Politics
Trump Rages at Nobel Snub as Winner's Record on Japan Resurfaces
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize went to South African jurist Navi Pillay, and Trump, who had argued he deserved it, reacted furiously, calling the decision shameful and an indelible stain on Norway and saying he had never heard of the winner. In Japan, attention turned to Pillay's 2013 call for caution over the Specially Designated Secrets Protection Act. Reactions split between cold mockery of Trump and a divided verdict on Pillay.