Zentoshin, an Osaka-based credit card settlement firm, filed for bankruptcy protection with the Osaka District Court on July 6, 2026, immediately cutting off the cash advances it h......
A new report from one of Australia's leading defense think tanks argues that China may not need to force its way through the Western-designed security cordon in the Western Pacific......
Japan will formally launch a National Intelligence Agency by the end of July 2026, its first prime minister-led intelligence body since World War II, in an overhaul that Prime Mini......
China's coast guard vessels are now patrolling waters far east of Taiwan — beyond even the "ten-dash line" Beijing drew on its own 2023 standard map — and analysts say the operatio......
As tensions across East Asia continue to rise, China's People's Liberation Army Navy fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into the Pacific on July 6 — a test that breached ......
At 12:01 p.m. on July 6, a People's Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered submarine fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile carrying a simulated warhead into the South Pacific ......
Japan's semiconductor equipment industry just got a lot more bullish about AI. The Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) has raised its sales forecast for Japanese-ma......
On June 27, Chinese and Russian air forces carried out their 11th Joint Air Strategic Patrol, sending more than 15 aircraft across the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the west......
Senior diplomatic officials from Japan, the United States, and South Korea gathered in Washington this week for a two-day meeting focused on containing North Korea's expanding cybe......
Japanese artificial intelligence startup Sakana AI on June 22, 2026, launched Fugu, a multi-model orchestration system designed to coordinate multiple frontier AI models through a ......
Graduates from 12 nationalities earn places at top universities across the UK, USA, Japan, Canada, Australia and beyond — marking a milestone for British boarding school education in Asia
As global instability reaches a historic high, travelers are increasingly weighing public safety and social stability alongside flight prices and hotel ratings when planning their ......
The U.S. Department of War announced on June 16 that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) would officially revert to its former name, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). While its a......
Kono Yohei (河野洋平), one of Japan's most consequential postwar statesmen, died on June 8 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 89. To many younger Japanese, he was perhaps best known ......
When Japan and the Philippines quietly announced plans to draw a maritime boundary in waters east of Taiwan, China did not file a diplomatic protest. It sent warships.Within days o......
Deployment brings Applied Intuition's end-to-end autonomy stack to a major global automotive market, demonstrating rapid adaptation across regions, regulations and real-world driving conditions.
Taiwan's military has covertly established a cross-border data backup infrastructure in Japan — a move designed to preserve critical command, communications, and operational data i......
For decades, the question of whether the United States would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan against a People's Liberation Army assault has been one of Asia's most fiercely c......
Beijing's five-day enforcement operation inspected 198 vessels and mapped the seabed east of Taiwan — then state media declared the waters China's new "coastal sea."
China's mari......
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force publicly revealed a previously undisclosed long-range hypersonic strike capability on June 7 during the country's largest annual live-fire exercis......
When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. announced at their Tokyo summit on May 28 that the two countries would begin for......
Experts from Ukraine, Japan, and the United States convened in Taipei to stress that Taiwan's near-total dependence on imported energy makes its power grid a primary strategic targ......
Japan's Ministry of Justice issued administrative guidelines in 2011 covering everything from hair length to hormone therapy for transgender inmates. Fifteen years on, the framewor......
On June 1, China's coast guard dispatched a two-vessel formation — the Baitashan (hull number 2304) and the Daishan (hull number 2502) — to conduct what Beijing described as "law e......
The Pentagon is considering a $1.85 billion proposal to construct key parts of US Navy warships in South Korean and Japanese shipyards, a potential break from long-standing policy......
China sent no defense minister to Asia's most prominent annual security forum for the second consecutive year — yet managed to remain one of the most dominant presences at the even......
A passenger ferry operated by Shosen Yaeyama — the Yaeyamamaru (八重山丸) — completed its inaugural voyage last week, connecting Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to Keelun......
Taiwan's foreign ministry pushed back Tuesday against a bilateral maritime boundary deal taking shape between two of Washington's closest Asian allies, demanding consultation right......
Bilateral talks between Tokyo and Manila over overlapping ocean claims could quietly shrink Taiwan's recognized maritime space to its territorial sea alone, an international law sc......
Seibu Railway is spending its way into a new era.Japan's fourth-largest private railway operator unveiled on May 14 a ¥46.2 billion ($318.6 million) capital investment plan — the l......
When U.S. President Donald Trump said after his meeting with Xi Jinping that he did not want to see anyone "move toward independence," the remark drew immediate international atten......
The country that once rolled out the red carpet for foreign talent is now reading the fine print with fresh scrutiny. For skilled professionals in Japan, a single number on their r......
Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is teaming up with one of Japan's most enduring symbols of resilience in a new limited-edition collection unveiled by Fanatics J......
Japan's largest air-conditioning manufacturer, Daikin Industries, reported record revenue and profit for the fiscal year ending March 2026, driven by surging demand for data center......
Two of Japan's most recognizable corporate names — a railway giant and a trading house — are combining their real estate arms in a deal that aims to reshape how land around train s......
Taiwan's most recognizable baseball cheerleading squad is crossing the strait for a marquee appearance at one of Japan's most iconic sporting venues.Rakuten Group has confirmed tha......
