2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (187+ words) Japan’s latest science and technology strategy makes national security a central pillar of research and innovation policy. The challenge now is to harness science, innovation and security without... Japan’s latest science and technology strategy makes national security a…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (130+ words) The Japan Times From a rundown office tower in Singapore’s main shopping district, Indonesia’s wealthiest family has been quietly doing something it rarely does: investing money abroad as Southeast Asia’s largest economy loses momentum....

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (132+ words) The Japan Times TANGERANG, Indonesia - Indonesia reopened its main airport in Jakarta and four others that had been closed due to volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau, although fresh eruptions on Tuesday raised the risk of further disruption.Ash from…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (279+ words) Takeshi Niinami, former chair of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, has criticized Japan’s social trend of labeling people suspected of wrongdoing as guilty before the facts are known. In September last year, the 67-year-old resigned as…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (127+ words) The Japan Times North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says new destroyer part of nuclear response system SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a newly commissioned destroyer would be part of a nuclear response system capable of delivering “annihilating…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (287+ words) Jakarta – An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau caused the suspension of hundreds of flights at Jakarta’s main airport on Sunday after some school activities and fishing were halted. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport posted ​on Instagram that it had suspended flight…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (148+ words) t.co Fifty years ago this weekend, on Sept. 6, 1976, Lt. Viktor Belenko of the Soviet Air Defense Forces climbed into a MiG-25 “Foxbat” near Vladivostok and turned an ordinary training flight into one of the Cold War’s most extraordinary defections. Flying…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (92+ words) The Japan Times In war-split Myanmar, ‘spirit consorts’ commune across divide Taungbyone, Myanmar – As monsoon rains pound the heartlands of war-fractured Myanmar, “spirit consorts” gather to renew their vows with a pantheon of gods hailed for their powers to protect…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (525+ words) Major quakes are commonplace. The most notable ones in the past two decades include the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake and the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. The latest one, a magnitude 7.1 also in Kumamoto, struck on July 28, recording an…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1401+ words) Sendai – It was January 2021 in Sendai, and the city was in a deep winter freeze. A woman, in her 50s and out of work, had her water services shut off due to late payments, as well as her gas. Unable to…...