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Peter Magyar, leader of the Tisza party, holds a Hungarian flag during an election night event after parliamentary elections in Budapest on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 13, 2026
End of the Orban era: The party is just starting for Hungarians
Many in their 20s described the feeling of seeing Orban ousted akin to their parents¡¯ experience of 1989 and the fall of the Communist dictatorship.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance (right) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appear on stage together during a Day of Friendship event at MTK Sportpark in Budapest on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
Vance picks fight with Europe over Orban in vote endorsement
The U.S. vice president criticized the European Union for allegedly meddling in the Hungarian election, then endorsed the Hungarian prime minister as a model of leadership.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to attend the EU Western Balkans summit ahead of the European Council in Brussels in December.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 15, 2026
Orban¡¯s election campaign turns to Russia for help in final stretch
The Hungarian president has frequently sought to obstruct the European Union¡¯s efforts to support Ukraine and punish Moscow for its invasion.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at a European Council meeting in Brussels on Dec. 18, 2025. Orban is promising to block every EU decision that might help Ukraine until Kyiv restores the damaged Druzhba pipeline.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2026
Orban¡¯s hardening anti-Ukraine stance means trouble for the EU
The stakes for war-battered Ukraine couldn¡¯t be higher, with funds threatening to dwindle in a matter of weeks.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban makes a speech during a ceremony to lay the foundation stone of the new third terminal at Liszt Ferenc Airport in Budapest on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 23, 2026
Desperate for reelection, Hungary¡¯s Orban latches on to war fears
The right-wing nationalist with close links to Russia¡¯s Vladimir Putin is facing the most serious challenge yet in his long premiership.
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and others attend a video conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, at Fort de Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, France, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2025
Trump threatens ¡®severe consequences¡¯ if Putin blocks Ukraine peace
The U.S. president did not specify what the consequences could be, but he has warned of economic sanctions if his meeting with Putin proves fruitless.
Co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla sit at the plenary hall as the Bundestag, Germany¡¯s lower house of parliament, in Berlin, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 12, 2025
Isolated and fearing a ban, Germany¡¯s far-right tones down the rhetoric
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is hoping to go more mainstream and translate popularity into power.
A woman casts her early vote for the upcoming South Korean presidential election at a polling station in Seoul on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 29, 2025
How a Gen Z gender divide is reshaping democracy
Many angry, frustrated men in their 20s were seen breaking to the right in recent elections spanning North America, Europe and Asia.
Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized Israel's actions in the territory as "no longer comprehensible."
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2025
Germany shifts tone on Israel over ¡®incomprehensible¡¯ Gaza carnage
The message reflects a broader shift in public opinion but also a greater willingness from top-ranking German politicians to criticize Israel¡¯s conduct.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt holds a chart showing the development of antisemitic crime during a news conference in Berlin on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2025
Elections, Gaza and polarization drive political crime to record high in Germany
Far-right violence recorded by police surged 40.2% to 84,172 in 2024, a report published on Tuesday by the Interior Ministry showed.
German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union party leader Friedrich Merz speaks during a campaign event ahead of the upcoming 2025 general election, in Neubrandenburg, Germany, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 13, 2025
Russian-linked bots sow fear and distrust ahead of German vote: researchers
The bot networks¡¯ messaging seemed designed to help the second-placed, Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany.
A man kneels down at a designated area for commemorating fallen Ukrainian fighters in Kyiv. Ukraine's population has declined by 10 million since Russia invaded in February 2022, the United Nations said Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 22, 2024
Ukraine¡¯s population has fallen by 10 million since Russia¡¯s invasion, U.N. says
The United Nations said the invasion in February 2022 had turned an already difficult demographic situation into something more severe.
Displaced Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to evacuate their neighborhoods in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 22, 2024
War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says
The war has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza¡¯s population in poverty, with health and education knocked back 70 years.
Though none will yet say it openly, some in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party believe he should follow his idol U.S. President Joe Biden and step aside for a more charismatic champion.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2024
Far-right¡¯s fate in German regional vote could break or make Scholz
The vote in Brandenburg could trigger a party backlash against Olaf Scholz or, if his party holds the state, confirm him as their candidate for 2025.
President of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, speaks at a presentation of the 'Constitution Protection Report 2023' in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2024
Russia buying spies to make up for expelled diplomats, German agency says
Germany¡¯s domestic security service said Russia has proved adaptable in finding ways of influencing events in Germany.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2022
How a German state helped Moscow push a pipeline, weakening Ukraine
In the north German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where former Chancellor Angela Merkel had her constituency, ties to Russia run deep.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2021
As election nears, German conservatives raise specter of left-wing rule
Behind in polls just days before Sunday¡¯s vote, Angela Merkel¡¯s would-be successor is warning that Social Democrats, if victorious, would let the far-left into power.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 14, 2018
EU must brace for Russian threats, Chinese growth and U.S. crossing ¡®red lines,¡¯ says German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
Germany¡¯s foreign minister has called for the European Union to become a more self-confident global actor, prepared to take counter-measures when the United States crosses ¡°red lines¡± and able to respond to Russian threats and Chinese growth.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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