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Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Finnish counterpart, Antti Hakkanen, inspect an honor guard before their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2026
On nuclear policy, Koizumi agrees with Finnish defense chief: Japan ‘must not be naive’
The two defense ministers discussed the Nordic country’s decision to allow nuclear weapons onto its soil as Japan weighs a similar policy shift.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training event near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji training field in?Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in June.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Koizumi to meet Finnish defense chief, with nuclear policy shift to top agenda
The talks come after Finland revised a law allowing nuclear weapons into the country — a decision that came as Japan weighs a similar shift in policy.
Police personnel and firefighters help evacuate people from a fake train station after a simulated attack by China during the annual Min An Civil Defense drills in New Taipei City in July 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2026
Taiwan’s resilience must be built before a crisis
Taiwan has focused heavily on military readiness against China, but it now faces a tougher question: how its society will deal with prolonged duress.
Formed in 2015, Finnish metal band Beast in Black draws inspiration from — and pays homage to — Kentaro Miura’s classic manga “Berserk” in many of its songs.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 6, 2026
A Finnish metal band riffs on dark fantasy manga ‘Berserk’
Finland-based metal band Beast in Black has found a well of inspiration in Kentaro Miura’s classic manga “Berserk.”
A Leopard 2 tank fires during military drill during the NATO Cold Response drills near Bardufoss, in Arctic Norway, on March 13.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 15, 2026
Leaders urge EU to boost Arctic role to tackle Russia ‘threat’
As sea ice melts, Russia, China and the U.S. have ramped up activity in the region, racing to claim natural resources and new maritime routes.
Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo in the lobby of his temporary offices at Etel?esplanadi 4.
WORLD
Sep 13, 2026
Arctic summit draws European leaders to fend off Russian threat
EU leaders are meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, to discuss the bloc’s influence in the area as the U.S., Russia and China seek to gain a foothold.
Participants in Finland’s National Defense Course gain access to military facilities, information and demonstrations that few Finns ever see.
WORLD
Jun 25, 2026
Finland’s secretive training course prepares its elite for war
Participants attend classified briefings and visit strategic facilities as well as government sites normally closed to the public over a period of three to four weeks.
A Border Guard helicopter and a Coast Guard patrol ship Turva seize a vessel suspected of a subsea cable breach in the Gulf of Finland last December.
WORLD
Jun 8, 2026
Finland tests early-warning system detecting threats to subsea cables
Baltic Sea undersea telecommunications cables, power connections and gas pipelines have been damaged in several incidents since Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022.
Philippe Bordarier, chief executive of nuclear operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), stands in one of the tunnels that is part of what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent nuclear fuel at the Onkalo nuclear repository in Eurajoki, southwestern Finland, May 18.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2026
In Finland, radioactive spent nuclear fuel soon to be buried underground
With space for 6,500 tons of uranium, a new facility in Finland is aimed at providing permanent storage for spent fuel from Finland’s five nuclear reactors.
Detective Aki Suzumiya (Anne Watanabe) teams up with Finnish counterpart Jon Laine (Jasper Paakkonen) in a gritty drama that spans geography and time.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
May 23, 2026
Nordic noir meets Japanese occult in ‘Blood and Sweat’
The Finnish-Japanese coproduction evolves from a classic detective drama into a fun, pulpy thriller, blending 91AV原创 folklore with sharp plotting.
People visit the graves of Russian service members killed during Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine at a cemetery on the outskirts of Donetsk, a Russian-controlled city in eastern Ukraine, on April 19.
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2026
Putin’s ‘special military operation’ is a catastrophic failure
Russia’s murderous assault on Ukraine is Europe’s longest and bloodiest war of the 21st century.
TikTok plans to invest �1 billion ($1.16 billion) to build its second data center in Finland in less than ?a year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 8, 2026
TikTok to build a second billion-euro data center in Finland
Finland has become a magnet ?for data centers ?as companies including Microsoft and Google look to curb energy ?costs and meet climate goals.
The Japanese government is considering revising requirements for permanent residency, including mandatory language proficiency and other moves that could place foreign residents under continuous evaluation and uncertainty about their future.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2026
91AV原创 residency debate risks turning integration into exclusion
What was once a predictable path toward long-term stability could become a precarious process subject to continuous state evaluation.
Finland’s proposal to remove some of its restrictions on nuclear weapons comes as European countries reassess their nuclear deterrence policies amid growing uncertainty about the reliability of the U.S. security guarantee.
WORLD
Mar 6, 2026
Finland to lift nuclear weapons restrictions in major shift
The government said it would put forward a bill proposing to permit defense-related import, transport, supply and possession of nuclear arms as it proceeds with NATO integration.
Use of food delivery services surged during the pandemic, when fewer people were dining out, but rising competition has proved challenging for firms and led to consolidation in a number of markets.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 26, 2026
Wolt pulls out of Japan amid DoorDash exit from some Asian markets
Wolt will also withdraw from Uzbekistan, while another DoorDash subsidiary Deliveroo will cease its food delivery services in Singapore and Qatar.
Nathan MacKinnon scores the winner as Canada advances to the gold-medal game, where it will face the U.S.
OLYMPICS / Ice hockey
Feb 21, 2026
Canada to face U.S. in Olympic ice hockey final
Tournament favorites Canada and the U.S.?will face off for gold at Milan’s Santagiulia Arena on Sunday, while Finland and Slovakia will battle for bronze on Saturday.
An elevator test center at Toshiba's Fuchu factory in Tokyo. Finnish elevator maker Kone already owns just under 20% of Toshiba's elevator unit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2026
Toshiba weighs reducing elevator unit stake as Kone circles
Finnish elevator maker Kone has spoken with potential advisers about possibly increasing its stake in Toshiba Elevator and has held initial discussions with the group.
The United States and Czech Republic compete during the women's ice hockey competition at the 2026 Olympics in Milan on Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Feb 6, 2026
Norovirus disrupts hockey competition as Italy gears up for Olympics
The most geographically dispersed Games in history will officially start with the opening ceremony on Friday.
China’s marriage market is being hollowed out by a shrinking pool of women of childbearing age and a severe gender imbalance, while those women who do marry are doing so later and having fewer children.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2026
Can China reverse its demographic decline?
China’s births have fallen to historic lows and deep structural forces make any lasting fertility rebound unlikely.
A member of the Finnish Border Guard's Special Intervention Unit takes part in an exercise on an offshore patrol vessel, Turva, near Helsinki on the Baltic Sea, Finland, on Monday.
WORLD
Jan 27, 2026
Finland hopes to prevent cable damage with new surveillance center
The Baltic Sea region has been on ?high alert after a string of power cable, telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

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