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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the Iran war at the White House last month.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 9, 2026
Trump’s feuds and tensions with allies likely to outlast Iran war
Allies from Europe to the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific are once again fearful that the U.S. might be unreliable in a future crisis.
A solar panel manufacturing plant in Ohio. Policy uncertainty is driving installers and insurers away from U.S. solar factories with China ties.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 9, 2026
Trump’s crackdown on China-linked solar firms stalls U.S. factory boom
Policy uncertainty is driving installers and insurers away from U.S. solar factories with China ties.
A departure board showing canceled Spirit Airlines flights at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, on May 2.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 9, 2026
Spirit exit likely to lead to higher U.S. airfares, experts say
Spirit’s shutdown has added to worries about higher airfares, as ticket prices already rise over soaring jet fuel costs due to the Middle East war.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda arrives for a news conference after a BOJ policy meeting in Tokyo last month.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
May 9, 2026
Japan bets on Washington and BOJ for extra punch in yen battle
The strategy is reliant on a small cast of heavyweights and is aimed less at a dramatic turnaround than at raising the cost of betting against the yen.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro (second from right) speak to soldiers during the Balikatan annual military exercises in Paoay, in the Philippines' Ilocos Norte province, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 9, 2026
From observer to contributor: Japan’s growing military role in Philippine drills
Several of the drills were conducted in northern Philippine areas facing Taiwan and the South China Sea, locations increasingly seen as central to deterrence planning.
The USS Rafael Peralta guided-missile destroyer implements a maritime blockade against the Iran-flagged crude oil tanker vessel Stream while the latter was attempting to sail toward an Iranian port on April 26.
WORLD
May 9, 2026
U.S. attack on Iran tankers sparks reprisals as deal hangs in balance
Iranian officials accused the United States of violating the ceasefire with the tanker strikes and hampering diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.
Han Kuo-yu, the speaker of Taiwan's parliament, announces the approval of a $25 billion special defense spending bill in Taipei on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 9, 2026
After months of wrangling, Taiwan lawmakers OK $25 billion defense spending bill
The spending, which opposition lawmakers say will be used for U.S. weapons, falls well short of the government’s proposed budget of nearly $40 billion.
A billboard with a graphic design about the Strait of Hormuz on a building in Tehran on Wednesday
WORLD
May 8, 2026
U.S. and Iran trade fire, threatening fragile truce
Trump said the ceasefire was still in place, despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz that fanned fears.
A Vilseck military community street sign in Vilseck, Germany, on Tuesday
WORLD
May 8, 2026
A small town in Germany braces for end to decades of life with U.S. troops
The presence of ‌the U.S. military base in the small town of Vilseck produced a situation of dependence ​whose risks are now being felt, the town’s mayor said.
Koji Kano (left), vice minister of defense for international affairs, Vice Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi (second from left), South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo (second from right) and South Korean Vice Defense Minister Lee Doo-hee in Seoul on Thursday
JAPAN
May 8, 2026
Japan and South Korea hold security talks in Seoul
Representatives discussed the importance of bilateral ties and trilateral cooperation with the U.S., as well as issues related to North Korea and the Middle East.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi along with his Indonesian counterpart, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, inspect an honor guard during a welcome ceremony in Jakarta on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 8, 2026
Indonesia-Japan defense pact reshapes Indo-Pacific security
The implications for the Indo-Pacific are significant. A more capable Indonesia could strengthen deterrence and help maintain open sea lanes, reinforcing regional stability.
With U.S. President Donald Trump desperately seeking a deal to end the Iran war before he lands in Beijing for his May 14 to 15 visit, China could seek to use his weakened position to extract concessions on key issues.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2026
Trump heads for Xi summit overshadowed by Iran war
With U.S. President Donald Trump seeking a deal to end the Iran war before he lands in Beijing, China may seek to use his weakened position to extract concessions on key issues.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda (center) attends a monetary policy meeting with other high-ranking officials in Tokyo on April 28.
EDITORIALS
May 8, 2026
Japan pulls out the stops to halt the yen’s slide
While the yen’s dive has been abetted by speculators, the real causes of the currency’s weakness are structural.
Pacific Container Terminal in Long Beach, California, on Jan. 14.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 8, 2026
U.S. trade court rules Trump tariffs illegal, but issues narrow block
The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled in favor of two businesses and Washington ‌state ‌that challenged the tariffs.
An oil refinery in Germany on Thursday. Oil supplies are set to tighten further even if the U.S. and Iran reach a deal to end their war.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
May 8, 2026
Oil supply shock to worsen as inventories fall further even if conflict ends
The rapid depletion of commercial stockpiles and emergency reserves has come at a time when ‌stockpiles are typically ‌built in preparation for the Northern Hemisphere summer.
The Nikkei stock average rose 5.6% to close at a record high of 62,833.84 Thursday, ending above 62,000 for the first time.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 7, 2026
Japan’s Nikkei soars to a record on U.S.-Iran deal optimism
The tech-heavy Nikkei 225 Stock Average advanced 5.6% to close at a record high of 62,833.84, ending above 62,000 for the first time ever.
Taiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen (left, front desk) attends a parliament session in Taipei, in 2024.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2026
China may try ‘maneuvering’ over Taiwan issue at Trump meeting, Taipei official says
U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing next week.
Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on May 19, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2026
Rubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff
The U.S. secretary of state’s Thursday visit at the Vatican is the first between the pope and a Trump cabinet official in nearly a year.
People chant during a rally in Tehran on May 6.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2026
U.S. and Iran inch towards short-term deal to end fighting
The emerging plan centers on a short-term memorandum rather than a comprehensive peace deal.
The Port of Fujairah has become one of the United Arab Emirates' economic lifelines since the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2026
Gulf’s fragile trade lifeline hangs on two eastern UAE ports
They are now handling the bulk of the UAE’s seaborne trade in place of ​the major terminals on the western coast inside the Gulf.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
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
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.
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
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.

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