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U.S. allies should resist distancing themselves from Washington over Donald Trump and instead strengthen long-term economic and defense ties with the U.S. to safeguard their interests against emerging global rivals.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2026
The case for ‘hardened engagement’ with America
Allowing a distaste for one U.S. president (no matter how bombastic) to sever the ties that bind the free world is not only bad policy, it’s a recipe for strategic irrelevance.
Osamu Izawa, Japan's ambassador to NATO, speaks during an interview with The Japan Times at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 16, 2026
Japan-NATO cooperation enters new ‘concrete’ phase, Tokyo’s envoy to alliance says
The ambassador pointed to the creation of a high-level defense industry cooperation dialogue, but hinted that even more tie-ups were to come.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 15, 2026
Xi meets Russian official as leaders flock to China over Middle East war
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow could “compensate” for China’s energy shortages as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains choked by the Iran war.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a campaign event in Budapest amid the country's parliamentary election on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2026
After Orban, Hungary faces an even harder battle
Center-right Tisza’s victory in Hungary’s election shows that even a highly entrenched new-right regime can be defeated at the polls.
Ukrainian Chief of Staff Kyrylo Budanov
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
From war hero to politics, Zelenskyy’s top aide steps out of the shadows
The question circulating in Kyiv’s corridors of power and beyond is how far Kyrylo Budanov will go in wielding his new authority as head of the presidential office.
A radiation protection engineer works in front of the sarcophagus covering Chernobyl's destroyed fourth reactor beneath the New Safe Confinement (NSC), at the nuclear power plant on April 9.
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 14, 2026
Chernobyl containment at risk of ‘catastrophic’ collapse, Greenpeace warns
Kyiv has accused Russia of repeatedly targeting the site during Moscow’s full-scale invasion, including in a strike last year that pierced its modern, outer protective shell.
Japan's annual saury catches were around 300,000 tons until 2009 before plunging to about 18,000 tons in 2022.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2026
Japan seeks to reduce saury fishing quotas at annual talks in Osaka
At the ongoing meeting in Osaka, Japan is proposing a 10% quota cut to support stock recovery, but China is expected to oppose it.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a joint news briefing in Kyiv on July 2, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2026
Hungary vote removes Ukraine’s staunchest foe in EU
Viktor Orban — a nationalist who maintained warm ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin — systematically opposed Brussels’ efforts to support Ukraine
The scheduled visit to Japan on Wednesday of roughly 30 ambassadors to NATO comes amid heightened global volatility and growing friction within the organization.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 13, 2026
Eastward bound: Largest-ever NATO envoy delegation to visit Japan
The unprecedented visit by a delegation of roughly 30 ambassadors to NATO represents a significant milestone in deepening bilateral ties.
An Odd Systems first-person-view drone with a weighted dummy explosive attached awaits a test flight at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov. 6, 2025.
WORLD
Apr 13, 2026
He made a gadget to amuse pets. Then he turned to killer drones.
The founders of Petcube have moved on to a new idea that reflects an across-the-board transformation of Ukraine’s civilian technology industry into a hub of military contracting.
Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza party, waves a Hungarian flag as he celebrates, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat in the parliamentary election, in Budapest on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 13, 2026
In seismic vote, Hungary ousts Viktor Orban after 16 years
The election results will redefine the country’s relationship with the European Union, Russia and the U.S.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban votes during the Hungarian parliamentary election in Budapest on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2026
Hungarians vote in landmark election closely watched by EU, Russia and U.S.
Orban has carved out a model of an “illiberal democracy” seen as a blueprint by Trump’s MAGA movement and its admirers in Europe.
Pedestrians cross Enghelab Square in Tehran, near a billboard showing Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader, in the Iranian capital on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2026
The Indo-Pacific price of a hasty war with Tehran
The allies are not abandoning the U.S.; they are recoiling from a war that lacks a defined strategy.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as they meet in Pyongyang on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2026
Kim Jong Un shows off friends and weapons before Trump China trip
Kim Jong Un is showcasing his tighter ties with old allies and battlefield lessons from Ukraine, as he positions North Korea as a strong nuclear power before Donald Trump’s trip to China.
More than four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion have given Kyiv extensive combat experience which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sought to leverage diplomatically since the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.
WORLD
Apr 10, 2026
Zelenskyy says Gulf offers Kyiv fuel aid for anti-drone support
Zelenskyy said Kyiv would receive direct shipments of diesel fuel, crude oil to be processed in European refineries.
Pro-government supporters rally after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at Enqelab Square in Tehran on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2026
A ceasefire in Iran offers the world little hope
While there is inevitably uncertainty during such hostilities, the prosecution of this conflict suggests a damning amateurism if not disorientation.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto speaks during an election campaign rally in Gyor, Hungary, on March 27. In leaked audio clips released Wednesday, Szijjarto is heard offering to send his Russian counterpart a document about Ukraine’s European Union accession.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2026
Hungarian foreign minister offered to send Russia EU document in leaked audio
The clips purport to show how Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has worked to ‌serve ‌Russian interests and undermine EU efforts to aid Ukraine.
Japanese firm Terra Drone ⁠said in March that it had invested an ⁠undisclosed sum in Ukrainian interceptor-drone producer Amazing ​Drones.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2026
Russia says it has summoned Japanese ambassador over Ukrainian drones
A Japanese company, Terra Drone, ⁠said it had invested an ⁠undisclosed sum in Ukrainian interceptor-drone producer Amazing ​Drones.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Rutte’s boosterism for U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran is said to have been at odds with the sentiment among most NATO members, with some observers seeing his comments as straying into domestic politics — historically off-limits for NATO leaders.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
As Trump pressures NATO, Europeans question the deference shown by its leader
Despite the NATO chief’s ability to connect with the U.S. president, Washington has cut aid to Ukraine, boosted Russia’s finances and sent economies reeling with his war on Iran.
German naval ships, including the Baden-Wuerttemberg frigate (front), during a military exercise in the North Sea last year, near Harstad, Norway
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
NATO says Europe and Canada spent 20% more on defense in 2025
The spending boom reflects a shift within NATO, as U.S. President Donald Trump has questioned his country’s role and badgered others to expand their own military capabilities.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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