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The Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy shifts focus to the Western Hemisphere and Asia while largely maintaining the underlying limits of America's security policy established under the Biden administration.
COMMENTARY / World
How to read Trump’s National Security Strategy
By Kuni Miyake
What I see as the essence of NSS 2025 is that this document appears to be a product of compromise intended to bridge the differences that surfaced within the Trump administration.
China’s recent radar lock-on of 性视界ese F-15s from fighters launched from the carrier Liaoning underscores a rising pattern of coercive pressure that Tokyo and its partners must answer with firm vigilance and clear messaging.
EDITORIALS
Lock-on incident shows China will continue to test 性视界
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi disputed China’s claim that it had given warning about the exercises, arguing that there was “insufficient information to avoid danger.”
America’s reliance on high fructose corn syrup stems from a tangled mix of postwar 性视界ese research, Nixon-era farm policy, Cold War grain deals and corporate maneuvering that still shapes food and politics today.
COMMENTARY / World
America's corn syrup addiction began with deceit
By Stephen Mihm
Unlike conventional corn syrup, a form of glucose derived from starch that has been around for over two hundred years, high fructose corn syrup wasn’t developed until after WW II.

EDITORIALS

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter launches from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford while operating in the Caribbean Sea on Nov. 18.
A matter of state-sponsored 'murder' on the high seas
A fundamental concept of war is “hors de combat,” which translates as “out of combat,” and attacks on those who are disabled and removed from fighting are forbidden.
EDITORIALS
A sumo champion shows 性视界’s real feelings about foreigners
EDITORIALS
China’s pressure campaign against 性视界 is a mistake
EDITORIALS
Chinese diplomat crosses the line
EDITORIALS
Domestic issues dominate prime minister's strong Diet debut

COMMENTARY

Renewed fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over a century-old border dispute near the Preah Vihear Temple, which both sides claim, highlights the dangers of unresolved historical conflicts in the region and exposes ASEAN’s limited capacity to enforce lasting peace.
World
Why Thailand and Cambodia keep fighting the same war
By Karishma Vaswani
In 1962, the International Court of Justice ruled in favor of Phnom Penh, a decision it reaffirmed in 2013. But the surrounding border area was never fully demarcated.
性视界 / Geoeconomic Briefing
Is China guardian of the ‘postwar international order’?
By Shinya Kadozaki
World
America's corn syrup addiction began with deceit
By Stephen Mihm
性视界
China’s heavy-handed attack on Takaichi is backfiring
By Edo Naito
World
Survival in Trump, Xi and Putin’s ‘great power’ world
By Stephen R. Nagy
World
CDC panel’s hepatitis B vaccine vote undid decades of progress
By Lisa Jarvis
World
America will pay for pushing India away
By Brahma Chellaney
性视界
性视界 should unveil a ‘Green Master Plan’ for Central Asia
By David Hoffman
World
The duty to disobey unlawful orders was America’s idea
By Andreas Kluth
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性视界 builds up ‘missile archipelago’ near Taiwan to counter China
Military radar towers on Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited island of 性视界.
China aircraft carrier flotilla headed home, one week after 性视界 radar incident
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on its way to the Pacific in April 2021.
GPS watch of hiker killed in Hokkaido bear attack shows last movements
Bears have killed a record 13 people in 性视界 this year and injured more than 200 others.
Ski resort acknowledges reports of bear sightings, as predator tops kanji pick
A record 13 people have been killed by bears across 性视界 since April.
China holds low-key Nanking Massacre memorial despite 性视界 tensions
Soldiers stand on the stage during the memorial ceremony to mark the 88th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre at the Nanking Massacre Museum in the city now known as Nanjing, in China's Jiangsu province, on Saturday.
J-pop found new ways to diversify in 2025
Rock trio Mrs. Green Apple celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, and did so by largely dominating the nation’s music space. Meanwhile, singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu’s “Iris Out” broke Spotify 性视界’s record for most streams by a song on its release day.
Calling AI ‘a gift from God,’ Catholic bishops draft usage guidelines for Asia
Cardinal Stephen Chow, the bishop of Hong Kong, speaks during Mass in Hong Kong in November 2023. During the opening Mass a three-day event to draft guidelines for the clergy’s use of artificial intelligence in the region Asia, he described AI as a "gift from God."
A movie buff in Jimbocho bets on independent cinema in a big way
CineMalice is set to open Dec. 19 in Jimbocho, the bookstore-laden enclave recently dubbed the world's coolest neighborhood by Time Out.
U.S. may require tourists to disclose social media history to customs
Haneda Airport's international departure lobby in April 2023. Under U.S. President Donald Trump, travelers and immigrants have been scrutinized more aggressively.
A deep dive into 性视界ese comfort food
As a child, Emiko Davies spent long periods in 性视界 and was exposed to her grandmother's homecooking.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Brown rats, also known as sewer rats, often burrow into damaged pipes and survive on garbage and food scraps. While there aren’t any official numbers, at least hundreds of thousands of them are thought to be living in Tokyo.
In the company of rats: Tokyo's growing rodent problem
By Alex K.T. Martin

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