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
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump have the facts on their side. Now they need to learn how to tell their story before others tell it for them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/30/world/china-is-controlling-the-global-narrative/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews
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
Sanae Takaichi’s first meeting with Donald Trump mirrored Shinzo Abe’s charm-based diplomacy, earning her praise, strong poll numbers, and a positive start for her new government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/29/trump-flattery-will-get-takaichi-everywhere/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #us #usjapanrelations #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump
Meta's pursuit of AI advancement without a strong safety culture has led to serious risks — especially for children — and unless the company fundamentally reforms its priorities, more harm is inevitable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/29/world/metas-chatbot-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #meta #facebook #chatgpt #chatbots #ai #artificialintelligence
As Hong Kong courts prosecute pro-democracy activists and tighten Beijing’s control, Western bankers attending a financial summit there are signaling they value profits over principles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/28/world/wall-street-and-hong-kongs-freedom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hongkong #china #communistparty #democracy #hongkongprotests
American strategy has shifted from courting India as a counterweight to China to demanding economic alignment on U.S. terms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/29/world/indias-options-in-a-trumpian-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #us #indiausrelations #narendramodi #donaldtrump #china #tariffs
The recent China spy scandal in the U.K. highlights a chaotic, disorienting political and intelligence environment, resembling something more likely found in spy fiction rather than real-world espionage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/28/world/uks-china-spy-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #china #slowhorses #johnlecarre #espionage #m15
OpenAI's latest blunder over its GPT-5 model's supposed solution to unsolved math problems highlights the gap between the current state of AI, which excels at pattern matching, and promises of superintelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/28/openai-latest-breakthrough-falls-flat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #chatgbt #openai #llms #artificialintelligence
A staunch conservative who has never joined a faction and avoided scandal, she may be ideally positioned to repair past damage to her party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/28/japan/re-building-the-ldps-big-tent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #komeito #jip #sanaetakaichi
Japan, under new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, plans to boost defense and regional security amid waning U.S. influence and rising threats from China, North Korea and Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/28/japan/japans-opportunity-to-flex-its-military-muscle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #sdf #defense #china #northkorea #russia
A new study shows that national security professionals are often overconfident, frequently wrong in their judgments, prone to false positives, and resistant to self-correction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/28/world/decision-maker-be-careful-of-loudest-voices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #defense #nato #donaldtrump
The U.S.-China economic confrontation is marked by chaos, lack of strategy and internal divisions within the Trump administration, raising critical questions about the future of global diplomacy and trade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/27/world/the-us-has-no-china-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #us #china #tariffs #trade #chinausrelations
Despite all the enthusiasm for AI, the signal from bond markets suggests that investors are unconvinced that the technology will generate sustained or widespread growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/27/world/what-the-markets-really-think-about-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #openai #google #anthropic #deepseek #markets #globaleconomy
It is tempting — but wrong — to view the two nations as a single security threat to Europe and NATO. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/27/world/china-and-russias-threat-to-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #russia #us #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #xijinping #defense
U.S. and European sanctions on Russian oil may not be enough to pressure Putin into ending the war in Ukraine, as Western resolve and actions remain lacking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/27/world/only-credible-threats-will-stop-putins-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #eu #sanctions #defense
SoftBank is relying on costly hybrid bonds to fund its $30 billion OpenAI investment, amid rising debt, cash flow issues and AI competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/26/japan/softbanks-openai-ambitions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #softbank #openai #artificialintelligence #bonds #masayoshisons
For women in power, the pressure to prove themselves often leaves little room to focus on gender identity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/26/japan/the-glass-cliff-and-takachis-rise-to-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #diet #jip #japaneseeconomy #inflation #defense #fiscalspending
Agency: **Marius Mason Update**
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by Panagioti Tsolkas, art by Marius Mason This update on political prisoner Marius Mason is published by Agency in collaboration with Fifth Estate Magazine. Earlier this year, Marius Mason — an anarchist, environmental and animal rights activist, vegan, artist, and trans advocate — was denied his scheduled gender affirming surgery by the Trump administration and […]
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