China’s Ministry of Education has issued an official advisory urging Chinese nationals, particularly students, to reconsider studying in Japan due to a deteriorating public safety environment and rising security risks. The advisory…
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A poll reveals that Japanese opinions on the military response to China over Taiwan are mixed.
According to a Kyodo news agency poll conducted on Sunday, there is disagreement among Japanese citizens about whether Japan should use its right to collective self-defense in the event that China strikes…
China Coast Guard ship formation sails through Senkaku islands
A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the waters of the Senkaku Islands on Sunday on a “rights enforcement patrol”, the China Coast Guard said in a statement, as Beijing ramps…
Woman stabbed in Tokyo’s Akasaka district; attacker flees
A woman in her 40s was stabbed by a man in Tokyo’s Akasaka district on Sunday, police said, adding that the suspected attacker fled the scene. Around 10:25 a.m., police received an…
Japan’s ‘muscle girls’ look to crush norms of willowy beauty
A dozen women in sports bras and tight shorts stood behind a U-shaped counter at an underground bar in a busy Tokyo neighborhood, chiseled frames on full display as they crushed grapefruit…
Takaichi claims that she only gets two to four hours each night.
Sanae Takaichi, the prime minister of Japan, admitted on Thursday that she barely gets two to four hours of sleep each night. She has also come under fire for pushing others to…
Tokyo protests after Russia bars 30 Japanese individuals in response to Ukraine sanctions
Japan decried as “absolutely unacceptable” on Wednesday Russia’s extension of an entry ban to 30 more citizens, among them a foreign ministry spokesperson, after Tokyo’s sanctions over Moscow’s nearly four-year-old war in…
Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security
Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. Shouting angrily,…
Japan protests ‘cut off your dirty head’ comments directed at Takaichi by Chinese envoy
On Monday, Japan denounced a Chinese diplomat for making “extremely inappropriate” comments that appeared to be aimed at Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Takaichi had suggested that Tokyo would use force if Beijing…
Thailand threatens to suspend truce deal with Cambodia after a land mine injures troops
Thailand threatened on Monday to suspend a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement with Cambodia, with the country’s prime minister saying all actions under the deal will be halted, just hours after a land mine…