Also in today’s newsletter, Indonesia’s GoTo paves way for merger with rival, and Trump’s retribution campaign takes a hit ...

A 21-year-old Ukrainian sumo wrestler who fled the Russian invasion has won an elite-level sumo competition in Japan, where ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn became the first-ever sumo champion in Japan on Sunday, November 23, 2025.A ...

With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone ...

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held a call at a time when China is entangled in geopolitical tensions on three fronts: the Russian war on Ukraine, the public spat with Japan, and the issue of Taiwan.

There are 28 key points and while several on the face of it could be acceptable to Ukraine, others cross Kyiv's red lines.

President Donald Trump had a phone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shortly after speaking with ...

The US and Russia have drafted a new proposal to end the war in Ukraine. The document includes 28 points and talks about Kyiv ...

The West is not a spectator to this. It is the custodian of the one pressure point Putin did not foresee: His own frozen ...

The China Security Report 2026, released by the National Institute for Defence Studies (NIDS) in Tokyo, argued that the ...

U.S. and Ukrainian officials sought on Monday to narrow the gaps between them over a plan to end the war in Ukraine, after agreeing to modify a U.S. proposal that Kyiv and its European allies saw as a ...

Last week we saw the Japanese launch a surprise attack on the Russians at Port Arthur and the early stages of the ensuing ...