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An internally displaced family sits at a makeshift shelter during a visit by World Food Program officials to assess the knock-on effects from the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East in Kahda district of Mogadishu on May 7.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2026
The U.S.-Iran war is making world hunger much worse
The combined scourges of undernourishment, child stunting and wasting have become worse, halting a two-decade trend of improvement.
A circus group performs during the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa in September 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2026
JICA and the World Bank should put the poor first
Poor people are vulnerable to everything — disease, hunger, broken infrastructure and economic shocks. The question is will climate policy help them.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is set to become the first Japanese official to chair the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s Development Committee since its establishment in 1974.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2026
Katayama to be first Japanese chair of IMF-World Bank development panel
The committee, established in 1974, is currently chaired by Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson.
Nepalese Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal speaks during an interview in Kathmandu on Sept. 1 in the aftermath of flash floods.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2026
Rich nations should foot climate bill, says Nepalese minister
The Himalayan nation suffered one of the worst catastrophes in its history late last month when a tsunami-like flood cut a swath of destruction.
A young girl works in a field with her family in southern Niger. Global hunger will only continue to fall if governments invest in soil health, rural technologies, land rights and infrastructure.?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2026
To end global hunger, invest in rural communities
Restoring soil, improving technology access, securing land rights and upgrading infrastructure are vital to curb global hunger.
Members of Electricity Action Campaign and Unite Behind, angered over energy policy and corruption, demonstrate outside South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town in April 2023.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2026
Africa’s energy curse is a political choice
Every barrel of oil shipped from an African port to a European or Chinese terminal is a barrel not converted into kilowatts for an African household.
A woman fetches drinking water from an unprotected well, as Zimbabwe is experiencing an El Nino-induced drought, in July 2024.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2026
Strong El Nino could push 49 million more into acute hunger, U.N. agency says
The U.N. agency said in a report that there was an 81% chance of a very ?strong ?El Nino event.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, U.S. President Donald Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other world leaders attend a working dinner during the Group of Seven summit in Evian, France, on June 15.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 5, 2026
Japan positioned to link U.S. and Europe in a fragmented world
With Washington and Europe drifting apart, Tokyo’s FOIP strategy offers a path to maintain unity.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, during a welcoming ceremony before talks at the Kremlin in Moscow in May 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2026
Scarier than fiction: ‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ comes to life
The objective is not to promote authoritarianism directly, but to corrode the trust that sustains democratic societies and international cooperation grounded in rule of law.
Developing countries facing rising financial and geopolitical risks are turning to greater Global South cooperation through the newly formed Borrowers' Platform.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2026
Debtor countries finally have a group of their own
For decades, developing countries have been forced to navigate an increasingly complex international financial system
Vehicles line up for fuel at a gas station in Katembe, Maputo, Mozambique, in April amid the energy shock triggered by the Iran war.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2026
The Iran war and the global debt shock it fueled
Once again, a global crisis is disproportionately burdening countries that did not cause it.
Members of the M23 rebel group guard a laboratory in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Tuesday, as provincial authorities visit the facility where suspected Ebola samples are being tested.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2026
Containing Ebola is hard. The U.S. made it worse
One thing is certain: The decimation of USAID will make containing the spread much more difficult.
Seiji Jige, president of the Development Bank of Japan, speaks during an interview in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 20, 2026
DBJ to strengthen its investment operations
The state-backed lender announced a five-year medium-term management plan that includes supplying ?3 trillion in risk capital, including through investments.
China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang speaks about the Belt and Road initiative on the sidelines of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing that September.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 7, 2026
Into Africa: China continues its dominance on the continent
Tokyo must step up those efforts and work with other partners to ensure that African countries have geopolitical choices.
An oil refinery under construction on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria. Africa already has the capital needed for development, but without better institutions, investment platforms and regulations, most domestic savings remain trapped in government debt.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2026
Putting Africa’s savings to work for its people
The task now is to build the architecture that channels Africa’s savings into productive investments.
An orphaned Sudanese child eats a free meal at a camp in eastern Chad in November.
WORLD / Society
Apr 24, 2026
Ten countries are home to two-thirds of world’s most hungry: U.N.-backed report
Improvements in some countries, such as Bangladesh and Syria, were “almost fully offset by notable deteriorations” in Afghanistan, Congo, Myanmar and Zimbabwe, the report said.
Kie Kanda (center), a Japan International Cooperation Agency official, shows a maternal and child health handbook in the Mustang district in Nepal last October.　
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2026
Japan-backed group to distribute maternal handbooks in Nepal
The Japan International Cooperation Agency hopes to encourage continuous care and reduce the death rates of mothers and children in Nepal.
France's development minister, Eleonore Caroit, attends an interview on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank 2026 spring meetings in Washington on Thursday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Apr 18, 2026
France and other World Bank shareholders seek solution to preserve climate strategy
World Bank shareholders are looking for ways to keep the development lender’s climate strategy alive after its official expiration at the end of June.
GSMA Director General Vivek Badrinath speaks during a keynote session at the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 3. Badrinath says a memory chip shortage resulting from chipmakers prioritizing the artificial intelligence sector is hindering efforts to bring more people online worldwide.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 15, 2026
AI-driven chip shortage slowing efforts to get world online: GSMA
Chipmakers are producing fewer less-flashy chips that are used in everyday consumer electronics as they prioritize the lucrative artificial intelligence industry.
Farmers separate wheat grains from husks at a farm on the outskirts of Varanasi, India, on Tuesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Apr 15, 2026
India’s green fuel plans collide with farmers’ water fears
India, which imports 80% of its oil and gas, has made ethanol central to its clean energy plans and, as war in the Mideast impacts the price and supply of oil, its energy security.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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