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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres inside 10 Downing Street in London on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2026
‘Bring it on’: U.K.’s Labour readies for EU reset fight
Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately set about repairing and rebuilding relations with the 27-member bloc after winning the July 2024 election that ousted the Conservatives.
Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. speaks to reporters in London on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 18, 2026
NBA chief wants to tap into soccer fan culture for new European competition
The NBA announced last year that it was exploring options for creating a new European-wide competition in partnership with world basketball body ​FIBA.
The turbulence at the start of 2026 signals the opening of a third phase of the "Great Game," defined by intensifying U.S.-China rivalry, a weakening rules-based order and a growing need for smaller nations to shoulder more responsibility for their own security.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 16, 2026
The ‘Great Game’ enters uncharted territory
In its original sense, the “Great Game” referred to the 19th- and early 20th-century strategic rivalry between the British and Russian Empires for dominance in Central Asia.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2026
Starmer faces own TACO problem after latest policy reversal
Labour’s policy reversal woes highlight the difficult transition the party has made from opposition, which is in part down to the shallow support that took it to power.
A narrowing of the yield premium of U.K. debt over Japanese government bonds has led to the appeal of gilts fading.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 13, 2026
Japanese funds sell most U.K. bonds since 2011 amid fiscal concern
Higher bond yields in Japan also sapped demand for gilts.
The chat window for chatbot Grok on a laptop
WORLD
Jan 13, 2026
U.K.’s Starmer escalates threats against X, calling Grok ‘shameful’
The prime minister vowed to enforce a law that bans the sexualization of people’s images without consent.
Members of the Danish armed forces practice looking for potential threats during a military drill as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on Sept. 17.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 12, 2026
U.K. and Germany discuss NATO forces in Greenland to calm U.S. threat
Heightened rhetoric from the Trump administration on possibly using military force to control Greenland has forced European leaders to quickly cobble together a strategy.
Former British U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson apologized on Sunday to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse.
WORLD
Jan 11, 2026
Ex-British envoy to U.S. apologizes to Epstein victims but defends his own conduct
Britain's former U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson, who was dismissed over his links to Jeffrey Epstein last year, apologized on Sunday to the victims of the late convicted sex offender but not for his own actions.
As head of primary at The British School in Tokyo, Eleanor Loran brings her experience working in far-flung locales like Hong Kong and New Zealand to the diverse school community in Japan.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 6, 2026
Eleanor Loran: ‘I believe in building empathy, tolerance and kindness’
A senior administrator at The British School in Tokyo shares her views on the value of international education and the challenges of maintaining a community in constant flux.
The U.K. will begin banning ads for products high in fat, salt or sugar.
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2026
U.K. starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online
In the U.K., 22% of children starting primary schooling in England are overweight or obese, rising to more than a third by the time they progress to secondary school.
Grok, a chatbot developed by xAI, has faced criticism over the rollout of a tool that allows users to request images of a subject with their clothes removed.
WORLD
Jan 6, 2026
‘Remove her clothes’: Global backlash over Grok sexualized images
The tool on social media platform X prompted swift probes or calls for remedial action from countries including France, India and Malaysia.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the United Kingdom is better placed to gain more market access than form a customs union with the European Union.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2026
Starmer sets up fight with Farage on EU single-market access
The move follows a growing debate in the final weeks of 2025 about forming a customs union with the EU in a bid to revive the British economy.
As digital technologies become essential, governments must strategically invest in infrastructure, expanding its scope to include intangible assets like software and data to support economic growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2025
Building infrastructure for the AI age
Broadband, mobile networks and data centers are now as integral to daily life as roads and power grids.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's latest call to “rearm Europe” is reminiscent of Albania’s bunker-building campaigns.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2025
The year that could be
Progress is never guaranteed, but it is always possible, provided we act as if it were.
Displaced Palestinians walk along a road in the Saftawi area of Jabalia as they leave areas near Gaza City, where they had taken refuge, toward the northern part of the Gaza Strip, on Jan. 19.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
Building peace together in a world of conflict
It is too easy to turn away from conflicts where there is no simple solution, but the spirit of international cooperation demands we work together to find answers and provide hope.
Omatule Ameh, 39, from Nigeria, is an overnight support worker for children with learning disabilities in rural southeast England.
WORLD / Society
Dec 24, 2025
‘We are ghosts’: Britain’s migrant night workers
In the last decade, Britain’s nighttime workforce has become increasingly reliant on migrants as the number of U.K.-born workers doing night work shrinks.
A surveillance image showing Walid Saadaoui (left) and Amar Hussein near Dover, England, dated May 8
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2025
Two men guilty of plot to kill hundreds of Jews in England as IS fears grow
Their convictions come after 15 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which the Islamic State group called a “source of pride.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves No. 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2025
How a year of political peril could unfold for Keir Starmer
Starmer faces a battle to save his job after a first 18 months in government that have seen him hemorrhage support within Labour and among voters.
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.
U.S. President Donald Trump has accused the BBC of defaming him by splicing together parts of a Jan. 6, 2021, speech, including one section where he told supporters to march on the Capitol and another where he said "fight like hell."
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2025
Trump sues the BBC for defamation, seeking up to $10 billion in damages
The U.S. president sued the BBC on Monday over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
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.
Trump says ‘Japan’ instead of Iran at meeting in Ankara
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference during a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
World’s first fully sealed vertical-farming facility opens in Tokyo
Fully sealed units are stacked on top of each other at Plantx's vertical-farming facility in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Wednesday.
‘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.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.

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