Typhoon Talas lashes central Japan, killing two

TOKYO: A typhoon lashed central Japan on Saturday (Sep 24) with torrential rain and fierce winds, killing two and leaving tens of thousands of households without power, the Kyodo news agency reported. Shizuoka city, south-west of the capital Tokyo, was hit especially hard, seeing a record 417mm of precipitation sinceContinue Reading

Fossil fuel profits driving climate devastation

What do Pakistan, Puerto Rico and Knutson, Mississippi, have in common? They’ve all recently experienced climate-related devastating rain and water damage, resulting in the loss of houses, electricity, and electricity. But even more essential, they are all low-income regions inhabited by people of color – the prime victims of climate injustice. These people face inaction through […]

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Japan in urgent search of new strategic balance

Just right: Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) soldiers position the PAC-3 missile unit. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

In the 1970s, Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ohira designed a concept of “comprehensive security” that stressed the need to broaden your scope of safeguards to non-military fields. The concept built about the ideas shown in the 1969 Nixon Doctrine, where the States encouraged its allies to take “primary responsibility” for their own safeguard. This […]

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Japan becomes global contender in industrial lasers

More than twenty companies are active in the industry of ultrashort heartbeat (USP) lasers worldwide, according to Laser Concentrate World,. Most of them are usually European and American; a few are through China. Now there is really a new, potentially effective Japanese entrant. Hamamatsu Photonics is using European support in order to expand its laser-related product line and develop […]

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How war in Ukraine resembles past conflict in Yugoslavia

Dragana Trifković is the general director of the Middle for Geostrategic Research in Belgrade, Serbia. On September eight, a session was held in the UN Security Council on the topic associated with arms delivery to Ukraine by the West. In the introductory area of the session, Trifković spoke about the weapons which were delivered to the […]

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«គោព្រៃ» នៅកម្ពុជា ដង្ហើយហៅការអភិរក្ស

ខណះថនិកសត្វដែលជានិមិត្តរូបនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជាត្រូវបានចាត់ទុកថាផុតពូជទៅហើយ អ្នកស្រាវជ្រាវមួយចំនួនសង្ឃឹមថាការប្រឹងប្រែងចុងក្រោយក្នុងការស្វែងរកទីជម្រករបស់គោព្រៃ អាចកំណត់ជោគវាសនា និងក្លាយជា «សារដាស់តឿន» ឲ្យមានការអភិរក្ស

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Daily round-up, Sep 23: Hong Kong scraps COVID-19 hotel quarantine; DBS, UOB temporarily remove fixed rate home loans

Let’s get you up to speed with the day’s stories. Hong Kong will end mandatory hotel quarantine from Monday (Sep 26).  All international arrivals will be able to return to the accommodation of their choice but will have to self-monitor for three days after entering the city. During that period, they willContinue Reading