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Japan eyes exporting used destroyers to Southeast Asia
Japan Today
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August 14, 2025
Japan is considering the export of used Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers to Southeast Asia, government sources said Wednesday, in an effort to strengthen security ties with countries in the region where key sea lanes are located. Japan has...
Minister confirms Japan trip last month, says China's backlash won't hurt ties with Tokyo
Taipei Times
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August 13, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) today confirmed that he visited Japan last month, adding that China's "backlash" over the trip would not affect the cordial relations between Taipei and Tokyo. It was the first time Lin had publicly...
Japanese wartime sexual slavery survivor gives moving speech at rally
CGTN
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Japanese wartime sexual slavery survivor Lee Yong-soo takes part in a rally honoring 'comfort women' in downtown Seoul, South Korea, August 13, 2025. /Shane Hahm Japanese wartime sexual slavery survivor Lee Yong-soo takes part in a rally honoring...
Japan to begin development of its ‘first’ fully battery-powered tugboat
Offshore Energy
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August 14, 2025
Japanese tugboat services provider Tokyo Kisen and compatriot marine software developer Marindows have kick-started what is being hailed as Japan’s “first” pure battery-powered EV harbor tugboat development project. Credit: Tokyo Kisen, Marindows...
Japan's PM Ishiba calls for solidarity among Western nations over Ukraine
NHK
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Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has called on the leaders of Western countries to unify in efforts to realize an early ceasefire and peace in Ukraine. Ishiba made his comments during an online meeting on Wednesday night through Thursday...
Japan cautious as Chinese vessels set new record for presence near Senkakus
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Japan coast guard vessel PS Mizuki is docked at Naha New Port, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 8, 2025. (Brian McElhiney/Stars and Stripes) ABOARD THE PS MIZUKI, Okinawa — China and Japan remain locked in a game of cat-and-mouse near the Senkaku Islands,...
Japan plans to step up defenses against outside election interference
NHK
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The Japanese government is considering stepping up measures to stop other countries interfering in elections through false online information or other means. The government says that in the Upper House election in July, some false information...
Japan and China Commemorate WWII’s End Differently, Reflecting Historic Tensions and Present-Day Power Plays
Arise News
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August 14, 2025
Eighty years after World War II’s conclusion, Japan and China are commemorating the anniversary in starkly contrasting ways on different dates, with divergent messages, and amid renewed political strain. Japan holds a solemn ceremony every August...
Japan Govt Calls for Moment of Silence for War Dead
Nippon
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August 14, 2025
Newsfrom Japan Politics Aug 14, 2025 10:03 (JST) Tokyo, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Thursday released a statement urging citizens to observe a moment of silence at noon on Friday, the 80th...
Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary
ABC News - New York
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August 14, 2025
BENXI, China -- Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a solemn ceremony on Aug. 15, the day...
Japanese thriller Cloud offers an offbeat, uneven exploration of the dark web
The Pacific Northwest Inlander - Washington State
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August 14, 2025
click to enlarge There's little silver lining for the charachters in Cloud. Although he's worked in a variety of genres, prolific Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa is still best known internationally for his horror movies, including influential...
Japan's Grand Tea Master Sen Genshitsu Dies At 102: Reports
International Business Times
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August 14, 2025
Sen Genshitsu, a would-be kamikaze pilot who became a Japanese tea ceremony master preparing cups of matcha for world leaders and monarchs, died aged 102 on Thursday, reports said. With a motto of "peacefulness through a bowl of tea", Kyoto-born...
Japan’s Hikoki Power Tools inks MoU with TN govt to set up new facility with Rs 700 cr investment
Goa Chronicle
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August 14, 2025
Chennai: In a big boost to industrial development, th Tamil Nadu government today signed a MoU with the Japan headquartered Hikoki Power tools India to set up a new manufacturing facility involving an investment of Rs 700 crore. This significant...
International Beer Challenge 2025 winners announced
Drinks Retailing News
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August 14, 2025
The results for the International Beer Challenge (IBC) have now been revealed, with Old Ale from Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd winning Supreme Champion in the Taste Awards. This year the competition received entries from close to 30 countries with 20...
Japan calls for 'forward-looking' Russian action over Ukraine war
The Mainichi
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August 14, 2025
Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting Soviet Leader Josef Stalin, left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and U.S. President Donald Trump are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 12,...
Military connection to Trump’s computer chip tariff
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Computer chips, also called microprocessors and semiconductors, are the lifeblood of the modern economy and indispensable for Artificial Intelligence-based businesses. The importance of computer chips to the modern...
Politicians ignore public opinion at their peril
Echonetdaily
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August 13, 2025
The 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was last week. We were taught this atrocity was necessary to end the war and we believed it. It was a Trump-style lie. The Japanese military was on its knees and within days of...
80 Years After WW2, Japan Again Finds Itself in Uncharted Waters
The Diplomat
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August 13, 2025
August is a month of remembrance for Japan. On August 6, 1945, Japan became the first (and so far only) country in the world that has ever been struck by an atomic bomb. This was quickly followed by a second atomic bombing on August 9. Then August...
Japan Eyes Fighter Jets, Missiles for Bolstering Defense of Nansei Islands; Prepares for Possible ’27 Taiwan Contingency
The Japan News
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August 14, 2025
The Yomiuri Shimbun An F-35B stealth fighter jet prepares to land at the Air Self-Defense Force’s Nyutabaru Air Base in the town of Shintomi, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 7. By Hirotaka Kuriyama and Hiroshi Mizota / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers...
Scott Bessent’s got a Japanese blind spot
Asia Times
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August 14, 2025
TOKYO – Fresh off getting outmaneuvered by Tokyo on a “trade deal,” President Donald Trump’s team is going even further to demonstrate its ignorance of the state of play in Japan. Case in point: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complaining that...