Politics

3 November 2025
In 2023, Estonia's government said that Taiwan would be permitted to open a representative office in Tallinn. It has yet to happen.
Richard Choi, a Liberal Democrat councillor, hosted an event to celebrate the efforts of Hong Kong volunteers in Sutton, in southwest London, in December 2024. (Courtesy of Richard Choi)
Immigration

Hong Kongers navigate challenges of settling in Britain

English proficiency, local engagement help, but family ties can come under pressure

2 November 2025
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shake hands during a meeting at Downing Street in London on Oct. 29.
International relations

UK and Vietnam upgrade strategic partnership, champion free trade

14th country at Hanoi's highest diplomatic level, London also seeks to tackle illegal migrants issue

30 October 2025
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul's trip to China has been postponed, a spokesperson said. (Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Dawid Zuchowicz via Reuters)
International relations

German foreign minister's China trip cancelled, spokesperson says

Berlin concerned about Chinese controls on rare earth exports

24 October 2025
Demonstrators at the Chinese Embassy in London in November 2024 hold signs calling for the release of 45 pro-democracy activists sentenced to prison by Hong Kong's High Court.
International relations

UK law change paves way for Hong Kong extraditions, unnerving exiles

Fugitive Hong Kongers fear reprisals and call for more protection from Beijing

22 October 2025
ICEYE has launched 54 satellites to date and aims to reach over 100 by 2027. (ICEYE)
17 October 2025
Nexperia has come under scrutiny due to its relationship with its Chinese parent Wingtech.
Supply Chain

BMW's supply chain faces fallout from Dutch takeover of Nexperia

German automaker says it is ready to take action to mitigate the risk

17 October 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street in London on Oct. 15.
International relations

UK PM Starmer says will publish key witness statements in China spy case

Charges were dropped against 2 men who had denied passing politically sensitive info

16 October 2025
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar sit at a fraud factory on the Thailand-Myanmar border, after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, on Feb. 26.
Crime

US charges Cambodian executive in massive crypto scam

Over $14bn in bitcoin seized in fraud case amid allegations of forced labor

15 October 2025
Christopher Cash, left, and Christopher Berry were charged in London for spying for China, but their cases were dropped after prosecutors said they were unable to obtain evidence from the government. (Nikkei collage/Source photos by Reuters)
International relations

UK faces claims of capitulation to China after spy trial collapses

Critics say London must hold Beijing to account on security, human rights

13 October 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, greets his British counterpart, Keir Starmer, in Mumbai on Oct. 9.
Trade

Modi and Starmer to boost trade, defense ties in wake of deal

Indian companies to invest in UK, British universities to open Indian campuses

9 October 2025
Helene Budliger Artieda, Switzerland’s state secretary for economic affairs, speaks to Nikkei Asia in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 26. (Photo by Ahmad Mustakim)
Interview

Swiss trade chief eyes deeper ASEAN push after Malaysia deal

European nation's innovation and bloc's scale create powerful synergy, Budliger Artieda says

6 October 2025
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said he hopes a Tokyo office would be a "visible sign" of friendly relations with Japan. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
International relations

Europe space agency eyes Tokyo office, deeper collaboration with JAXA

Departments hope to maintain stable presence amid turbulence from US, Russia

4 October 2025
Japanese companies and universities can receive EU funding if they are approved for the Horizon Europe program.
Science

Japan to join EU research program, eyeing quantum and other tech

Universities have been pushing Tokyo to participate in Horizon Europe

4 October 2025
Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing says Germany has room to engage in debt spending without causing market anxiety. (Deutsche Bank)
Interview

Deutsche Bank is Asian investors' 'gateway' to German defense buildup: CEO

'We are at the center of it,' Christian Sewing tells Nikkei

30 September 2025
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, seen in June 2023.
Ukraine war

Ukraine nuclear plant without offsite power for 6 days, IAEA chief says

Kyiv wants IAEA stewardship for Russian-held Zaporizhzhia station, citing radiation risks

30 September 2025
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a courthouse in Paris after the verdict in his trial with other defendants on charges of corruption and illegal financing of an election campaign related to alleged Libyan funding of his successful 2007 presidential bid, on Sept. 25.
Politics

Former French President Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term in stunning downfall

Tougher-than-expected sentence will land 70-year-old in prison even if he appeals

25 September 2025
A Belarusian Mi-35 attack helicopter during the Russia-Belarus Zapad 2025 military drills near Borisov, Belarus, on Sept. 15.
Trade

Russian aggression in eastern Europe threatens China-EU trade route

Poland's recent closure of border with Belarus highlights risks to key rail link

25 September 2025
Wind turbines off the coast of New Brighton, near the city of Liverpool in northwest England.
Energy

UK energy giant's China turbine deal raises national security fears

Dropped by Germany and facing forced Uyghur labor claims, Ming Yang forms tie with Octopus

25 September 2025
(Nikkei montage/Source photos by Suzu Takahashi, Getty Images and Reuters)
International relations

India, EU stick to year-end trade deal goal amid Trump's tariff onslaught

Analysts see timeline as 'ambitious' but view Europe as 'cushion' to absorb tariff shocks

24 September 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23.
International relations

Trump in UN speech says body 'not even coming close' to its potential

US president warns of 'double-tailed monster' of migration and green energy

24 September 2025
Countries participating in the Drone Coalition are using experience gained from the Ukraine war to refine their own drone technologies. (Photo by Takayuki Tanaka)
Interview

Latvia invites Japan into coalition supporting Ukraine drones

Latvian foreign minister says Tokyo could offer nonlethal units in war serving as tech testbed

23 September 2025
Displaced Palestinian children flee southward in the Gaza Strip on Sept. 21 after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south.
International relations

Britain, Canada and Australia recognize a Palestinian state

Palestinian FM says sovereignty is closer; Israel calls move reward for 'murderers'

21 September 2025
Hao Du, a Reform UK councilor, believes keeping Britain's doors open to "unnecessary migration" could lead to an "unsustainable" demographic shift. (Image from Du's X account)
Immigration

The Chinese immigrant representing a British anti-immigration party

Reform councilor Hao Du explains why East Asian values fit with right-wing populist party

21 September 2025
China is developing homegrown AI models, semiconductors and other robots.
Artificial intelligence

Global web of AI rules grows 30% in 3 years as cooperation stalls

US, Europe and China pursue their own aims, leaving rest of world behind

20 September 2025
A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet carrying a Kinzhal missile takes off from the Hemeimeem air base in Syria on June 25, 2021.
International relations

Estonia says Russian jets breach airspace in 'brazen' incursion

Incident follows recent Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace

20 September 2025
Stephane Sejourne, the European Commission's executive vice president for prosperity and industrial strategy, speaks with Nikkei in Tokyo on Sept. 16. (Photo by Seiko Ota)
Interview

Japan, EU should jointly develop rare earths in Greenland: senior EU official

Stephane Sejourne says European bloc will create own plan for deregulation

17 September 2025
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic predicts the fighting between Russia and Ukraine will last for at least six more months. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
Interview

Sanctions against Russia won't solve the problem: Serbian president

Belgrade seeks EU membership, but bloc has lost appeal with many people, says Vucic

16 September 2025
Christopher Cash arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on April 26, 2024.
International relations

UK drops case against two men accused of spying for China

Prosecutors cite lack of evidence in high-profile espionage case

15 September 2025
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a ceremony at the Pentagon to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sept. 11 in Washington.
Ukraine war

Trump calls on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil

US president say members should impose 50% to 100% tariffs on China

13 September 2025