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Ukrainian service members who have surrendered after weeks holed up at Azovstal steel works are seen inside a bus, which arrived under escort of the pro-Russian military at a detention facility in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the settlement of Olenivka in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine on May 17, 2022.
WORLD
Aug 11, 2026
Ukrainian prisoners recount torture, sexual abuse while in Russian detention
More than 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war interviewed reported experiencing torture or ill-treatment, according to a U.N. official.
Japan's heavy reliance on X makes it particularly vulnerable to foreign and domestic disinformation, requiring stronger fact-checking and platform transparency to protect democratic resilience.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 10, 2026
How disinformation on X imperils Â鶹´«Ã½ democracy
Â鶹´«Ã½ writing system allows a user to convey a complex thought within a single 140-character post, making the platform far more expressive and functional in Japanese.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives to attend a meeting with Serbia's leader at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 9, 2026
Ukraine seeking air defense systems from South Korea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also raised Kyiv¡¯s estimate of North Korean troops that could be sent to fight with Russia, saying up to 50,000 could be deployed.
A Bulgarian military police car is parked at an access point to a farmland area where a drone that entered Bulgaria exploded, near the Kardam border-crossing between Bulgaria and Romania, on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 9, 2026
Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria as drone explodes near pipeline
Drone-related incidents have become increasingly frequent across eastern European countries that are NATO members and supporters of Ukraine.
Nikolai Rybakov, chairman of Russia's Yabloko party, attends a court hearing in Moscow in June on the case of Maxim Kruglov, the party's deputy head who was charged with spreading false information about the Russian army during the conflict against Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
Russia¡¯s only anti-war party eyes support boost at elections
While the liberal Yabloko party is unlikely to win any seats in elections next month, they nonetheless relish the opportunity to push their anti-war message on a national scale.
Legislation on Russia sanctions easily passed the Senate on Friday, with the House of Representatives expected to vote on it within weeks.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
U.S. Senate passes Russia sanctions championed by late Lindsey Graham
Graham, a South Carolina Republican who died last month, was among Kyiv¡¯s most outspoken allies in Congress in its four-year-long war with Russia.
Japan's famous Fuji Rock festival this year included flag-waving for regimes whose actions contradict the ideals of peaceful assembly and human rights that reflect unexamined political sympathies that risk legitimizing oppressive regimes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2026
Flag-waving at Fuji Rock: Conviction or fashion?
Music has long served as an expression of a fundamental human freedom ¡ª the right to speak, to challenge authority and to be heard without fear of the state.
A tattered Ukrainian flag flies outside an apartment block that was damaged during a recent Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on July 31.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2026
In Ukraine, Russia tries to sow panic with ¡®safari¡¯ strikes
When ?two Russian bombs hit Kateryna Lahuta¡¯s seafood business in the city of Zaporizhzhia last month, they shattered the last semblance of security for the entrepreneur.
Kash Patel, director of the FBI, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2026
Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China and Russia
The partnerships represent a major break with the past, in which U.S. officials have portrayed Russia and China as exporters of crime instead of potential allies in combating it.
Signs demanding the return of a group of islands, called the Northern Territories in Japanese and the Kuril Islands in Russian, in Nemuro, Hokkaido, in April 2022
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2026
Japan protests Russian drills near disputed islands
Russia said that live-fire drills would be held in waters off Kunashiri and Etorofu islands.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ankara on July 7
WORLD
Aug 5, 2026
Russia kills 17 and wrecks logistics hubs in heavy ballistic hit on Ukraine
Explosions ripped through the area during the night, and fires lit up ?the dark skies over Kyiv, which has come under missile attack every three to four days in recent weeks.
A man photographs parts of an unidentified missile, which Ukrainian authorities believe to be made in North Korea and was used in a strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in January 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2026
North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says
Russia has fired scores of North Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine for years, but the deployment of North Korean missile forces would be an expansion of the two¡¯s cooperation.
A screenshot taken from a footage released on Tuesday by National Police of Ukraine shows a man selling vegetables being chased by a remotely piloted first-person view drone before detonating at a street market in Kherson, Ukraine.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2026
Ukraine accuses Russia of war crime after video shows drone ¡®safari¡¯ attack on civilian
Footage released by Ukrainian police ?shows the drone pursuing a man around a van being used as a street stand before exploding as he dives ?for cover ?behind the vehicle.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a meeting with U.S. senators on the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 28.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2026
Zelenskyy says relations with Japan have fallen short of ¡®high expectations¡¯
The Ukrainian leader had hoped for more following ¡°significant political changes¡± ¡ª an apparent hint at Tokyo¡¯s evolving defense posture.
Japanese police check for mock chemical agents during Pacific Shield 18, a multinational exercise focused on preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction, in Yokosuka in July 2018.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2026
The real reasons to be terrified about AI and WMD
The threat of AI and WMDs is nuanced and takes different forms for each type of weapon, with AI helping both the offense and the defense.
An Airbus SE Typhoon fighter jet is displayed at the Canadian Association of Defence & Security Industries trade show in Ottawa in May 2019.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2026
How Canada can gear up for the Arctic ¡®Great Game¡¯
Ottawa intends to prioritize acquisitions and upgrades, including spending on polar icebreakers, space surveillance and maritime capabilities, to support its Arctic sovereignty.
The International Criminal Court in the Hague in September 2025. The U.S. backed the ICC when it pursued Vladimir Putin but denounced the court as politically motivated when it issued warrants for Israeli leaders.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2026
America is betting against international law
Great powers cannot rely on legal immunity forever, as international accountability mechanisms increasingly constrain even the most influential states.
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to launch a Hornet medium-strike drone toward Russian troops from a position near a front line in Ukraine's Donetsk region in late June.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Aug 2, 2026
What Ukraine and Iran teach us about deterrence
As drones and missiles reshape modern warfare, the question is whether asymmetric capabilities can prevent conflict before it begins.
The NATO sign is seen on an Airborne Warning and Control System surveillance plane at a military air base in Lielvarde, Latvia, on Friday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 2, 2026
Baltic startups take aim at deterring Russia on NATO¡¯s eastern flank
Entrepreneurs are filling gaps left by traditional arms contractors.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) greet each other as other officials look on at the funeral service for late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2026
Behind the White House¡¯s closed-door diplomacy
Media reports around the world have suggested the secrecy reflected Netanyahu¡¯s waning influence or growing dissatisfaction with him within the Trump administration.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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