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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman walks beside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson ahead of a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 20, 2025
Saudi crown prince hosted at friendlier U.S. Congress
The second day meeting aimed to tout stronger-than-ever economic and security ties while brushing off scrutiny of the prince’s human rights record.
A sign reading, "Suspend the sales of all fish products imported from Japan" is displayed in an area home to Japanese restaurants in Beijing in August 2023. China will reimpose a ban on imports of Japanese seafood, media reports in Tokyo said Wednesday, as a diplomatic spat between the two countries deepens.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
China to reimpose ban on Japanese seafood imports amid row over Taiwan, reports say
China ratcheted up the pressure on Tokyo as a prolonged dispute with Beijing over the Japanese leader’s remarks on Taiwan appeared inevitable.
Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 19, 2025
Singapore sees a ‘tactical pause’ in tensions between U.S. and China
A long-term partial decoupling could emerge if the economic giants fail to rebuild trust, Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan warns.
Guests stand at the booth of Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain during the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh on Oct. 29.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2025
U.S. plans to approve sale of chips to Saudi AI venture Humain
Riyadh has needed Washington’s permission for such shipments since 2023.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talk to the press in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2025
Trump’s warm welcome gives Saudi crown prince ‘lopsided’ rewards
The White House said the two countries signed a loosely worded defense cooperation pact, and Trump designated Saudi Arabia as a “major non-NATO ally.”
A worker checks the printed book cover of Taiwan's civil defense handbook at a printing house in Taoyuan, Taiwan, November 14, 2025.
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2025
Taiwan to further tighten export controls for dual-use technology
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Taiwan has updated its export control regime to prevent Taiwanese high-tech goods from being illicitly used for military purposes.
A worker checks the inventory of rolls of sheet aluminum in Sevojno, Serbia, in 2022.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 18, 2025
World’s top aluminum producer adds markups as Trump tariffs drive up consumer costs
Rio Tinto Group cited low inventories for imposing the extra charge on aluminum bound for the U.S.
Vietnam's prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh (center left), speaks with Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 28.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2025
ASEAN’s moment of truth
The block confronts its biggest test yet: building balanced partnerships with powerhouses like China, India, Japan and the U.S.
Thailand said tariff talks with the U.S. will move forward on a separate track from its commitments to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thailand's border dispute with Cambodia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 17, 2025
Thailand says U.S. trade talks separated from Cambodia border deal
Washington had earlier moved to halt trade negotiations pending Thai compliance over the peace declaration with Cambodia signed last month.
Bound aluminum plates at the Aluminum Dunkerque aluminum smelter near Dunkirk, France, on March 17
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2025
Europe gauges fallout from Trump’s year of trade chaos
Forecasts released in May were already downbeat in the wake of President Trump’s market-jolting “Liberation Day” announcement of levies the previous month.
U.S. President Donald Trump has rolled back tariffs on more than 200 food products as American consumers lament the high cost of groceries.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 15, 2025
Trump cuts tariffs on beef, coffee and other foods as inflation concerns mount
The move marks a sharp reversal for Trump, who has long insisted that the sweeping import duties he imposed earlier this year are not fueling inflation.
Authorities have been working to clean up an industrial park where they say a small steel company appears to have smelted scrap metal mixed with cesium, contaminating various nearby factories.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 14, 2025
How the U.S. ended up with radioactive shrimp and sneakers from Indonesia
The case lays bare shortcomings with oversight in Indonesia’s growing scrap-metal trade and underscores how a single industrial mishap can reverberate through global supply chains.
The travel services trade surplus rose to ¥3.31 trillion thanks to an increase in visitors to Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2025
Japan’s April-September current account surplus hits record high
The current account balance expanded mainly because the trade balance swung to a surplus following lower imports.
Hong Kong's Mong Kok wet market. China's economy is advancing, but challenges like a declining gross domestic product share, regional disparities and demographic shifts could hinder its long-term growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2025
Can China catch up with the U.S. economically?
With its GNI per capita having increased steadily in recent years, China has probably evaded the middle-income trap.
A ship sits under construction in a ship-building yard in Dalian, China, in 2017.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 9, 2025
Unions slam Trump for giving China a pass on shipbuilding
The union reaction came after Trump touted a trade truce between the world’s largest economies, but shows that the deal came at the expense of some blue-collar workers.
A sample of gallium. China produces over 90% of the world's processed rare earths and rare earth magnets.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2025
China starts work on easing rare earth export rules but short of Trump hopes
China is working on easing rare earth export rules, but Washington shouldn’t hope for a complete rollback of restrictions, industry insiders said.
A Honda dealership in Irvine, California
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2025
Japanese automakers warn of billions in tariff losses
Toyota, Honda and Nissan describe the import duties as a “new normal” that the industry will be forced to endure for the foreseeable future.
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 8, 2025
Did Trump’s Supreme Court tariffs brief include a strategic blunder?
The justices are generally reluctant to take account of a president’s public statements. But extensive quotes from Trump in a key filing may change the legal calculus.
Fisheries minister Norikazu Suzuki announces the resumption of Japanese scallop exports to China at a news conference after a Cabinet meeting on Friday at the National Diet Building in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2025
Japan resumes scallop exports to China
China banned imports of Japanese fishery products following the release of treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea.
The second Trump administration has challenged the European Union’s hard-won market indispensability and forced it into a defensive posture.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 7, 2025
Trump 2.0 diminishes European Union power
Despite the EU’s large consumer market, the political and economic union has failed to fully exercise its strengths since the start of the second Trump administration.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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.
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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