Yoon and Kishida meeting not a summit – but a start

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The meeting in between South Korean Leader Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on September 21 has been notable mainly for the fact that it took place. It was a brief exchange – some 30 minutes – taking place within the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly conference in New York. Both governments […]

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Fossil fuel profits driving climate devastation

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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

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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

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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

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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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Hong Kong to end hotel quarantine on Sept 26

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Hong Kong will cancel its hotel quarantine rule and negative PCR test requirement before boarding for international travelers from September 26, the government said today in a long-awaited policy shift to revive the city’s sagging status as an international business hub. Hong Kong will adopt a so-called “0+3” arrangement whereby incoming travelers will no longer […]

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Why cyber hackers have such big eyes for Indonesia

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JAKARTA – Indonesian legislators have finally passed the country’s first personal data protection law, but despite being labeled a historic moment, critics already point to worrying loopholes and question whether it will change a bureaucratic culture that largely ignores cybersecurity measures. The passage of the legislation follows a series of digital attacks, including one incident […]

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