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The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025
U.S. government shutdown becomes longest in history
The shutdown tops the 35-day record from Trump’s first term, as his administration warned of holiday air-travel chaos and threatened Americans’ benefits.
Smoke rises from the wreackage of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet after it crashed on departure from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025
At least seven dead after UPS plane crashes in Kentucky and erupts into ball of fire
Seven, including all three aboard the aircraft, were killed, while 11 others on the ground were injured.
Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani waves to his supporters after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025
Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term
The new generation of leaders gives the beleaguered party a shot of momentum ahead of next year’s congressional elections.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30. Tokyo's strategic positioning between Beijing and Washington is central to countering China’s economic and geopolitical influence.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2025
What the U.S.-China summit means for Japan
China’s willingness to weaponize commercial dependencies rather than projecting strength exposed the fragility of its economic statecraft.
A screen shows New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani declared the winner during his election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount theater in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday night.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025
Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, capping meteoric rise
Defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent, Mamdani becomes the first Muslim mayor of the largest city in the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a meeting at the Demilitarized Zone in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2025
U.S.-North Korea summit may be held in spring, South’s spy agency tells lawmaker
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly called for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his trip to South Korea last week, but Kim did not respond to his overtures.
Members of the U.S. Navy react as U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges them at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 5.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025
Trump’s military use in other countries tests his MAGA base
The move is prompting an outcry among some mainstream Republicans and even some of his most ardent supporters.
Zohran Mamdani (center right) with Letitia James, New York's attorney general (second left) and Brad Lander, New York City comptroller (left), campaign across the Brooklyn Bridge on Nov. 3.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2025
NYC to decide if a socialist will run the capital of capitalism
Who New Yorkers pick to be their mayor could shape Democrats’ 2026 midterm strategy to retake the U.S. House of Representatives.
An observatory at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The U.S. Space Force is close to fielding two new weapons designed to jam Chinese and Russian satellites.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025
U.S. Space Force develops new weapons to jam Chinese satellites
The new systems are intended to counter what U.S. military officials are saying is a growing Chinese space-based threat against U.S. forces.
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Conservative Union's 2008 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2008.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
Dick Cheney, powerful former U.S. vice president who pushed for Iraq War, dies at 84
Cheney died Monday night from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back speaks during a joint news conference following talks at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
Hegseth says ‘flexibility’ needed for U.S. forces in South Korea
The U.S. defense secretary hinted that U.S. troops stationed in South Korea could be used in the event of a “regional contingency.”
Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour Party and now prime minister, speaks to supporters at a reception celebrating his election win in London in July 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2025
Britain’s political system is undergoing a risky revolution
The British have traditionally prided themselves on the uniqueness of their political system; an aristocratic arrangement that evolved peacefully into a democratic one.
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
SPORTS / Skateboarding
Nov 4, 2025
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
At 66, Judi Oyama would be considered a senior citizen by Japan’s official standards, but nothing about her life fits that description.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping leave after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
COMMENTARY
Nov 4, 2025
The U.S. had the spotlight. China stole the show.
Xi’s diplomacy rests on the idea that China represents a “non-Western form of modernization.”
The commercial hub of Lagos Island, in Lagos on Monday. Nigeria has faded from U.S. focus in recent years, and it was unclear what prompted U.S. President Donald Trump's Saturday announcement.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
Whiplash: How Trump’s threat to strike Nigeria further reshuffles Pentagon priorities
Trump’s announcements in the past week on everything from nuclear testing to Nigeria have caught many off guard.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and then-Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on the day they visit the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka in July.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Nov 4, 2025
The top U.S. court can’t stop all of Trump’s tariffs. Deal with it, officials say.
Under one legal authority or another, Trump’s tariffs are expected to stay in place long-term.
With new FAA rule changes allowing drone flights beyond visual line of sight, U.S. law enforcement agencies are expanding autonomous drone programs, raising both operational capabilities and privacy concerns.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2025
The future of drones is policing, not delivering packages
The ability to provide live, aerial views at the fraction of the cost of a helicopter also makes drones useful for law enforcement and firefighters.
The United States is expected to push for action against seven vessels suspected of violating United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
U.S. wants U.N. sanctions on seven vessels over North Korea exports
A U.S. official said the seven vessels have illegally exported North Korean coal and iron ore to China, which could earn Pyongyang hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
A worker sorts fresh fruit and vegetables at a food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Oct. 29, days before food aid benefits, including SNAP payments, were to be suspended starting Nov. 1 amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
U.S. to pay reduced food aid benefits, but warns of weeks or months delay
SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, lapsed for the first time ever on November 1 during the federal shutdown.
Pressed on his claims that Russia and China have been testing their nuclear weapons, U.S. President Donald Trump said that a global monitoring system that employs state-of-the-art technology had somehow failed to detect the tests.
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2025
Trump claims that China and Russia secretly conduct nuke tests
The U.S. leader alleged that the nation’s rivals “test way underground, where people don’t know exactly what’s happening.”
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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