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At a time when China is believed to spend about $8 billion annually sending its ideas and culture around the world, President Donald Trump has...
In Japan, the media once shaped how the nation saw itself — through the nightly news, the front page of the morning paper or trusted commentators on...
Elon Musk arrived in the nation's capital with the chain saw-wielding swagger of a tech titan who had never met a problem he couldn’t solve with...
South Korea's young women are expected to lead a broad political backlash against the main conservative party at presidential elections on June 3,...
French President Emmanuel Macron is leaning towards recognizing a Palestinian state, but diplomats and experts say such a move may prove a premature...
Top officials at the European Union's executive commission says they're pushing hard for a trade deal with the Trump administration to avoid a 50%...
The number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government groups around the U.S. dropped slightly in 2024, not because of any shrinking influence but...
Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are moldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming...
Open a book of maps and look for the “Indo-Pacific” region – it likely won’t be there. Yet the Indo-Pacific is now central to how many...
U.S. President Donald Trump turned down the lights in the Oval Office on Wednesday and made South African President Cyril Ramaphosa the target of his...
Britain's pursuit of trade deals with the European Union and United States, while courting China, has made it a test case for navigating U.S....
For generations, official American documents have been meticulously preserved and protected — from the era of quills and parchment to boxes of paper...
The Hommachi United Law Firm in Tokyo explains on their website that if you were in a vehicle-on-vehicle accident in Japan and both cars were moving,...
What, exactly, the Republican Party stands for in terms of economic policy in the second Trump administration is a question reaching an inflection...
The conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir offers a potentially rich intelligence harvest for China in its own rivalry with India as it...
The more President Donald Trump talks about his efforts to reach deals with America's trading partners, the more confusing the tariff picture gets....
Whether you’re using AI to write cover letters, grade papers or draft ad campaigns, you might want to think twice about telling others. That simple...
IShowSpeed, a 20-year-old American YouTuber and internet star, recently livestreamed hourslong tours of Chinese cities including Beijing and...
The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believed federal money...
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily...
The Trump administration has recently revoked the visas of more than 1,300 foreign college students – detaining some – and launched immigration...
From cancer cures to climate change, President Donald Trump's administration has upended the American research landscape, threatening the United...
When Tsuneo Watanabe died in December 2024 at the age of 98, it wasn’t just the passing of a powerful media executive — it marked the end of...
As the Trump administration attempts to choke off exports of strategically important computer chips to China, experts say the effort might well...
The death of Pope Francis silences arguably the most powerful moral voice on the world stage critical of Donald Trump, with the pontiff taking the...
While pornography has been present throughout human history in various forms, such as ancient erotic art to more modernized motion pictures, research...
In Antalya, Turkey, in the early hours of March 27, Pikachu was spotted fleeing the police, making a getaway as fast as his short yellow legs could...
Washington's decision not to coordinate with European nations about its negotiations with Iran on Saturday will reduce its leverage and make U.S. and...
Many American universities, widely seen globally as beacons of academic integrity and free speech, are giving in to demands from the Trump...
Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden may not agree on much, but there is one issue on which they have been...
In unleashing global tariffs, President Donald Trump has vowed to remake the world to benefit U.S. workers. One beneficiary could be the country he...
U.S. President Donald Trump has exploited American nationalism as effectively as anyone in living memory. What sets him apart is his use...
President Donald Trump said on March 30 he was not joking about seeking a third term but did not explain how he would get around the U.S....
The executive order against one of the country's most prestigious law firms followed a well-worn template as President Donald Trump roared down the...
Elon Musk's rise as President Donald Trump's all-powerful wingman was as rapid and unstoppable as one of his SpaceX rockets. But reports Wednesday are...
In Japan, change tends to move at its own pace — especially when it comes to long-standing institutions. Nowhere is that more visible than in the...
The United States is no longer a democracy. At least, that’s the verdict of one nonprofit, the Center for Systemic Peace, which measures regime...
Are you angry about politics right now? Seething? You’re not alone. According to the Mood of the Nation Poll by researchers at Penn State, 9 in 10...
I have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, philosophical and religious...
Frightened by the prospect of U.S. security disengagement and three years of Moscow's war against Ukraine, European countries are debating reinstating...
Two British diplomats expelled in a spying row. A blistering statement from Russia's foreign intelligence service calling Britain "a warmonger." And a...
In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and...
As President Donald Trump seeks to end wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, his approach to both seems to boil down to giving the stronger party what...
Amid the delicate balance of Zen gardens and bullet trains, Japan stands on the verge of a historic misstep. As heated tobacco products (HTPs) are...
Is Tokyo really a safe city? The answer isn’t as straightforward as you might think. In 2024, the World Population Review named Tokyo the...
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those of...
Unprecedented direct talks between the U.S. and Hamas are a sign of dysfunction in fraught negotiations to prolong a truce in Gaza, analysts say....
As their party struggles to navigate the early days of Donald Trump's second presidency, some Democrats are convinced that their road to recovery lies...
U.S. President Andrew Jackson famously reacted to an unfavorable ruling by the Supreme Court chief justice with the defiant rejoinder: "John Marshall...
Has any nation squandered its diplomatic capital, plundered its own political system, attacked its partners and supplicated itself before its far...