Taiwan ‘throttles’ mobile internet for first time during annual war games
TAICHUNG/PENGHU, Taiwan – Taiwan slowed the mobile internet in a large swathe of the central…
Japan logs current account surplus of ¥17.43 tril in 1st half of 2026
Japan's current account surplus in the first half of 2026 rose 22.5 percent from a…
Typhoon No. 15 set to hit Honshu
Typhoon No. 15, following an unusual path, is expected to hit Japan's main island of…
Typhoon No. 15 set to hit Honshu during Obon holiday
Typhoon No. 15, following an unusual path, is expected to hit Japan's main island of…
Ebola case count set to increase as Congo officials track hidden infections
The Ebola outbreak in Congo may appear to worsen in the coming weeks as health…
How disinformation on X imperils Japan’s democracy
Today’s Indo-Pacific is hyperconnected. Information is no longer merely a medium for public discourse. It…
12-year-old Kumamoto violinist performs at New York’s Carnegie Hall
NEW YORK – Twelve-year-old violinist Sora Iwai from earthquake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture, has performed at Carnegie…
‘Total whiplash’: Foreign residents react to Japan’s changing permanent residency rules
Foreign residents who have spent years working toward permanent residency in Japan say the government’s…
Are Japan’s room-temperature curry packets the boxed lunch heroes we’ve been looking for? [Taste test]
Packets of curry you can store and eat at room temperature could be the answer…
