Hong Kong's SCMP reports that Trump asked Xi to lift China's export curbs on Japan, citing a threat to US industry. In July, China's magnet exports to Japan fell 52.2% while US shipments rose 4.6%.

Japan may write a study of nuclear-powered submarines into its security documents. Why nuclear propulsion is not nuclear arms, why the barrier is a 1965 legal reading, and what Australia, Korea and Brazil show.

Tohoku University-led researchers built a DNA switch: blue light makes mRNA inside cell-sized capsules, UV stops and cuts it. Why the brake matters, and why pinpoint therapy is still far off.

A guide dog user in Japan was turned down by more than 100 rentals. The law bans refusals in public housing but only asks private landlords to try. How the US and UK handle the same case.

Japan's competition watchdog searched Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo on October 7, 2026, over suspected coordination of wholesale beer prices. Nothing is proven. How would Europe or the US punish it?

A private system will rate Japan's onsen on five criteria for the water in the tub and name 21 three-star sites on October 26. How it differs from notices required since 2005 and a label abolished in 2019.

Cut at 26 episodes in 1974 and saved by reruns, Yamato (Star Blazers in the U.S.) gets a new film from Evangelion's Hideaki Anno and 2199 director Yutaka Izubuchi. No release date yet.

Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun FINALS is back after about four months. Creator Yoichi Takahashi also owns the real Nankatsu SC, which finished third and has one October tournament left to keep its JFL hopes alive.

About 1,000 crows roosted on the Asian Games race walk course in Nagoya, and a hospital ruled out firecrackers, so the city hired a falconer. In Japan, scaring off birds is a falconer's everyday job.