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U.S.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent brushed off fears of Europeans weaponizing bond sales at Davos, but his response hinted at unease over America’s reliance on foreign capital.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2026
After Davos, bond markets are wielding a new big stick
Many now agree with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s assertion at Davos that the postwar international rules-based order has suffered a “rupture,” not a transition.
Britain's Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage and former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who defected from the Conservative Party to Reform U.K., react following a news conference in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2026
Braverman joins Farage’s Reform in latest blow to U.K. Tories
A Tory influx has opened Nigel Farage up to the charge he’s filling his Reform party with members of the unpopular administration of former Prime Minister Liz Truss.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during an interview at Downing Street in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2026
Starmer says U.K. won’t be forced to choose between U.S. and China
Starmer’s trip to China comes on the heels of a similar delegation by Canadian counterpart Mark Carney.
British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2026
U.K. to create new ‘British FBI’ police service
The move is being called the biggest shake-up in British policing ‌since Robert Peel established the first professional force in ​1829.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media in the briefing room of No. 9 Downing St. in central London on Jan. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2026
Trump hails U.K. troops’ sacrifice after backlash over NATO remark
Donald Trump stopped short of making a full apology, but said that British forces are “second to none.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speak during a news conference at Chequers last September in Aylesbury, England.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2026
U.K. PM slams Trump for saying NATO troops avoided Afghan front line
Trump appeared unaware that 457 British soldiers were among NATO troops who died during the conflict in Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks.
Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of the Apple Daily, arrives at West Kowloon Courts in Hong Kong in October 2020 to face charges related to an alleged illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2026
Fair trade: Jimmy Lai’s freedom for China’s very big U.K. Embassy
China will take over the Royal Mint building next to the historic Tower of London and spend over $1 billion building out its largest embassy in Europe.
The former Royal Mint Court office complex in London, the future site of a new Chinese embassy, on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
U.K.’s China embassy gamble shows changing calculations in divided West
British and U.S. politicians, local ​residents and British-based Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners say the new building could be used as a base for espionage.
Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean at the center of a controversy over sovereignty
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
Trump flips position to attack U.K.’s Starmer over Chagos deal
In a post on Truth Social, the president cited Britain’s decision to return sovereignty of Diego Garcia to Mauritius as a reason for the U.S. to acquire Greenland.
The Royal Mint Court, the proposed site of a new Chinese mega embassy at Royal Mint Court, in London on Saturday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2026
U.K. lays groundwork to approve controversial Chinese embassy
The decision on whether to grant planning permission for the embassy is set to be controversial due to ongoing concerns about the site’s position near sensitive cables.
British anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Oct. 13, where he was on trial charged with an offense under the Terrorism Act. The court later found him not guilty.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2026
So what does it mean to be properly English?
There’s nothing wrong in anybody taking pride in being English, of course, but as Orwell said, there’s something very un-English in shouting about it.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres inside 10 Downing Street in London on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2026
‘Bring it on’: U.K.’s Labour readies for EU reset fight
Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately set about repairing and rebuilding relations with the 27-member bloc after winning the July 2024 election that ousted the Conservatives.
Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. speaks to reporters in London on Saturday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 18, 2026
NBA chief wants to tap into soccer fan culture for new European competition
The NBA announced last year that it was exploring options for creating a new European-wide competition in partnership with world basketball body ​FIBA.
The turbulence at the start of 2026 signals the opening of a third phase of the "Great Game," defined by intensifying U.S.-China rivalry, a weakening rules-based order and a growing need for smaller nations to shoulder more responsibility for their own security.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 16, 2026
The ‘Great Game’ enters uncharted territory
In its original sense, the “Great Game” referred to the 19th- and early 20th-century strategic rivalry between the British and Russian Empires for dominance in Central Asia.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2026
Starmer faces own TACO problem after latest policy reversal
Labour’s policy reversal woes highlight the difficult transition the party has made from opposition, which is in part down to the shallow support that took it to power.
A narrowing of the yield premium of U.K. debt over Japanese government bonds has led to the appeal of gilts fading.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 13, 2026
Japanese funds sell most U.K. bonds since 2011 amid fiscal concern
Higher bond yields in Japan also sapped demand for gilts.
The chat window for chatbot Grok on a laptop
WORLD
Jan 13, 2026
U.K.’s Starmer escalates threats against X, calling Grok ‘shameful’
The prime minister vowed to enforce a law that bans the sexualization of people’s images without consent.
Members of the Danish armed forces practice looking for potential threats during a military drill as Danish, Swedish and Norwegian home guard units together with Danish, German and French troops take part in joint military drills in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on Sept. 17.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 12, 2026
U.K. and Germany discuss NATO forces in Greenland to calm U.S. threat
Heightened rhetoric from the Trump administration on possibly using military force to control Greenland has forced European leaders to quickly cobble together a strategy.
Former British U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson apologized on Sunday to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse.
WORLD
Jan 11, 2026
Ex-British envoy to U.S. apologizes to Epstein victims but defends his own conduct
Britain's former U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson, who was dismissed over his links to Jeffrey Epstein last year, apologized on Sunday to the victims of the late convicted sex offender but not for his own actions.
As head of primary at The British School in Tokyo, Eleanor Loran brings her experience working in far-flung locales like Hong Kong and New Zealand to the diverse school community in Japan.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 6, 2026
Eleanor Loran: ‘I believe in building empathy, tolerance and kindness’
A senior administrator at The British School in Tokyo shares her views on the value of international education and the challenges of maintaining a community in constant flux.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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