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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during an end-of-year news conference at the State Department in Washington on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2025
Rubio calls Japan-China tensions ‘preexisting’ and vows to work with both
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Asian powerhouses’ row over Taiwan “one of the dynamics that has to be balanced in that region.”
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meet in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2025
Takaichi hosts first summit with Central Asia leaders
The summit comes as Tokyo competes for influence in the resource-rich region.
Ground Self-Defense Force personnel participate in a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in 2024.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Japan should have nuclear weapons, official reportedly says
The comments come at a sensitive time for Japan amid a tense security environment in East Asia.
Two crude oil tankers remain anchored on Lake Maracaibo, near Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Venezuela authorizes two unsanctioned oil supertankers to depart, sources say
These would be only the second and third supertankers to depart the country since the U.S. seized a ship carrying Venezuelan oil last week.
A M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher during training exercises at Lightning Academy at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu on Nov. 9
WORLD
Dec 19, 2025
U.S. balances Taiwan backing and China trade push with arms sale
The Trump administration is looking to maintain defense ties with Taiwan while boosting Washington’s economic relationship with China.
A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter flies over the tarmac at Mercedita International Airport in Ponce amid ongoing military movements in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The U.S. president ordering a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela has raised questions under international law about whether it amounts to an act of war.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 19, 2025
How Trump’s Venezuela embargo could put Taiwan at risk
Beijing could exploit a U.S. blockade of Venezuela to undercut any American efforts to drum up international diplomatic opposition to such a move in the Taiwan Strait, experts say.
TikTok said it signed binding agreements to create a U.S. joint venture majority-owned by American investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2025
TikTok says it signed agreements for new U.S. joint venture
CEO Shou Chew said deals with Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX have been signed, with a closing date of Jan. 22, 2026.
China is again restraining currency appreciation as market pressure builds, with the People’s Bank of China using reference rate settings and state bank actions to slow gains in order to protect exports and manage economic weakness.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2025
Why the push for a stronger yuan won’t go away
China has been skirting deflation and a strong currency could exacerbate the difficulties.
Taiwan reservists during a training session in Yilan on Dec. 2. Pushed by the United States, Taiwan has been working to transform its armed forces to be able to wage “asymmetric warfare.”
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 18, 2025
U.S. approves $11.1B arms package for Taiwan — the largest ever
The Pentagon said the arms sales serve U.S. national, economic and security interests by supporting Taiwan’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces.
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews an honor guard with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during his October visit to Tokyo. Japan must create strategic conditions in which the U.S. cannot abandon the Indo-Pacific without abandoning its own core interests.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2025
Tokyo’s Musashi moment: Become America’s indispensable ally
How can Japan can make itself indispensable to a U.S. focused on its own hemisphere while facing a China that possesses sufficient economic mass to dominate the Indo-Pacific.
Japan’s top uniformed military officer, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, listens during an interview with The Japan Times at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 18, 2025
SDF chief homes in on air defense as threats grow increasingly complex
The “central pillar” in responding to sophisticated threats, Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura said, is for Japan to establish an integrated air and missile defense system.
Honda will suspend output in Japan on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, a spokesperson said Thursday, highlighting the lingering fallout of the global chip shortage.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2025
Honda to halt production at plants in Japan and China due to chip shortage
The Japanese carmaker has been hit hard after China blocked Nexperia — owned by Chinese company Wingtech Technology — from exporting products made at its local plants.
A Huawei store in Shenzhen. While the project to build an extreme ultraviolet lithography machines (EUVs) to produce cutting-edge semiconductor chips is run by the Chinese government, Huawei is involved in every step of the supply chain.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 18, 2025
How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
Ex-engineers from ASML reverse-engineered its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines and built a prototype using parts from older ASML machines on the secondary market.
A house that was damaged in a Thai military strike in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 18, 2025
China seeks to mediate Thailand-Cambodia clash Trump says he ended
China has engaged with both sides since the start of the violence, but has kept a much lower profile than the U.S.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has shared concerns over China during a videoconference with British Defence Secretary John Healey.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2025
Japanese and British defense chiefs share concerns over China
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and British Defence Secretary John Healey agreed on the need to respond to incidents calmly and resolutely.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 17, 2025
Takaichi says Japan ‘always open’ to dialogue with China
“China is an important neighbor for Japan, and we need to build constructive and stable relationships,” the prime minister told a news conference.
An employee charges a a VW ID.3 compact hatchback electric automobile at the Volkswagen AG factory in Dresden, Germany, on May 14.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2025
Retreat by U.S. and Europe from electric cars risks ceding race to China
Chinese carmakers like BYD and Xiaomi have strengthened their position as the leading producers of EVs over the past decade.
Tourists at Sensoji, Asakusa. Chinese visitor statistics are mixed after China warned against travel to Japan.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2025
Chinese visitor numbers up on year and down on month in November
The monthly statistics were the first to be released since China warned its citizens on Nov. 14 not to travel to Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan.
A mock model of the upgraded Mogami-class frigate is displayed during the Defense Security Equipment International Japan exhibition in the city of Chiba in May.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 17, 2025
Japan has long had tough rules on arms exports. That may soon change.
Japan is likely to scrap long-standing limits on its exports of lethal arms next year — a move that will have lasting implications for the ostensibly pacifist country.
Resonac Holdings Chief Executive Officer Hidehito Takahashi
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2025
Chip-sector linchpin Resonac seeks to tap China’s AI ambitions
Tokyo-based Resonac, which supplies crucial chemicals used to make cutting-edge chips, has bolstered production capacity in China.
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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