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A satellite image shows large drones at Qionghai Boao International Airport on Hainan Island, China, on Sep. 3, 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2026
How China is masking drone flights in potential Taiwan rehearsal
Military attaches and security analysts scrutinizing the operations say the flights represent a step-change in China’s gray-zone tactics in the contested South China Sea.
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2014. Lai won an appeal on Thursday over a 2022 fraud conviction, days after a court jailed him on separate national security charges.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2026
Hong Kong court overturns China critic Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction in rare victory
Lai will still remain imprisoned for 20 years in a separate national security case.
An F-35 jet lands on the runway of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier during military exercises near Oahu, Hawaii, in 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2026
U.S. arrests ex-Air Force pilot for training Chinese military
Gerald Brown, 65, was arrested in Indiana after having recently returned to the United States from China.
A woman collects Orthodox icons from a church destroyed in a Russian missile strike in the village of Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, in April 2023. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is entering its fifth year.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2026
Lessons from four long years of war in Ukraine
If the intelligence services got the invasion right, they got the war wrong. They badly misjudged Russia’s ability to fight and Ukraine’s determination to resist.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) welcomes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz prior a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2026
Germany’s Merz hails China ties as he seeks reset with Beijing
Merz’s visit, following visits by leaders from France, and the U.K., came as the EU looks to shore up relationships with Beijing as the rift with the U.S. widens.
U.S. President Donald Trump exits the House Chamber after delivering the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2026
Trump hails ‘golden age’ in State of the Union as voters sour on economy
U.S. President Donald Trump declared that “this is the Golden Age of America” at the start of his address Tuesday, seeking to project an aura of success.
President of the American Lawn Mower Company Mike Kersey. Even if Kersey manages to claw back the duties he paid after the Supreme Court ruling, tariff fraud is likely to keep him at a competitive disadvantage.
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2026
China’s $112 billion cargo gap shows record U.S. tariff evasion
Trade data released Thursday showed a record $112 billion gap between what China reported exporting to the U.S. and what U.S. Customs said actually arrived last year.
Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy soldiers wave Chinese flags next to a model of a military vehicle carrying anti-ship missiles during an event ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country's navy, in Qingdao, China, in April 2019.
WORLD
Feb 25, 2026
Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China
A deployment of the CM-302 missiles would significantly enhance Iran’s strike capabilities and pose a threat to U.S. naval forces in the region, experts said.
Construction at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s complex in Phoenix on Oct. 17, 2025
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 25, 2026
The looming Taiwan chip disaster that Silicon Valley has long ignored
If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a regular news conference Tuesday at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2026
Japan to deploy missiles to Yonaguni Island by fiscal 2030, defense chief says
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the timing for the deployment of the weapons could change depending on the progress of future facility improvements.
IHI's headquarters in Tokyo on Tuesday. Several affiliated companies of the Japanese conglomerate are among firms put on a Chinese blacklist the same day.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 24, 2026
China issues dual-use blacklist of 20 Japanese entities
Special permission will be needed to export dual-use items to these companies, institutions and agencies.
Container ships at the Port of Arica in Arica, Chile. China buys most of the region’s commodities and has made substantial investments in infrastructure, especially ports.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2026
Trump takes anti-China crusade to Chile ahead of Latin America summit in Miami
Imposing visa restrictions on Chilean officials sent a warning to the region that it must choose sides as U.S. President Donald Trump works to reassert dominion over the Americas.
People work on a construction project at the Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings based in Hong Kong, at the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City on Monday.
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2026
Panama wrests control of canal ports from Hong Kong group
Authorities took two ports from CK Hutchison after the conglomerate’s was annulled amid a row between the United States and China.
Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela gestures beside Philippine Senator Risa Hontiveros during a visit to Philippine-occupied Thitu Island in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 23, 2026
‘Welcome to CHINA’ greets Philippine officials on trip to disputed South China Sea
As the Philippine Coast Guard plane descended toward the country's most strategically important outpost in the disputed South China Sea, passengers' phones lit up with a roaming alert: “Welcome to CHINA.”
Police stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts as twelve pro-democracy activists appeal their convictions and sentences in a landmark national security case, in Hong Kong on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 23, 2026
Court upholds jailing of 12 activists in ‘Hong Kong 47’ subversion case
The appeal stems from a case where pro-democracy activists and ​politicians were arrested en masse in early 2021.
People fly dragon-shaped kites on on the Bund in front of buildings in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai on Jan. 29.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 23, 2026
China and India among winners after U.S. court blocked Trump tariffs
Senior U.S. officials are pressing partners including the European Union and Japan to stick to commitments they made in earlier negotiations.
Olympic women's freeski halfpipe gold medalist Eileen Gu of China celebrates on the podium with her teammate, silver medalist Li Fanghui, and bronze medalist Zoe Atkin of Britain in Livigno, Italy, on Sunday.
OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2026
Eileen Gu wins Olympic gold in women’s freeski halfpipe
Gu, who now has three Olympic golds and three silvers in total, produced a dazzling performance in the second round to wow the judges.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 22, 2026
Xi gains upper hand before Trump summit after U.S. tariff reversal
The Chinese leader is heading to talks with a boost in bargaining power, after U.S. President Donald Trump lost his ability to quickly raise tariffs for nearly any reason.
A member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army stands as the strategic strike group displays DF-5C nuclear-capable missiles during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing last September.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2026
U.S. and Japan discuss China’s ‘destabilizing’ nuclear buildup and testing
The allies’ Extended Deterrence Dialogue came amid growing tensions with China over Beijing’s push to expand and modernize its nuclear arsenal — an issue broached at the talks.
The Royal Australian Navy frigate Toowoomba arrives in preparation for Rim of the Pacific military exercises at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in June 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2026
Australian warship transits Taiwan Strait, tracked by Chinese Navy
An Australian government source said all interactions with foreign ships ​and aircraft “were safe and professional.”
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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.
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. 
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.
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
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.

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