Japan’s hawkish new PM has angered Beijing after suggesting her country could become involved in a military conflict between China and Taiwan

Activity around Japanese-held islands, also claimed by China, comes after PM Sanae Takaichi said Japan might respond militarily to an invasion of Taiwan China has sent its coast guard through the waters of the Senkaku islands and military drones past outlying Japanese territory as Beijing ramps up tensions over the Japanese prime minister’s remarks on Taiwan. On Sunday the Chinese coast guard said its ships made a “rights enforcement patrol” through the waters of the Senkaku, which are administered by Japan but also claimed by China as the Diaoyu islands. Continue reading...

Tony Hall says it’s not ‘appropriate’ to pay US president with licence fee payer’s money after he threatened to sue broadcaster for up to $5bn The BBC should not pay any money to Donald Trump, the former BBC director general Tony Hall has said. The US president has said he plans to sue the BBC for up to $5bn (£3.8bn) despite receiving the apology he demanded over a misleading Panorama edit of his 6 January speech. Continue reading...

自民党の石破茂前首相は6日、文化放送のラジオ番組「大竹まことゴールデンラジオ！」に生出演し、在任中の1年間について大竹氏やジャーナリストの青木理氏の質問に答え…

トランプ大統領の原子力潜水艦建造承認にも注目 　AP通信「米軍の持つ最も敏感な技術の一つ」

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook won a round in federal court in her bid to keep her job despite President Trump's effort to fire her.

【ワシントン時事】米紙ニューヨーク・タイムズ（電子版）は５日、米海軍特殊部隊ＳＥＡＬＳ（シールズ）が２０１９年初頭、北朝鮮の金正恩朝鮮労働党総書記（当時は党委員長）を盗聴するための電子機器を仕掛けようと、北朝鮮沿岸で極秘上陸作戦を決行したが失敗していたと報じた。

Trump threatened to arrest Zohran Mamdani if the latter did not cooperate with ICE deportation operations in New York.

羽田空港ターミナルビルを運営する日本空港ビルデング(東京)は9日、横田信秋(よこた・のぶあき)社長(73)と鷹城勲(たかしろ・いさお)会長(81)が同日付で辞任したと明らかにした。関係者によると、子 ...

Thousands of demonstrators rallied at hundreds of events on Saturday to speak out against the president’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, job cuts and many other issues.

　【ワシントン共同】米CNNテレビは16日、内国歳入庁（IRS）が全米屈指の有名私立大、ハーバード大の非課税資格を撤回する方向で検討を進めていると報じた。学生のイスラエル抗議デモの取り締まり強化に向 ...

The Trump administration is considering taking control of the seating in the White House press briefing room from the independent White House Correspondents’ Association. Ashley Wu, a graphics reporte...

While presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science.”

文学とジェンダーを専門とする生駒夏美ICU教養学部長と文化人類学者として米モンタナ州立大学で長年教鞭を執ってきた山口智美氏（現・立命館大学教授）。ジェンダー研究を共通項とする二人が語る、人権へのミッションと実践。

米アイダホ州のミドルスクール（中等学校）で、“多様性”を示すポスターを撤去するよう、6年生の担任が学校側から命じられていたことがわかった。