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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 5d ago
Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for about a week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/10/asia-pacific/indonesia-national-park-wildfire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #wildfires #indonesia
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Aug 07, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's olive branch to the young people behind India's biggest student-led protests in years has done little to stem the abuse and police action many participants say they continue to face. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/asia-pacific/india-student-online-harassment-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #india #asia #southasia
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Aug 07, 2026
China's recent ballistic missile test left people living in Tuvalu, the low-lying Pacific Island closest to where it landed, fearing it would trigger a tsunami, an official from the nation said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/asia-pacific/china-missile-test-tuvalu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #tuvalu #oceania #china #newzealand #fiji #suva
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Aug 03, 2026
Tens of thousands took to the streets in India to express ‌their fury ‌at the repeated mismanagement of an examination system that stands between the masses and job security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/03/asia-pacific/india-youth-protests-modi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #india #narendramodi #cockroachjantaparty #bjp
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Aug 03, 2026
Amid a record heat wave temperatures are soaring across South Korea and North Korea as ‌authorities expand ‌emergency measures and residents seek relief in cooling shelters, beaches and ​water parks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/03/asia-pacific/record-heatwave-korean-peninsula/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #heatwaves #climatechange
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Aug 03, 2026
Thailand kicks off its yearly campaign to encourage people to give up alcohol during Khao Phansa, a three-month period of reflection observed by Buddhists akin to Christian Lent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/03/asia-pacific/society/thai-booze-buddhist-lent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #alcoholism #thailand
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026
More than 8 in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government's landmark ban on the platforms for minors under the age of 16 took effect, regulators have found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/31/asia-pacific/australia-teens-social-media-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 30, 2026
The Generation Z protests that convulsed the streets of Indian cities in recent weeks began with dreams dashed in the classrooms of India's schools. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/30/asia-pacific/politics/india-gen-z-rage-modi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #narendramodi #genz #education
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 30, 2026
South Korea's success in tech has a dark side: Women suffer rampant "digital sex crimes," rights groups say, with AI-generated deepfakes as the newest threat. Some women are becoming web sleuths to fight back. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/30/asia-pacific/crime-legal/korea-women-ai-deepfake-porn/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #deepfakes #pornography #sexcrimes
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026
A Hong Kong independent bookshop that national security police raided this month announced it would close after 50 years in business, while another shut down ahead of schedule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-bookstores-close-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #censorship #books #bookstores
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 26, 2026
The education minister stepped ‌down, meeting ‌the protesters' main demand, in a rare such setback for Modi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/26/asia-pacific/india-instagram-gen-z-modi-polls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #narendramodi #india #instagram #socialmedia
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Go Weapons Hot @GoWeaponsHot@mstdn.party · Jul 25, 2026
"I was surprised to learn that civil defence in Taiwan was more about building trust than strategizing for war. Many of the volunteers I met weren’t motivated by military plans. They were learning emergency response skills and getting to know their neighbours because they believed those relationships would matter in any crisis. #asiapacific #china #taiwan #pla https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281479283199600
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 26, 2026
Russia wants an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to help fight in Moscow's war against Kyiv, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said — a potentially dramatic expansion of Pyongyang's role in the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/26/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-30000-troops-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #drones #missiles #volodymyrzelenskyy
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 25, 2026
As armed Chinese ships expand patrols around Taiwan, officials in Taipei are more urgently testing how they would keep fuel and other vital supplies flowing if Beijing tried to choke off the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/25/asia-pacific/taiwan-tests-chinese-siege-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #pla #energy
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 21, 2026
Taiwan will deliberately slow mobile internet speeds for the first time ⁠during annual civil defense drills in August, testing how citizens would communicate if bandwidth became scarce in emergencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/21/asia-pacific/taiwan-mobile-internet-drills-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #defense
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 20, 2026
Hundreds of supporters of India's youth-led "cockroach" movement gathered in New Delhi on Monday, seeking the resignation of the education minister despite police denying permission for the protest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/20/asia-pacific/india-cockroach-march-police-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #india #narendramodi
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 15, 2026
China outpolled the U.S., and Chinese President Xi Jinping beat U.S. President Donald Trump, in Pew survey, while Japan and several countries near China are still broadly negative. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/16/asia-pacific/politics/china-japan-pew/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #surveys #china #xijinping #us #donaldtrump
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 06, 2026
Taiwan is racing to restore decades-old reels of rare Taiwanese-language films to preserve a chapter of its culture, with film preservers having salvaged fewer than a sixth of the estimated 1,200 films produced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/06/asia-pacific/society/taiwan-film-hunters-reels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #taiwan #cinema #movies #film
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jul 05, 2026
Thai authorities say drug trafficking networks are targeting airline crew through social media recruitment schemes, following the arrest of a Thai Airways flight attendant in Australia for allegedly smuggling heroin. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/05/asia-pacific/crime-legal/thai-air-crew-drug-gangs-social-media/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #drugs #organizedcrime #thailand #organizedcrime #gangs #mafia #smuggling #socialmedia
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Liberation News @newsbot@uate.social · Jun 30, 2026
More than 30 students remain missing after Nigeria school attack https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/30/more-than-30-students-remain-missing-after-nigeria-school-attack?traffic_source=rss #Students #Nigeria #AsiaPacific #UATE #DataIsLabor
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