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Abe Shinzo, it seems we hardly knew you
News, Koichi Hamada, Published on 10/07/2023
» A year has passed since former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was assassinated by a gunman during a campaign rally in Nara on July 8, 2022. Much like the assassination of US President John F Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, Abe's murder marked a watershed moment in Japan's history.
Thailand tourism needs a trust boost
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 06/02/2023
» The beginning of the Year of the Rabbit is a candle of hope for the tourist sector's revival. Thailand, however, does not appear to be off to a good start. The disgraceful saga of Thai police started at the end of last month when a Chinese tourist shared a video clip of four police officers offering her an unauthorised VVIP service on social media. She claimed to have been given the option of a speedy immigration check at the airport and a police escort to her hotel in Pattaya.
Japan's post-Abe trust crisis under PM Kishida
Oped, Akira Kawamoto, Published on 20/10/2022
» No one could have foreseen that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's popularity would nosedive so soon after the Liberal Democratic Party triumphed in July's election to the Upper House of the Japanese Diet. Until recently, Mr Kishida's government received consistently high approval ratings. But the LDP's links to a controversial religious group, along with the costly state funeral of former prime minister Abe Shinzo, have shaken Mr Kishida's political base, endangering the country's fragile economic recovery.
How Abe shaped Japan through foreign policies
Oped, Bill Emmott, Published on 13/07/2022
» Former Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo's assassination at an election campaign event in Nara, Japan, is both shocking and puzzling. It is shocking because Japan has known almost no political violence for at least a half-century, and because gun ownership in the country is tightly controlled. It is puzzling because Abe, having stepped down as prime minister in 2020, had no formal government role; yet the killing was plainly a political act.
Remembering Abe and Japan's rise
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 12/07/2022
» It is not an overstatement to say that the late prime minister Shinzo Abe single-handedly promoted Japan's regional and international profile through unconventional economic and security policies. Abe linked his country's economic policies with security and strategic twists in its relations with the rest of the world, Asean in particular.
Give disabled full attention
News, Editorial, Published on 09/05/2022
» A controversial online ad featuring a transgender influencer and a colleague who acted as a wheelchair-bound person has triggered a spate of political correctness in society.
Daring to like a harmless soap, despite critics
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/08/2021
» Nothing can drive up the ratings of a TV soap opera like threats from the government to launch legal action against the show's producer. This truism was well proven by the case of Hai Rak Pi Pak Sa (Dare to Love), a TV soap airing on TV 3 Channel.