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Solitary weavers in Japan’s Fukushima create lustrous threads and fabrics
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (948+ words) In Showa village’s Oku-Aizu area, Karamushi-ori weavers typically work alone in silence, handling every step from growing karamushi to preparing thread. Today, over half are women who moved to the village from elsewhere, drawn by the craft’s allure. View all…...
Japan’s Hamaoka Nuclear Plant faces uncertain future
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (543+ words) View all posts by Ko Terada and Kohei Nakashima → TOKYO – With Chubu Electric Power Co. expected to withdraw its application for a safety review aimed at restarting the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture,…...
Cambodian Mine Action Centre warns that Thai UXOs, ERWs could take $1B, more than a decade to clear – Asia News Network
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (1166+ words) Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) director-general Heng Ratana said the estimate covered the direct cost of surveying and clearing newly contaminated areas. View all posts by Raksmey Hong → PHNOM PENH – Clearing the unexploded ordnance (UXOs) left by the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand…...
Poll finds 77.49% of Thais want law applied strictly to Israelis
10+ hour, 1+ min ago (665+ words) Strict law enforcement was supported by 77.49% of 1,164 poll respondents who had heard reports or had direct experience of alleged Israeli misconduct in Thailand. BANGKOK – NIDA Poll’s September 8–10, 2026 survey found that 77.49% of 1,164 respondents who had heard reports or had direct experience…...
Haze drives surge in respiratory illnesses in Indonesia
12+ hour, 47+ min ago (755+ words) Children accounted for around 20 percent of all wildfire-related respiratory illnesses as 12.5 million people in seven provinces were affected by the widespread forest and land fire, according to the Health Ministry. View all posts by Yvette Tanamal → JAKARTA – Spreading forest and…...
Malaysian PM Anwar discusses forest fires with Indonesia's President Prabowo
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (432+ words) During the BRICS Leaders' Summit’s gala dinner in New Delhi, Anwar also said he had renewed his invitation for Prabowo to visit Malaysia to discuss and resolve several outstanding bilateral matters. View all posts by The Star → NEW DELHI…...
Beijing protests over Taiwanese ‘separatist's’ visit to Italy, EU
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (202+ words) China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Beijing has lodged solemn representations with Italy and the European Union over Taiwanese politician Hsiao Bi-khim most recent visit to Italy. View all posts by Mo Jingxi → BEIJING – China has lodged solemn representations…...
Japan’s defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi says acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines not being ruled out
12+ hour, 36+ min ago (212+ words) Earlier, a US Navy official, in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun and other media outlets, has expressed a positive view on Japan acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. View all posts by Hirotaka Kuriyama → TOKYO – A U.S. Navy official has expressed a…...
Indonesia’s military training for student protesters drives criticism
12+ hour, 56+ min ago (570+ words) View all posts by Yerica Lai → JAKARTA – Civil society groups have condemned the government’s decision to send students detained after last month’s Jakarta protest to a so-called state defense program at a military facility in Bogor, West Java, calling the…...
China to hike visa fees for Japanese nationals sevenfold, ‘based on reciprocity’
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (186+ words) View all posts by Akiko Yoshinaga → BEIJING – China is raising the visa fee for Japanese nationals traveling to China, starting Monday, a “response based on the principle of reciprocity,” the Chinese Embassy in Japan announced on Friday. The hike is…...