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PM's resignation opens the door to a chaotic era
News, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 16/08/2024
» In the end, Fumio Kishida could not escape the pull of gravity.
In defence of Tokyo 2020, the loneliest Olympics
News, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 24/07/2024
» The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were a "suicide mission", warned one of Japan's richest men. "Cursed", said a former prime minister. Even contemplating hosting them in the midst of Covid would be "simply beyond reason", said one sponsor.
Sado mines plan upsets Asia unity
News, Thanapat Pekanan, Published on 28/03/2022
» Japan's proposal that its Sado mines be added to the 2023 Unesco World Heritage List is more than just a cultural-driven effort. It is a showcase of the inward-looking politics of Japan's conservative establishment to use particular events from the past to fit a desired narrative for the present, to purify the record of Japan's imperialism.
US creates 3 new entrapments in Asia
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 20/04/2021
» With 90 days of the Biden Administration, three new entrapments have been on display by its foreign and security team dealing with China, Asean and the Mekong subregion. Future policies and the implementation of these three areas will have far reaching implications for the region. Notwithstanding the threats posed by Covid-19, they can further endanger and split the region into strategic jigsaw pieces that have the potential to dislocate the superpowers' endgames.
Nuclear tainted water a no-go
News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2021
» Early last month, Japan honoured the victims of a triple disaster in which over 20,000 people lost their lives. The catastrophic chain of events began with a 9.0-magnitude earthquake -- the Great East Japan Earthquake as it came to be known -- which caused a tsunami with 38-metre high waves which crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
PM talks up renewing ties with US
News, POST REPORTERS, Published on 15/11/2020
» Asean wishes to see the US play a constructive role in promoting Asean centrality and solidarity, the prime minister said on Saturday during the 8th Asean-US Summit, one of a number held during the 37th Asean Summit in the past week.
Will PM Suga lead Japan to Abe 2.0?
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 22/09/2020
» It was immediately obvious before last week's vote in Japan's parliament that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party wanted to maintain former prime minister Shinzo Abe's legacy. So in came the new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, who has been standing by Mr Abe's side throughout the political rollercoaster ride that has been the past few decades.
Japan is better today thanks to PM Shinzo Abe
News, Noah Smith, Published on 30/08/2020
» Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, is resigning due to ulcerative colitis. He leaves behind a Japan that is economically stronger and more socially liberal than the one he inherited.
2+2=5
News, Postbag, Published on 19/07/2019
» Re: "NCPO mission over," (PostBag, July 18). RH Suga, the prime minister's National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is indeed now gone. It has been legally replaced by the loyal Senate, his PPRP political party (complete with the worst of the worst from Thaksin's old parties), and his duly appointed "independent" bodies.
Dangers of radicals
News, Postbag, Published on 18/07/2019
» Re: "Find a 'middle' path", (PostBag, July 17).