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Jann Zhang, founder and principal of Paw3, a kindergarten for dogs, interacts with a dog in Shanghai on June 2.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 17, 2026
China’s pet owners splurge on preschools to pamper puppies
As declining birth rates alter ⁠lifestyles, pets are increasingly treated as members of the family.
U.S. President Donald Trump with Adm. Harry Harris (center right), head of the U.S. Pacific Command, at the command's headquarters in Hawaii in November 2017
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 17, 2026
Pentagon restores U.S. military’s Pacific Command moniker, dropping ‘Indo’
The command’s vast area of responsibility “remains exactly the same,” the Pentagon said, with the move coming amid soured U.S.-India ties.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a meeting of Group of Seven nations and partners in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2026
Takaichi and Trump talk Indo-Pacific as Mideast crisis overshadows G7 summit
The meeting came as the grouping reaffirmed its opposition to unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas and across the Taiwan Strait.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi walks with his Indonesian counterpart, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, as the two inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony in Jakarta on May 4.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 17, 2026
Japan steps on the gas in unprecedented regional defense export push
Japan is moving with unusual speed to deepen defense ties across the Indo-Pacific after easing military export rules, with Indonesia emerging as one of the clearest beneficiaries.
Taliban fighters celebrate the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul in the Afghan capital on Aug. 15, 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2026
The toll on Afghanistan of five years of Taliban rule
Afghans are asking the world: How long and to what extent must the Taliban continue internal repression and support for terrorism before the world recognizes the threat?
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends her first Group of Seven summit on Monday in Evian-les-Bains, France.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
Takaichi proposes G7 framework for stockpiling critical minerals
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pitched a plan for coordinating critical mineral stockpiles among the group and like-minded nations, amid China’s tight grip on key supply chains.
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing (left) shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
China’s Xi backs Myanmar’s president as two leaders meet in Beijing
Min Aung Hlaing is in China for a five-day state visit, his first trip ⁠to the country since the former Myanmar junta chief formalized his grip ⁠on power.
A drone view of the oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra on April 24. What started as a supply shock following the U.S.-Israel-Iran war has become a demand story.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2026
Peak oil demand arrives sooner than expected
Amid the disruptions caused by the US-Israeli-Iran war, countries have begun adapting to life with less oil.
Ground Self-Defense Force troops lower the Japanese flag at the end of the day at their camp on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2022. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 15, 2026
Who’s afraid of ‘Japanese neo-militarism’? Nobody
More countries see a stronger Japan not as a danger, but a counterweight to China’s actions and growing U.S. untrustworthiness.
Dutch Defense Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius during an interview Monday aboard the Dutch frigate HNLMS De Ruyter in Tokyo after the warship arrived for a three-day port call
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2026
Dutch defense chief says Chinese naval encounter won’t deter Europe in Indo-Pacific
The Netherlands will continue its regular military deployments to the Indo-Pacific, Dutch Defense Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius has said.
Myanmar’s military ruler, Min Aung Hlaing, shows his ink-stained finger after casting hist vote in Naypyidaw, the capital,in December 2025. He was elected president on April 3 by the country’s rubber-stamp Parliament.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 15, 2026
Myanmar’s president arrives in China to boost trade ties
Myanmar has been diplomatically isolated since a 2021 military coup ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
British leader Keir Starmer (left) and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attend a business round table meeting at No. 10 Downing St. in London on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2026
Takaichi and Starmer use talks to push Japan-U.K. ties toward ‘quasi-alliance’
The two leaders also pledged more support for an embattled next-generation fighter jet project involving their countries and Italy.
A coal power plant in rare earth industry hub city Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, on April 6.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 15, 2026
Coal-rich Mongolia aims to boost China trade ties despite dependence risk
Two-way trade is expected to reach $20 billion this year, President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh told ​Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
China is Australia's largest trading partner, ​accounting for almost a third of Australia's exports.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2026
China’s strike capacity over Australia set to expand, think tank says
The report said ​China can already strike ⁠northern Australia with missiles deployed to its South China Sea outposts.
Chinese H-6N bombers fly in formation during a rehearsal in Beijing last August, ahead of a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2026
Chinese bombers put Japan’s defense strategy in jeopardy, report finds
Long-range counterair ability to detect, track and engage Chinese aircraft before they can launch attacks is missing from current plans, a think tank says.
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a banquet hosted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during Xi's state visit to Pyongyang on June 8.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2026
Xi swaps fighter jets for diplomatic hardball to squeeze Taiwan
China is escalating efforts to silence Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on the world stage.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping greets U.S. President Donald Trump outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2026
Trump’s sharp turn on China: Embracing it as a peer power
Washington’s new policy toward Beijing is a sharp departure from U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive approach during his first term.
DF-21D ballistic missiles are paraded in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in September 2015.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2026
China direct strike threat to Australia ‘growing’: report
The DF-27 missile has a range of 5,000 to 8,000 kilometers, the U.S. military said in December.
Taipei and Beijing ​have long spied on each other, but now a new Taiwanese website encourages Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips through a secure channel.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2026
Taiwan launches website for Chinese nationals to report intelligence
The website is blocked in China, though many Chinese use VPNs to access other blocked ​sites ​like Western social media and search engines.
A boxing robot demonstration at Unitree in Hangzhou, China, last year. Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 13, 2026
Why it’s nearly impossible to build a robot without China
Building on the country’s electric vehicle industry, Chinese companies are making robot parts at a scale and price point others can’t match.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
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.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
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."
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.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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