Can the U.S. Handle China While Supporting Israel and Ukraine Wars?
To U.S. allies in Asia, the sudden focus on Gaza risks progress on America’s long-delayed pivot to the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan
Japan gets a new island after undersea volcano erupts
New landmass about 100 metres across pops up above the waves near Iwoto island after eruptions began last monthJapan has gained another island to add to its already impressive collection, after an undersea volcanic eruption 1,200km (745 miles) south of…
Underwater Volcano Forms New Island in Japan
An ongoing eruption from the volcano has created a small land mass less than a mile off Iwo Jima island. It’s a great case study of how volcanoes work.
Osaka’s baseball underdogs hope one more win will lift curse of KFC
Many in the city have put the Hanshin Tigers’ lack of success down to an unusual Colonel Sanders-based superstition, but it may be about to endThe last time the Hanshin Tigers were proclaimed the best baseball team in Japan, their fans celebrated by hu…
Scottish university returns tribal warrior skulls to Taiwanese Indigenous people
University of Edinburgh repatriates ancestral remains of Paiwan fighters in ‘milestone of transitional justice for Indigenous peoples’The skulls of four tribal warriors killed nearly 150 years ago have been returned by a Scottish university to a Taiwan…
Wednesday Briefing: Israel Strikes Densely Populated Area
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Police arrest suspected gunman and free hostage at Japanese post office
Man detained after eight-hour standoff at building in Warabi and earlier shooting at nearby hospitalJapanese police have captured a suspected gunman who holed up at a post office and have rescued a member of staff who was held hostage, NHK television r…
Suspected Gunman Holds Hostages in Near Tokyo
The episode followed a report of a shooting at a nearby hospital. Incidents involving guns are rare in Japan.
Sharp rise in bear attacks in Japan as they struggle to find food
Amid lack of acorns and beechnuts in natural habitats, bears have injured 158 people and killed two since AprilExperts in Japan have warned that bear attacks are rising at an unprecedented rate, as the animals struggle to find food in their natural hab…
South Korea Must Return Buddhist Statue to Japan, Supreme Court Says
The artifact, which was taken to Tsushima centuries ago, was stolen and smuggled back to South Korea by thieves in 2012.