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Charles Lieber was found guilty by a jury and convicted in December 2021 of making false statements to federal investigators about his ties to a Chinese state program to recruit overseas talent.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 1, 2026
Convicted former Harvard scientist rebuilds brain computer lab in China
Scientists at China’s People’s Liberation Army have investigated brain interfaces as a way to engineer super soldiers by boosting mental agility and situational awareness.
Sun Xiaobo, director-general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Arms Control Department, delivers a speech at a review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2026
Chinese claim Japan is seeking to host allies’ nuclear arms rebutted in New York
Japan’s representative said “introduction of nuclear weapons is not permitted” under its nonnuclear principles and that its nuclear energy is “exclusively for peaceful purposes.”
The Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Jan. 29, 2024. ​Beijing’s insistence that Meta unwind its deal with a Chinese A.I. start-up marks an escalation in the geopolitical fight over advanced tech.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 30, 2026
The split between China and Silicon Valley just got wider
A decade ago, Silicon Valley investors raced to back Chinese startups. Today, few do.
A Walker S2 humanoid robot demonstrates its skills at the UBTech Robotics headquarters in Shenzhen, China, on April 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2026
U.S. adopts China’s playbook on tech and security
U.S. thinking is only catching up with that of China, which has long considered technology essential to the country’s sovereignty and survival.
In a bipolar system dominated by America and China, Japan should navigate the rivalry by deepening its alliances, diversifying economic ties and maintaining flexible, practical diplomacy in Asia. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 30, 2026
Japan’s balancing act in an era of U.S.-China dominance
Tokyo’s move toward defense spending of 2% of GDP is not militarism. It is overdue burden-sharing within an alliance that is the foundation of regional deterrence.
Sebastien Lai, son of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, poses for a portrait next to a poster featuring his father during an interview in London in December.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2026
Memo to Xi: There is no downside to freeing Jimmy Lai
Lai started his media business following the 1989 Tiananmen massacre in which Chinese authorities killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of their own citizens.
Paraguayan and Taiwanese flags outside of the Taiwanese Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, last year
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 30, 2026
Paraguay says it’s not abandoning Taiwan. China has other plans.
China has flexed its economic muscles in an effort to force countries, including Paraguay, to break ties with Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory.
The Embassy of Cuba in Washington was the target of a Chinese hacking campaign that began in January.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2026
Chinese hackers spied on Cuban embassy as U.S. prepared blockade
The campaign began in January and compromised the emails of 68 officials, including the Cuban ambassador and the deputy chief of mission, researchers said.
Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander U.S. Forces Korea, delivers remarks at a House Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington on Apr. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2026
A vision for the peninsula: Our interview with the head of the U.S. military in South Korea
A transcript of The Japan Times’ interview with U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2026
China-U.S. tensions build over Iran and AI before Trump meets Xi
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are headed toward a summit next month with a shared desire to stabilize ties. That calm is being tested as both leaders rush to shore up strategic vulnerabilities over Iranian oil and AI.
Applied Materials, which has significant business supplying China, is among those believed to ​have received a letter from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 29, 2026
U.S. orders chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China’s Hua Hong
The move is the latest U.S. action to slow China’s development of advanced chips, two people familiar with the matter said.
Biobanks store masses of biomedical data such as clinical records, genome sequences and other long-term health metrics that research and drug development depend on.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 29, 2026
China races to build record biobank to rival U.S. drugs research
For Chinese scientists, access to homegrown biobanks could accelerate the advance of biotechnology companies and cement the country’s place as a global innovation powerhouse.
Taiwan is on alert after spotting two Chinese warships near its Penghu islands on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2026
Taiwan on alert after spotting two Chinese warships near its Penghu islands
China sends its warships ‌and warplanes ‌into the waters and skies around the island on an ​almost daily basis.
A ceremony is held at Misawa Air Base to mark the arrival of the first operational F-35A Lightning II to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s 3rd Air Wing in February 2018. The SDF is already one of the world's best equipped militaries.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 28, 2026
Japan’s constitutional theater: Revising Article 9 would be a mistake.
The distance between constitutional language and security practice is not a mistake that needs correcting.
The Manus decision comes just weeks before China’s Xi Jinping and the U.S. president are scheduled to meet at a high-profile summit.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 28, 2026
Xi tests China’s reach by blocking already-done Meta deal
The country’s powerful state planner decreed Monday that the deal must be canceled — four months after it was sealed.
U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson (center), commander of U.S. Forces Korea, walks on a pontoon bridge with U.S. and South Korean Army soldiers during a U.S.-South Korea joint river-crossing exercise, part of the annual Freedom Shield joint military training, near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on March 14.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2026
Head of U.S. military in South Korea calls for ‘kill web’ linking Seoul, Tokyo and Manila
U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson said the strategy seeks to fuse the strengths of Washington’s regional treaty allies into a single, networked system capable of coordinated actions.
A container ship enters the Singapore Strait for the Strait of Malacca at mainland Asia's southernmost point in Johor, Malaysia, in November 2016.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2026
How Asia should deal with the ‘Malacca dilemma’
The confrontation between the U.S. and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz has shown how easily chokepoints can be militarized and how quickly economic fallout can spread.
South Korea’s booming stock market, fueled by reforms and rising retail investment, is diverging from its slowing economy and reshaping its capitalist model.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2026
Decoupling and South Korea’s new capitalism
Now, instead of always reinvesting profits, South Korean firms are delivering more short-term value to shareholders — a change that could help keep capital in the country.
Taiwanese Defense Minister Wellington Koo in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in July last year
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2026
Taiwan downplays impact of Chinese sanctions on European arms makers
China’s Commerce Ministry banned exports on Friday of dual-use ​items to the seven companies over arms sales to Taiwan, placing them on its export control list.
Taiwan-based Thunder Tiger Group's Papa Delta drone is displayed during a media tour in Taichung, Taiwan, on April 21.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
U.S. presses Taiwan parliament to pass ‘comprehensive’ defense budget
Taiwan’s government has said delays in passing the budget could mean Taiwan risks losing its place in the production and delivery queue for U.S. weapons.
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.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
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.
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.

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