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A boom in generative artificial intelligence has sent data center demand skyrocketing, with dozens of projects springing up across the United States.
WORLD / Society
Apr 17, 2026
New Jersey city spurns data center as defiance spreads
The success of grassroots resistance in New Brunswick has made activists nationwide curious about how the city managed to kill plans for the power-hungry facility.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. sails in the Arabian Sea in support of Operation Epic Fury during the Iran war on March 18.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2026
Blockade as war: The perilous logic of strangulation
Under Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions (1949), starving civilians as a method of warfare or inflicting disproportionate suffering on a population is explicitly prohibited.
Railway training for foreign workers under Japan’s Specified Skilled Worker program on March 6 in Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture
EDITORIALS
Apr 17, 2026
Japan squeezed between economic and social demands
In 2023, international students accounted for 31.1% of the total in the European Union, 17.1% in the United States and 13.4% in the United Kingdom; they were just 3.3% in Japan.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a roundtable focused on tax cuts in Las Vegas on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2026
Trump tries economic reset as Republicans fret over high gas prices
Spiking prices nationwide have shaken the U.S. economy, and ​with it, U.S. President Donald Trump’s clout to drive support to fellow conservatives in November’s midterm elections.
Displaced people react as they return to their homes after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Sidon, Lebanon, on Friday.
WORLD
Apr 17, 2026
Trump says Iran war should end ‘soon’ as Lebanon-Israel ceasefire begins
Trump said a two-week ceasefire, which ends next week, could be extended, although he did not believe that would be necessary as Tehran wanted a deal.
Crude oil buyers in Japan led the charge to purchase May-loading cargoes from the U.S. early in the month, along with South Korean, Singapore and Thai processors.
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2026
Asia relying on U.S. crude to replace Middle East supply
U.S. exports of oil, including crude and refined products, reached a record 13 million barrels a day last week, government data showed.
Some U.S. lawyers are telling their clients not to ⁠treat AI chatbots like trusted confidants when their freedom or legal liability is on the line.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 16, 2026
AI ruling prompts warnings from U.S. lawyers: Your chats could be used against you
Warnings have grown after a federal judge in New York ruled this year that the former CEO of a bankrupt financial services company could not shield his AI chats from prosecutors.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speak during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building in Washington, in July last year.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2026
Trump threatens to fire Powell if he doesn’t step down as Federal Reserve chair
Powell has said that if his successor is not confirmed before his term as chair ends in May, he would serve as chair pro tempore.
Travelers at Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai. The Chinese travel and tourism economy grew 9.9% last year, more than twice the global rate.
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2026
China on track to be top tourism economy as travelers skip U.S.
The U.S. has seen a sharp pullback in foreign arrivals amid tighter immigration restrictions and rising geopolitical frictions.
A vessel is seen in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2026
Iran proposes allowing ships to exit Oman side of Hormuz free of attack, source says
The proposal hinges on whether Washington is prepared to meet ​Tehran’s demands, the ​source added.
People take part in an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rally at Enghelab Square amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 16, 2026
U.S. optimistic of deal with Iran as it increases economic pressure
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he believes the war with Iran is nearly over, even as a shipping blockade he announced in the Strait of Hormuz came into effect.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to representatives of the media at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD
Apr 15, 2026
Trump says he asked China’s Xi not to give Iran weapons
Last week, the U.S. president threatened countries with an ​immediate 50% tariff if they supplied Iran with weapons.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 15, 2026
Xi meets Russian official as leaders flock to China over Middle East war
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow could “compensate” for China’s energy shortages as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains choked by the Iran war.
The Zhuque-3 rocket by China’s private rocket firm LandSpace, takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Dec. 3, 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 15, 2026
Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target U.S. bases
The satellite, built and launched by Chinese company Earth Eye, was acquired by the Iran’s forces ‌after it ‌was launched into space from China, a Financial Times report said.
Ground Self-Defense Force members during a training exercise at Narashino exercise field in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, in January.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 15, 2026
Rattled by Trump, U.S. allies eye Japan’s biggest arms opening since WWII
The interest comes amid shaky U.S. security commitments to allies and the wars in Iran and Ukraine that are straining U.S. weapons supplies.
U.S. prison populations have dropped sharply since 2008, but gaps in mental health care mean many vulnerable individuals continue to cycle through the criminal justice system instead of receiving treatment.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2026
U.S. prisons are emptier. Will psychiatric hospitals fill up?
More recent statistics on psychiatric beds in hospitals and resident patients in state psychiatric hospitals show a mostly flat trajectory through 2023.
Smoke rises from the Thai-registered bulk carrier Mayuree Naree near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after it was attacked.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2026
Gulf oil crisis reveals shortcomings in government readiness
After just two weeks, the International Energy Agency concluded that the Iran war had created the “largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House in Washington in April last year.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 15, 2026
Trump slams Meloni, deepening fallout from his Pope attack
The exchange highlights the breakdown in Trump and Meloni’s relationship since Italy refused to allow the U.S. to use a base in Sicily for combat operations for the war in Iran.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at an International Institute of Finance event during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings in Washington on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 15, 2026
Bessent says China has been unreliable partner by hoarding oil during war
China already had a strategic petroleum reserve that was roughly the same size as that of the entire reserve held by the 32-member International Energy Agency.
Peelable paper tubes for a solid perfume made from mineral paper on display at Yonwoo's cosmetic packaging factory in Incheon, South Korea
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Apr 15, 2026
Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs short
Across Asia, changes that ⁠environmental groups have sought for decades are quickly being adopted, even if they may prove a short-term flip.
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.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Japan’s southwestern islands on high alert as Typhoon Bavi approaches
A woman walks out of a shop with duct-taped windows to prevent damage from Typhoon Bavi as it approaches, in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘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.

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