While the U.S. military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a U.S. embargo continue to navigate the very same Caribbean waters undisturbed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/venezuela-us-oil-violations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #venezuela #oil #us #drugs #gangs #donaldtrump

U.S. President Donald Trump has been meddling in Latin America in ways harkening back to an earlier era in U.S. history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/trump-latin-america-interventionist/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #gangs #drugs

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany is courting support in Washington, leveraging ties to MAGA personalities who have risen to senior roles in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/far-right-afd-trump-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #germany #republicans #donaldtrump #afd #jdvance #marcorubio

A stone's throw from Venezuela, in the eye of a political storm fueled by a U.S. naval deployment, fishermen from the archipelago of Trinidad and Tobago fear getting caught up in the tumult. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/us-venezuela-trinidad-fishermen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #trinidadandtobago #venezuela #us #donaldtrump #nicolasmaduro

Nagasaki’s mayor on Thursday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to restart nuclear tests, calling it “absolutely unacceptable.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/nagasaki-mayor-trump-nuclearg/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #shirosuzuki #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nobelprize

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to restart the testing of nuclear weapons has raised fears and confusion in Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/trump-nuclear-testing-curveball/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #nuclearweapons #china #russia

Some neighborhoods of heavily Democratic Washington have a tradition of putting up Halloween displays with a decidedly political tone, with some residents using the holiday to protest the president's policies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/trump-halloween-democrats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #halloween #us #donaldtrump #democrats

Nikkei 225 broke 52,000 as records continue to topple, with the surprise rally remaining strong despite significant economic uncertainty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/markets/nikkei-52000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #nikkei #stocks #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #malaysia #china

U.S. President Donald Trump said he didn’t discuss approving sales of Nvidia’s top-of-the-line Blackwell chips to China in talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/tech/trump-xi-nvidia-blackwell-chip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #china #donaldtrump #xijinping #nvidia #chipmakers

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to immediately restart the process for testing nuclear weapons after a halt of 33 years, a move that seemed to be a message to rival nuclear powers China and Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/nuclear-testing-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #china #russia #northkorea

The one-year truce struck between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is likely to only stabilize relations between the world’s two largest economies rather than resolve fundamental differences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/trump-xi-truce-buy-time/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uschinarelations #trade #donaldtrump #xijinping

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In her first weeks as prime minister, Sanae Takaichi unified the LDP, formed a new conservative coalition, advanced Japan’s defense and trade agendas and secured strong public support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/30/japan/four-questions-for-takaichi-after-one-week/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #fumiokishida #shigeruishiba #yoshimitsumotegi #shinjirokoizumi #yoshimasahayashi #takayukikobayashi #satsukikatayama #hirofumiyoshimura #fumitakefujita #donaldtrump #ldp #komeito #jip #dpp #sanseito

New York declares state of emergency to issue food banks $65m amid shutdown https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/new-york-food-banks-emergency-shutdown #USfederalgovernmentshutdown2025 #USfederalgovernmentshutdowns #Trumpadministration #Foodpoverty #DonaldTrump #Virginia #NewYork #Oregon #USnews #Food

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A 19th-century showdown between China and the West began, much as today’s did, with mounting Western anger over a huge Chinese trade surplus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/politics/19th-century-opium-war-xi-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #uk #opium #drugs #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

Radio Free Asia, founded nearly three decades ago to report on China and other Asian countries without independent media, has said it will halt production after the U.S. government ceased funding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/politics/radio-free-asia-trump-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #radiofreeasia #china #myanmar #humanrights #us #donaldtrump #republicans

Japan's prime minister deserves praise for charming Trump, but their relationship is just getting started. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/30/japan/takaichi-praised-for-handling-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #politics #primeminister #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump