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Japan demands response from Finland over beauty queen's 'slanted eyes' photos
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/12/2025
» KYODO — Japan's top government spokesman on Thursday expressed concern over images posted online of the winner of a beauty pageant and some lawmakers in Finland showing them pulling back the corners of their eyes, a gesture widely regarded as racially offensive to Asian people.
Japan's low-crime image cracking as car thefts, home intrusions rise
Kyodo News, Published on 28/11/2025
» Japan has often prided itself on its orderly, low-crime society, but cracks in that image are widening amid rising car thefts and home intrusions fueled by export markets and public complacency.
Piracy of Japan manga, literature causes $55bn loss a year
Kyodo News, Published on 08/11/2025
» KYODO — Lost revenue from illegal online viewing of Japanese manga and other publications worldwide was estimated at around ¥8.5 trillion (US$55.3 billion) annually, highlighting the extent of damage caused to rights holders by piracy websites, a recent study showed.
Driver kills 35 pedestrians in Chinese city
Reuters and Kyodo News, Published on 12/11/2024
» A hit-and-run attack at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai killed 35 people and severely injured 43, local police said on Tuesday.
China accused of harassing ‘subversive’ citizens in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 10/10/2024
» Chinese authorities have been harassing Chinese citizens living in Japan who have engaged in activities that Beijing considers subversive, a report by Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
12 Japanese taken into protective custody in Cambodia
Published on 21/08/2024
» SVAY RIENG - Twelve Japanese nationals in Cambodia have been taken into protective custody by Cambodian police after they were forced to work in the country's southeastern province, local police sources told Kyodo News on Wednesday.
‘Megaquake’ fear spurs panic buying in Japan
Kyodo News and Reuters, Published on 10/08/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese authorities have urged the public to refrain from hoarding emergency supplies, after panic buying led to shortages of some essential goods following the release of a “megaquake” advisory.
Singapore introduces AI in classrooms
Kyodo News, Published on 08/05/2024
» SINGAPORE - At Lakeside Primary School in Singapore, a trolley full of laptops is wheeled to the door of a fifth grade classroom where 30 or so students rush out to a hallway to retrieve them to learn mathematics using artificial intelligence.
Japan looks to expand e-visas
Kyodo News, Published on 23/09/2023
» TOKYO: The Japanese government is looking to expand its electronic visa system to streamline application procedures for foreign visitors amid a resurgence of tourism, according to government officials.
HK arrests another backer of activists abroad
Reuters and Kyodo News, Published on 06/07/2023
» HONG KONG: Police in Hong Kong have arrested another man suspected of links to pro-democracy activists based abroad, picking him up on Thursday at the city’s airport a day after arresting four others for various national security offences.