China rallied to claim its first women’s basketball Asia Cup title since 2012 as they beat five-time defending champion Japan 73-71 in an epic final.
Japanese expert lauds Vietnam’s “bamboo diplomacy”
Professor Go Ito from Japan’s Meiji University has emphasised flexibility in Vietnam’s foreign policy in maintaining relations with countries, referring to its “bamboo diplomacy.” The term “bamboo diplomacy” was coined by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during a diplomatic conference in 2016 and reiterated at the first national conference on foreign affairs in 2021.
1 dead, 2 missing as record-breaking rains wash over western Japan
One man was killed and two other residents of western Japan were reported missing Saturday as record-breaking rains and flooding washed over large swathes of the country.
Japan says Russian warships spotted near Taiwan, Okinawa islands
Japan’s defence ministry said late on Friday it had spotted two Russian Navy ships in the waters near Taiwan and Japan’s Okinawa islands in the previous four days, following a similar announcement this week from Taiwan.
Japanese journalist barred from entering Hong Kong without clear reason, The Japan Times reports
A Japanese newspaper has reported that a Japanese journalist was barred from entering Hong Kong without a clear reason, raising concerns over the city’s shrinking press freedoms.
Bangladesh pays homage to Holey Artisan victims
Bangladesh today (Saturday) is remembering the victims, mostly Japanese and Italians, of the militant attack on Holey Artisan café in Dhaka’s posh Gulshan area seven years ago. During the 12-hour …
UPDATE 1-Foreigners turned sellers of Japan shares after 12 straight weeks of purchases
Foreign investors turned net sellers of Japanese equities after 12 straight weeks of purchases that helped propel shares to three-decade highs, official data showed.
China is ‘entering a balance sheet recession’ as borrowers shy away from new debt in a potential replay of Japan’s ‘lost decades’
Construction workers in Shenzhen, in China’s southern Guangdong province. When China abandoned its lockdown-heavy “COVID zero” policy late last year, it was widely predicted that the nation’s economy …
Changes promised to Japan’s ‘Rising Horses’ ritual
A controversial horse festival in Japan has promised changes in line with animal welfare after being accused of animal cruelty. At the Ageuma Shinji, or Rising Horses, festival young men dressed as warriors ride horses up a steep hill and over a high mud wall at a Shinto shrine in the city of Kuwana in Mie Prefecture.
Meet Do Nothing Rental Man, Japan’s unlikely social media star
He’ll sit with you while you eat or keep your place in a queue. How has Shoji Morimoto turned merely existing into a money-spinning phenomenon — at £165 a go?