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The cover of Newsweek Japan in March prominently featured “moshi-tora.” (Newsweek) TOKYO — The U.S. presidential election has spawned a viral Japanese phrase that encapsulates the mild panic brewing here: “moshi-tora,” or “if Trump.” It’s a shorthand for: What if Donald Trump wins? Many capitals around the world are debating the “America First” president’s potential return. But in Japan — which va

Twenty-five percent of Americans say it is “probably” or “definitely” true that the FBI instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a false concept promoted by right-wing media and repeatedly denied by federal law enforcement, according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll. The Post-UMD poll finds a smaller 11 percent of the public overall thinks there is “solid eviden

Russian nationalist Alexander Dugin attends a funeral on Aug. 23, 2022, in Moscow for his daughter Daria Dugina, who was killed in a car explosion. (Evgenii Bugubaev/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) KYIV — The cluttered car carrying a mother and her 12-year-old daughter seemed barely worth the attention of Russian security officials as it approached a border checkpoint. But the least conspicuous piece

The company formerly known as Twitter has been slowing the speed with which users could access links to the New York Times, Facebook and other news organizations and online competitors, a move that appeared targeted at companies that have drawn the ire of owner Elon Musk. Users who clicked a link on Musk’s website, now called X, for one of the targeted websites were made to wait about five seconds

In the fall of 2020, the National Security Agency made an alarming discovery: Chinese military hackers had compromised classified defense networks of the United States’ most important strategic ally in East Asia. Cyberspies from the People’s Liberation Army had wormed their way into Japan’s most sensitive computer systems. The hackers had deep, persistent access and appeared to be after anything t

LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, Twitter announced that it would begin sharing ad revenue with content creators on its platform for the first time. But the offer won’t apply to all creators. The first beneficiaries appear to be high-profile far-right influencers who tweeted before the announcement how much they’ve earned as part of the program. Ian Miles Cheong, Benny Johnson and Ashley St. Clair all to

Former president Donald Trump disclosed new details about roughly $1 billion in earnings in a revised financial filing covering much of his post-presidency, including money from foreign ventures, speaking fees and a Florida golf course. Trump reported several hundred sources of income in an initial April financial disclosure but provided only broad ranges for the income he received from each sourc

A bookstore owner in Islamabad shows off a copy of one of National Geographic's most famous covers, featuring Afghan refugee Sharbat Gula in 1984. (B.K. Bangash/AP) Like one of the endangered species whose impending extinction it has chronicled, National Geographic magazine has been on a relentlessly downward path, struggling for vibrancy in an increasingly unforgiving ecosystem. On Wednesday, the

Three months before saboteurs bombed the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, the Biden administration learned from a close ally that the Ukrainian military had planned a covert attack on the undersea network, using a small team of divers who reported directly to the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces. Details about the plan, which have not been previously reported, were collected by a

The genius behind Zelda is at the peak of his power — and feeling his ageEiji Aonuma designed marionettes before overseeing the wildly popular video game series. Its latest title, ‘Tears of the Kingdom,’ has sold 10 million copies. Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma: “I would really be happy if our game encourages imaginative thinking in people, and that they could carry that into their real lives.” (Mary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has won the trust of Western governments by refusing to use the weapons they provide for attacks inside Russia and prioritizing the targeting of Russian forces inside Ukraine’s borders. But behind closed doors, Ukraine’s leader has proposed going in a more audacious direction — occupying Russian villages to gain leverage over Moscow, bombing a pipeline that t

Visit by Japan’s Kishida to Kyiv gives sharp contrast to Xi in Russia This Handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on March 21, 2023 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) welcoming Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a meeting at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv. - Japan's prime minister arrived in Kyiv on March 21, after the foreign ministry announce

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine — The quality of Ukraine’s military force, once considered a substantial advantage over Russia, has been degraded by a year of casualties that have taken many of the most experienced fighters off the battlefield, leading some Ukrainian officials to question Kyiv’s readiness to mount a much-anticipated spring offensive. U.S. and European officials have estimated that

Musk suspends journalists from Twitter, claims ‘assassination’ danger Company executives alleged that the more than half a dozen reporters endangered Twitter’s owner by sharing his location. But a review of their tweets shows no evidence of it.

A document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club last month, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about classified material stashed in the Florida property. Some of the seized d

Anyone who lives in the Mid-Atlantic knows that pop-up thunderstorms are a staple of the summertime. Tuesday was no exception, featuring a spattering of renegade downpours that blossomed during the heat of the day. But one of the storms west of D.C. wasn’t your typical late-day shower: The cloud appeared to be shimmering in rainbow hues. It wasn’t a rainbow though, nor was it a sun halo. Instead,

Russia’s spies misread Ukraine and misled Kremlin as war loomed The Moscow headquarters of Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, which played a key role in President Vladimir Putin's war plans. (Emily Sabens/The Washington Post; AFP/Getty; Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty; iStock) KYIV, Ukraine — In the final days before the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s security service began sending cryptic instruct

Former White House national security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that it was a “mistake” to believe the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was part of a “carefully planned coup d’etat” by President Donald Trump. “That’s not the way Donald Trump does things,” Bolton told Jake Tapper on CNN’s “The Lead.” “It’s rambling from one half, vast idea to another, one plan that falls through and anothe

TOKYO — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP, and its coalition partners have secured a two-thirds supermajority in the nation’s parliament, according to Sunday’s election results, a powerful showing that could allow the LDP to carry forward former prime minister Shinzo Abe’s biggest ambitions in the aftermath of his assassination. The overwhelming victory could u