waters off South Korea's Jeju Island in April 2023. The Takaichi administration is looking to strengthen alliances to coordinate responses and mitigate regional threats under a collective deterrence approach.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 26, 2025
The argument for Indo-Pacific ‘collective deterrence’
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is boosting defense, alliances and collective deterrence to protect Japan, support allies and maintain Indo-Pacific stability.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te speaks at a news conference on defense spending in Taipei on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Taiwan’s Lai vows extra $40 billion for defense against China
The money would be spent over 2026 to 2033, though Lai Ching-te, the island’s President, avoided going into detail on where the money would come from.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the media after a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, at her official residence in Tokyo, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 25, 2025
No need for Takaichi to back off over Taiwan, U.S. think tank chair says
In a recent interview, Kenneth Weinstein, Japan chair at the U.S. think tank Hudson Institute, said, “It makes no sense to back off.”
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
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A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
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Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
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James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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