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Two crude oil tankers remain anchored on Lake Maracaibo, near Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2025
Venezuela authorizes two unsanctioned oil supertankers to depart, sources say
These would be only the second and third supertankers to depart the country since the U.S. seized a ship carrying Venezuelan oil last week.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a speach marking the anniversary of the death of Simon Bolivar in Caracas on Wednesday. The Trump administration’s escalating campaign against his government relies on legally dubious force and sanctions that echo past U.S. interventions.
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2025
Maduro is an autocrat, but that doesn’t justify a U.S. coup
It is not clear whether these actions are legal, whether there is a strategic rationale or if they would enjoy the support of the U.S. public.
A M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher during training exercises at Lightning Academy at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu on Nov. 9
WORLD
Dec 19, 2025
U.S. balances Taiwan backing and China trade push with arms sale
The Trump administration is looking to maintain defense ties with Taiwan while boosting Washington’s economic relationship with China.
Workers operate at the sewing section of a factory, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on Nov. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Dec 18, 2025
Step aside fashion police, here comes fashion immigration
Clothes destined for Europe could soon require digital passports to prove their green credentials, opening a new era of transparency for the world’s $1.7 trillion fashion industry.
China is again restraining currency appreciation as market pressure builds, with the People’s Bank of China using reference rate settings and state bank actions to slow gains in order to protect exports and manage economic weakness.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2025
Why the push for a stronger yuan won’t go away
China has been skirting deflation and a strong currency could exacerbate the difficulties.
Japan's exports gained 6.1% in November from a year earlier, according to the Finance Ministry, beating economists' forecasts.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 17, 2025
Japan’s exports to U.S. rise for first time since Trump’s April tariffs
A turnaround in shipments to the U.S. helped power the biggest gain in overall exports since February, paving the way for a widely expected interest-rate hike later this week.
A mock model of the upgraded Mogami-class frigate is displayed during the Defense Security Equipment International Japan exhibition in the city of Chiba in May.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 17, 2025
Japan has long had tough rules on arms exports. That may soon change.
Japan is likely to scrap long-standing limits on its exports of lethal arms next year — a move that will have lasting implications for the ostensibly pacifist country.
Japan is currently seeking to strengthen its economic security, including institutional frameworks and policies, to safeguard critical technologies and promote international economic security cooperation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 17, 2025
Japan continues to set the pace for economic security
Tokyo is a great place to discuss these issues since Japan has been the pacesetter for economic security policy for nearly a decade.
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa (left) and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speak in front of Kabukiza Theatre, Tokyo, in October, more than a month after the signing of an agreement for Japan to invest $550 billion in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 16, 2025
Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge might fall short of Trump’s hopes
The deal of the century is starting to look a lot like business as usual.
European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2025
EU imposes sanctions on oil traders with links to Russia’s shipping network
The EU has imposed 19 packages of sanctions so far, but Moscow has managed to adapt to most measures and is still selling millions of barrels of oil to India and China.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace in New Delhi on Dec. 5.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2025
India’s once unshakable ties with Russia are fraying
The uplifting tone of the visit concealed more than it revealed. For all the warmth on display, relations between India and Russia are plateauing.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto speaks following negotiations over a trade deal with the United States, in Jakarta in July.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 11, 2025
Trump demands on mining and China snarl U.S.-Indonesia trade deal
Jakarta fears the demands would restrain its independence, particularly in critical minerals and energy that risk its relations with China and Russia.
Hajime Sasaki displays a decorative item made of ivory and designed in the shape of vegetables at his shop in Tokyo on Dec. 4.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2025
Japanese ivory trade attracts fresh global scrutiny
The country hosts one of the world’s largest remaining legal domestic markets for elephant ivory, the international trade of which is illegal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is greeted with an honor guard during a ceremonial reception in New Delhi on Dec 5. India is looking to Russia because it wants to protect its own interests and maintain strategic autonomy in the face of punitive U.S. policies.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2025
America will pay for pushing India away
Given that India remains crucial to balance China’s aggressive rise, such an outcome would carry high costs for the U.S.
A worker operates machinery at a textile factory in Binzhou, China, on Dec. 1. China faces a worsening economic picture at home, where growth has cooled following months of slowdown in consumption and rapidly falling investment.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 10, 2025
China reveals unease over trade in economic roadmap for 2026
More than a year on from Donald Trump’s reelection, the threats looming abroad are more likely to come from countries other than the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House in Washington in April.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
Trump’s Nvidia shift hands Xi opening on national security curbs
The president granted the tech company permission to export its high-end H200 chip to China, watering down years of U.S. national security safeguards.
Britain’s stagnant economy and the damage from Brexit make a pragmatic new trade deal with the EU the most realistic path to revive growth without reopening old political wounds.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2025
The U.K. needs a new deal, without saying Brexit
It isn’t necessary to rebuild the whole EU institutional architecture to retrieve the benefits that have been lost.
Jensen Huang, president and chief executive of Nvidia, delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC conference in Washington on Oct. 28.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 9, 2025
U.S. to allow Nvidia H200 chip shipments to China, Trump says
The U.S. government will collect a 25% fee on such sales, an approach the U.S. president says will apply to other AI chipmakers.
Trucks operate at the Shanghai Port container terminal on Monday
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2025
China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion despite plunge in U.S.-bound exports
A sharp drop in shipments to the U.S. was offset by surging exports to other major markets.
A surveillance radar system developed by Mitsubishi Electric and exported to the Philippines
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2025
Japan likely to scrap defense equipment export restrictions
Tokyo hopes through the move to expand security cooperation with allies and like-minded nations and bolster its defense industry.
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
A graphic illustration of the Hayabusa2 probe flying past the asteroid Torifune
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  

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