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The U.K. has faced a string of highly disruptive cyberattacks in recent years, such as on the National Health Service and the country’s Royal Mail postal service.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2026
Iran and China drive regular significant cyberattacks, U.K. says
The U.K. is facing four consequential cyberattacks every week, the country’s top cybersecurity official is set to say in a speech, with China, Iran and Russia key adversaries.
A mock model of an upgraded Type-12 missile made by Japan is displayed during the DSEI Japan security show at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba in May last year.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2026
Partners line up for arms deals as Japan opens defense industry door
“A number of countries” have approached Tokyo with “expressions of interest and various needs” about Japanese defense equipment, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said.
Tim Cook in Beijing in 2024
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 22, 2026
Apple’s Tim Cook takes on crucial new role: global ambassador
Cook will tread a thin line between Washington and Beijing as the world’s two largest economies vie for supremacy.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has postponed an official trip to Eswatini after several countries revoked overflight permits following "intense pressure" from China, a senior aide said Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 22, 2026
Taiwan leader postpones Eswatini trip after overflight permits revoked
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te was due to visit Eswatini from April 22 to 26 for the 40th anniversary of King Mswati III’s accession and his 58th birthday.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to deliver a foreign policy speech during her trip to Vietnam early next month.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 21, 2026
Takaichi to deliver foreign policy address in Vietnam
Takaichi is expected to say that Japan will renew its “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” to focus more on economic security, sources have said.
The Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade takes part in exercises in Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, in November 2023. The Japanese government moved Tuesday to allow the sale of more weapons abroad as it grapples with rising security threats from China and a rapidly changing global order.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 21, 2026
In major policy shift, Japan scraps limits on lethal arms exports
The changes come amid intensifying geopolitical rivalries and Japan’s growing engagement in international defense-industrial projects.
A cargo ship is docked at the foreign trade container terminal of Qingdao Port in China's eastern Shandong province on March 25.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2026
With tariffs stalled, Trump’s China policy drifts
Washington’s China policy appears adrift, causing confusion among officials and driving contradictory decisions.
Tourists on the beach in Mirissa, Sri Lanka in 2022. Some hotels in South Asia have seen a sharp drop in occupancy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 21, 2026
The forces of scarcity hitting Asia may soon spread across the world
Many countries across the region are experiencing sudden jolts of disruption that they are struggling to manage.
A tanker unloads crude oil in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province, on April 7. The divided oil market is showing high costs now but lower prices later.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2026
So what is the real oil price right now?
Be wary of anyone saying one particular oil-price gauge matters more than the others.
An offering sent by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the spring festival at Yasukuni Shrine, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 21, 2026
Takaichi risks China’s wrath with offering to Yasukuni Shrine
The prime minister’s offering of a sacred tree was made on the first day of a traditional spring festival.
Attendees at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China, take pictures of various service robots on display.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 21, 2026
China flashes new tech swagger to world markets convulsed by war
The world’s factory floor is increasingly getting retrofitted for a new era of artificial intelligence and robotics, churning out technological innovation the world craves.
A TV screen shows the artist database on Nadou Pro, iQIYI's artificial intelligence product for professional film and television production, during the iQIYI World Conference in Beijing on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 21, 2026
Outrage in China after streaming site debuts AI actor ‘database’
China’s entertainment industry has rapidly embraced the use of artificial intelligence, with AI-generated films and shows a common feature on video platforms.
Chinese naval vessels participate in a drill in the East China Sea in August 2016.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2026
Chinese military warships train in western Pacific after MSDF Taiwan Strait transit
China has dispatched naval vessels led by one of its most advanced warships through a waterway near Amami Oshima off Kagoshima Prefecture for training in the western Pacific.
Steven Chong, a resident of Wang Fuk Court estate in Hong Kong, talks to the media carrying items that he retrieved from his fire damaged apartment on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2026
Residents return to ravaged homes months after Hong Kong fire
Officials have advised residents to prepare mentally, and required them to wear face masks, hard hats and gloves before entering their apartments.
Dunes of low-grade coal are seen near a coal mine in Ruzhou, in China's Henan province, in 2021.
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2026
China revives coal-to-gas projects as energy security frays
The government is looking to tap cheap domestic coal to limit its exposure to natural gas imports.
Batteries on display at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China, on April 15
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 20, 2026
Cheap batteries are taking over the world’s power grids
If fuel disruptions persist, the pivot to batteries could gain further momentum.
A robot and its engineers take part in the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Half Marathon in Beijing on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 20, 2026
Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances
Developers showed off the fast-improving robots and their autonomous navigation skills, highlighting the sector’s rapid technical advances.
China may be pushed into an uncomfortable reactive stance by the Iran war, but over time it retains a steadier position to outmaneuver Washington.
COMMENTARY / World / Perspectives
Apr 20, 2026
Is Xi feeling stronger than Trump?
In the U.S.-China great power competition, the American president’s handling of the Iran war may have given a strategic edge to Beijing.
The U.S. is recasting its national security strategy around economic resilience and Western Hemisphere priorities as it confronts vulnerabilities exposed by dependence on critical Chinese minerals, supply chains and key inputs.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 19, 2026
Why economic security is central to U.S. national security
No previous U.S. national security strategy has incorporated economic security to this extent. Why, then, has it become so prominent during Trump’s second term?
Chinese naval vessels participate in a drill in the East China Sea in August 2016.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 18, 2026
Chinese military holds joint drills in East China Sea after MSDF’s Taiwan Strait transit
Beijing said the exercises were “a routine arrangement organized in accordance with the annual plan, aiming at testing the joint operations capabilities.”
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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