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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, May 15, 2026.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 7, 2026
Xi flexes growing legal arsenal to warn Trump before summit
The speed and breadth of the latest barrage of countermeasures against the U.S. shows Beijing¡¯s ability to turn up the pressure while preserving room for de-escalation.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino meet in Panama City on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2026
Japan and Panama agree to deepen cooperation on canal
According to the Foreign Ministry, Japan is the third-largest user of the Panama Canal after the United States and China.
U.S. solar manufacturing has expanded since Congress created tax incentives in 2022.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2026
U.S. weighs polysilicon tariffs to counter China in solar and chips
The decision, expected to come later this month, aims to protect U.S. polysilicon factories from growing Chinese ambitions in the chip supply chain.
The Trump administration is aiming to ?prevent Chinese firms from stealing data, installing malware or disrupting service at U.S. data centers, which house the chips to ?train and run AI models.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2026
Trump administration drafting ban on Chinese data center devices, sources say
The move ?aims to ?prevent Chinese firms from stealing data, installing malware or disrupting service at U.S. data centers.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2026
The limits of Asia¡¯s two major growth models
China and India entered the last decade at opposite extremes, with China dominating global manufactured?goods exports while India derived roughly half of its GDP from services.
Beijing's Central Business District. A Bank of Italy paper estimated that domestic factors, such as weak consumption and overcapacity, have driven about 75% of Chinese export growth.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 3, 2026
China draws ¡®red lines¡¯ around its economic model ahead of EU and U.S. trade talks
The West frames China¡¯s policies as mercantilist and opposing global trade ?rules, saying its priority for producers over households pushes cheaper goods into global markets.
U.S. and Chinese trade officials meet in Geneva, Switzerland, in May 2025. The U.S. and China are in the midst of a trade truce that led to the suspension of some tariffs and other export curbs, but some cracks have appeared in the relationship.
WORLD
Jul 31, 2026
U.S. and China discuss trade and rare earths in call ahead of Xi visit
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he held a call Thursday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to lay the groundwork for President Xi Jinping¡¯s U.S. visit in September.
Production at Ningbo Bright Electric in Ninghai, China, on July 2. One of the most surprising outcomes from a whiplash year of tariffs may be that China has emerged in a position of relative strength, with significantly lower tariffs than last year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 30, 2026
Trump¡¯s tariffs are sending some companies back to China
One of the most surprising outcomes from a whiplash year of tariffs may be that China has emerged in a position of relative strength, with lower tariffs than last year.
Under U.S. President Donald Trump, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been tasked with rooting out what the administration calls illegal diversity, equity and inclusion practices that it says gave preferential treatment to women and racial minorities in hiring and promotions.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2026
Trump¡¯s diversity crackdown reverberates through U.S. boardrooms
Appointments of women ?and racial minorities to S&P 500 boards have dropped to their lowest level in more than a decade.
A visitor high-fives a humanoid robot at the Keenon Robotics booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 18.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 29, 2026
Trump administration bans new Chinese humanoid robots and power inverters
The move seeks to protect the U.S. AI build-out from national security threats and reshore key industries slated for explosive growth.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in a post on X that the necessary amount of crude oil for this month is set to be procured and that oil stockpiles will not be released.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2026
Takaichi stresses secure crude oil supplies as U.S.-Iran war spirals
The prime minister said on X that the necessary amount of crude oil for this month is set to be procured and that oil stockpiles will not be released.
The Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama. The U.S. said Thursday it will collect duties of between 10% and 12.5% on imports from most major trading partners.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 24, 2026
Asian allies push back against Trump¡¯s forced-labor tariffs
The latest duties aim to restore U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s protectionist regime after his earlier levies were struck down by the Supreme Court.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that non-patented drugmakers would have two years to move production to the U.S. or face a 100% import tariff, which would double a year later.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 23, 2026
Indian drugmakers rattled by Trump¡¯s 100% levy on generics
The U.S. president says non-patented drugmakers would have two years to move production to the U.S. or face a 100% import tariff, which would double a year later.
A worker inspects a shoe on a production line at Brazilian footwear manufacturer Kissol, as new U.S. tariffs are set to hit a range of Brazilian goods, including the footwear industry, which counts the U.S. as its top foreign market, in Franca, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on July 17.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2026
New U.S. 25% tariff hits billions of dollars in Brazilian exports
The new tariff ?threatens between $7 billion and $11 billion of Brazilian exports to the U.S.
The value of Japan's imports rose 25.4% in June from a year ago, as the war in Iran continues to disrupt the country¡¯s energy supplies.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 22, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ trade deficit widens as yen and Iran war inflate imports
The trade deficit expanded to ?406.9 billion on an unadjusted basis from a revised ?391.8 billion gap in May.
A container ship bound for the Strait of Malacca enters the Singapore Strait, near Asia's southern most point in Johor, Malaysia.
WORLD
Jul 22, 2026
Hormuz, Malacca and other key straits spawn tensions throughout history
As Iran tightens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, its Yemeni allies, the Houthi rebels, want to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea.
The Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Advancing his latest proposed levies would cement U.S. President Donald Trump's commitment to tariffs going into November's midterm elections.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 22, 2026
U.S. set to impose new tariffs by Friday with stopgap to expire
U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s administration last month proposed new tariffs of at least 10% on 60 trading partners, citing what it said were lax forced-labor standards.
JPMorgan and other U.S. banks are likely to provide some financing for Japan's $550 billion investment pledge made to U.S. President Donald Trump.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2026
JPMorgan among banks to help finance Â鶹´«Ã½ $550 billion U.S. investment plan: sources
Japanese banks have been reluctant to participate, as their funding base is in yen,?and obtaining U.S. dollars for ?big long-term infrastructure projects can be costly for them.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2026
U.S. imposes new 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products
U.S. President Donald Trump invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in slapping import taxes on goods ¡ª the law¡¯s first known usage in nearly a century of existence.
Newly assembled Toyota vehicles in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2017
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2026
One year on, Trump tariffs continue battering Japan automakers
In fiscal 2025, which ended in March this year, combined costs from the Trump tariffs at six major Japanese automakers, including industry leader Toyota, exceeded ?2.4 trillion.
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.
¡®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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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