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MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida uses the word “peace” as he discusses his country’s momentous decision to undertake its largest buildup of military capabilities since World War II. “Since I became prime minister, we have substantially revised Japan’s National Security Strategy,” Kishida told Newsweek during an interview at his office in Tokyo on the heels of his first visit to Washington, D.C., as Japan’s leader for talks with President Joe Biden. “Now, in that strategy, of course, we will not change the steps we have been taking to date as a peace-loving nation.” Japan faces a changing international order that is anything but peaceful, in either its own neighborhood or beyond. Under Kishida’s leadership since 2021, it has more assertively set out a policy of…

CultureHIGH, LOW + EVERYTHING IN BETWEENMUSIC “PEOPLE KEPT SAYING, ‘DO YOU KNOW IT’S GOING to be 30 years? You need to do a tour.’ I [said], ‘No, it’s not been 30 years.’ I did the math, and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ Then I talked to my management. They’re like, ‘Yeah, you should do a tour. Let’s do it.’” In recalling the making of her third album, 1993’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Sarah McLachlan had no initial thoughts that it would be her breakthrough. Rather, she remembers the period of writing and recording as a time of a new personal outlook. “I was unencumbered,” she tells Newsweek. “I was single for the first time in my adult life for a good chunk of time. I just felt very free. It…

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy a lawn near Columbia University’s Butler Library on April 21, the fifth day of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.” Their demands included that the university divest support from Israel. Three days earlier, President Minouche Shafik called in the NYPD and 108 students were arrested for presenting a “clear and present danger,” violating university policies and trespassing. Classes were moved to a hybrid model for the rest of the semester, while similar encampments were erected at more than 40 other campuses across the country.…

SHORTLY AFTER RETURNING FROM HIS FIRST LEAD-ers-level visit to Washington, D.C., Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sat down with Newsweek for an exclusive interview in his Tokyo office to discuss the main takeaways from his trip, as well as the historic changes he is overseeing in his nation’s military, economic and diplomatic strategies. Kishida, who took office in October 2021, is looking to fortify his country’s long-standing alliance with the United States and expand regional ties. At the same time, Japan is undergoing its largest military buildup since World War II amid conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, and worsening tensions in the Asia-Pacific. Meanwhile, Kishida is also tasked with difficulties that beset Japan’s economy. Throughout his 40-minute interview—lightly edited for space and clarity, below—with Newsweek President and CEO…

IT IS SAID THAT THIS IS WHERE THE WORLD began—and perhaps where it will end. The true epicenter of the war in the Holy Land is not the devastated Gaza Strip, under Israeli assault since Hamas’ bloody raid last October sparked the region’s deadliest conflict in decades. It is a few dozen miles away in Jerusalem, at the holiest and most fiercely contested hilltop on Earth. The war has increased religious tensions and given new impetus to a group of Jews and their evangelical Christian allies who are set on rebuilding an ancient temple where millennium-old Islamic shrines now stand—a suggestion that arouses the horror not only of Palestinians and Muslims worldwide, but of many Jews in Israel and around the globe as well as that of would-be Middle East…

DIGITAL HEALTH IS A BURGEONING GLOBAL INDUSTRY. If you have a remote appointment with a doctor or other health care provider, wear a medical device or download electronic medical records, you’ve employed a digital health product. Data intelligence platform Statista predicts the global digital health market will exhibit a compound annual growth rate of more than 9 percent through 2028, when it will arrive at a projected market volume of $275 billion. Such tremendous growth can create confusion. How can would-be patients or medical providers assess which products, services or data-suppliers are most reliable and best able to meet their needs? To help identify the new services and technologies that are transforming health care, Newsweek is partnering with Statista for the inaugural ranking of the World’s Best Digital Health Companies.…