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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seen onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the U.S. military captured him on Saturday in an image posted on U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account.

WORLD / Politics

Trump snatches Maduro but leaves his regime in charge for now

Hours after President Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the U.S. plans to "run” Venezuela, uncertainty over what that means and who is in charge loomed.

Takaichi avoids criticizing U.S. removal of Venezuela's Maduro

Mock house, CIA source and special forces: The U.S. operation to capture Maduro

Was the U.S. capture of Venezuela's president legal?

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seen onboard the USS Iwo Jima after the U.S. military captured him on Saturday in an image posted on U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account.

A Japanese flag flutters near the National Diet Building in Tokyo on Oct. 21.

BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS

Japan policy wonks consumed by debate over how to measure fiscal woes

By Francis Tang

Ignoring the primary budget balance just obscures the problem, one side argues.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Dec. 17. Over her short two months in office, Takaichi has emphasized the restart of aging nuclear reactors and developing futuristic — but not yet commercially viable — technologies like nuclear fusion.

ENVIRONMENT / Energy

With a focus on nuclear power, Takaichi’s energy policy takes shape

By Eric Johnston

As she settles into the nation’s top office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s energy policy is quickly coming into focus and nuclear power stands at the forefront.

Then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and then-U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel visit Daiwa Sushi restaurant at Toyosu Market in Tokyo in Jan. 7, 2025.

BUSINESS / Companies

The very best is on the menu for business travelers flocking to Japan

By Elizabeth Beattie

From around the world they come, staying at Japan’s luxury hotels and dining at the most acclaimed restaurants as travel agencies and hotel operators work to cash in on the trend.

Undated photos of migrant workers and their families at the Canada Museum in Mio, Wakayama Prefecture

JAPAN

Tracing the family tree: Roots tourism gains traction in Japan

By Tomoko Otake

More and more overseas residents of Japanese descent are hoping to learn more about their family history, heritage and traditions.

Undated photos of migrant workers and their families at the Canada Museum in Mio, Wakayama Prefecture

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Dec. 17.

Takaichi avoids criticizing U.S. removal of Venezuela's Maduro

By Jesse Johnson

Some Japanese officials, including ex-defense chief Itsunori Onodera, voiced concern over the U.S. toppling of President Nicolas Maduro — and the precedent it could set for China.

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday following North Korea's launch of at least two ballistic missiles.

North Korea launches multiple missiles in first tests of 2026

By Jesse Johnson

Tokyo said the missiles flew on "irregular trajectories," traveling 900 and 950 km, respectively — a distance that puts a large section of southern Japan within striking distance.

Facility doubling as cafeteria and supermarket offers lifeline in quake-hit Noto

JR companies and local governments to continue talks on loss-making railway lines

In call, Takaichi and Trump agree to work toward spring visit to U.S.

By Jesse Johnson

Imperial family members host New Year’s gathering

Drilling rigs at a well operated by Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, in the oil rich Orinoco belt in the state of Monagas in April 2015

Despite Maduro's capture, there are no quick wins in tapping Venezuela's oil reserves

By Liz Hampton, Arathy Somasekhar and Nathan Crooks

The South American country may have the world's largest estimated oil reserves, but output has plummeted over the past decades.

An ingot of neodymium and praseodymium, two rare earths with powerful magnetic qualities, in China, in October 2013.

Inside China’s six-decade campaign to dominate rare earths

By Keith Bradsher

From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Chinese Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but heavily polluting industry.

Grok makes sexual images of kids as users test AI guardrails

Wall Street carries big expectations after best run since 2009

Tesla loses EV crown to China's BYD in 2025 as sales slip

New Year's sales start at major department stores

A person wears a MAGA style cap that reads "Make Venezuela great again" as they react to the news after U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. had struck the Latin American country and captured President Nicolas Maduro, in Miami on Saturday.

Trump's bet on regime change in Venezuela is a sharp departure from MAGA agenda

Since his second inauguration, Trump has bombed targets in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia, blown up alleged drug boats and threatened to invade Greenland and Panama.

Firefighters embrace in a moment of silence at a temporary memorial outside the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Saturday, days after a fire left at least 40 dead there.

Swiss authorities investigate bar managers after deadly New Year's blaze

The question of whether safety standards were respected has been debated ever since the devastating blaze.

South Korea's Lee lands in China, hoping to sidestep Taiwan tensions

A year on, LA wildfire survivors struggle to rebuild

By Romain FONSEGRIVES

Myanmar junta says to release over 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty

Why the boss of a Russian defense factory set fire to himself on Red Square

By Maria Tsvetkova

Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates her victory against Britain's Katie Swan in their women's singles match at the United Cup tennis tournament in Perth, Australia, on Sunday.

Osaka wins after Raducanu pulls out of United Cup clash

Despite Osaka's win, GB took the match 2-1 with a deciding mixed doubles victory.

Panasonic Impulse repeat as champions in the last Rice Bowl before X League reorganizes

By John Gunning

Seahawks bag NFC's top seed as Bucs stay alive

Blue Jays reach deal with Kazuma Okamoto

Driver in crash involving boxer Anthony Joshua charged with dangerous driving

U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to give a news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday after Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was captured and flown out of the country, having been indicted by a U.S. court.

Trump is tying his legacy to whatever happens in Venezuela

Andreas Kluth

The intervention probably also violates domestic U.S. law. It comes well after — if one starts the clock on Sept. 2 — when the U.S. struck the first boat in the Caribbean.

AI must not ignore human rights

By Alexandra Reeve Givens and Karen Kornbluh

AI Is getting dangerously good at political persuasion

By Parmy Olson

Buckle up for a volatile year of Trump-Xi, Taiwan and Kim

By Karishma Vaswani

How democracies learn to goose-step

By Kaushik Basu

Houses burned down by the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California. The widespread wildfires represented the most costly climate-linked disaster of 2025, in financial terms.

In 2025, climate policy was shoved aside even as extreme weather intensified

By Tomoko Otake

This year was not a good one for environmentalists or climate scientists as action against warming faced headwinds around the world.

Japan to draw up action plan to reduce clothing waste

How German engineers are building future-proof forests

By Joanna Gill

North Sea project promises to return carbon to exactly where it came from

Step aside fashion police, here comes fashion immigration

Gianmarco Soresi is known online for his crowd work, asking audiences to dish out family drama, and sharing his love of musical theater.

Comedian Gianmarco counts on naughty 'Dragon Ball' words to help him in Tokyo

By Zoria Petkoska

The New York-based Gianmarco Soresi is hyped to see how his style of crowd work plays with audiences in Asia on his first tour to this side of the world.

NHK drama series returns to Sengoku Period spectacle

By Alyssa I. Smith

A year of plenty: Endless art shows, subtle curation of themes

By Jennifer Pastore, Thu-Huong Ha and Zoria Petkoska

Brigitte Bardot, sex symbol turned animal activist, dies age 91

From trash to treasure: How anime became a museum staple

By Matt Schley

Since all 22 kilns in Suzu were destroyed in the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, many of the local potters came together for a joint firing in the municipal kiln.

Noto's Suzu ware reemerges from the earthquake rubble

By Jessica Kozuka

Two years after the 2024 earthquake and tsunami, Noto potters find purpose in carrying on their craft.

Start 2026 with familiar flavors of home

By Shyam Bhardwa

Running hot in 2026: What's in store for the Year of the Fire Horse

By Kathryn Wortley

The enduring charm of 91仓库 oldest Edo Period amusement park

By Aiko Imaizumi

Japan’s milestone birthdays: Why 60, 77, 80, 88 and 99 matter so much

By Yaeko Kabe

Anton (right) came to Japan in 1975 and, through her participation in the community, formed long-lasting relationships with her neighbors.

Making a home in Japan with holiday meals and memories

By Karen Hill Anton

An American writer reflects on Christmas cake, New Year’s food and the communities she has found in Japan over the course of 50 years.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

With double fire in play, 2026 favors visibility, creativity and breakthroughs — but demands balance to avoid burnout.

Running hot in 2026: What's in store for the Year of the Fire Horse

By Kathryn Wortley

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