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Japan’s cabinet approves record defence budget amid escalating China tensions
Japanese strike-back capabilities and coastal defences to be boosted while Beijing accuses Tokyo of fuelling a…
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日本の富士山近くのお土産屋、堂々と旭日旗商品を販売…議論=韓国の反応
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから「記念品店に堂々と陳列される旭日旗…憤慨」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。
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‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power
Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward d…
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大地震の前兆か…大阪の道頓堀に大量の魚の群れが出現=韓国の反応
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから「大阪の道頓堀に魚の群れが出現…地震前兆説まで拡散」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。
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Thursday briefing: A short quiz on a very long year – how many questions can you answer about 2025?
Welcome to the newsletter’s first end-of-year quiz. Test yourself on culture, technology and assorted politica…
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韓国人「日本の美容室のサービスレベルがすごすぎる」
韓国のネット掲示板イルベに「日本の美容室」というスレッドが立っていたのでご紹介。
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No pain, no game: how South Korea turned itself into a gaming powerhouse
Gaming was once compared to drugs, gambling and alcohol in South Korea. Now its gaming academies offer a chanc…
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Fresh ‘manty’ and cheap figs: a post-Soviet supermarket becomes a must-visit spot in NYC
Tashkent Supermarket’s new West Village location offers staples like plov and samsas hot and fresh – a taste o…
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Thailand and Cambodia begin talks to end deadly clashes after venue row
Negotiations expected to last four days as each side calls on the other to show sincerity in words and actions…
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How hope is fading: the mobs bringing violence back to the streets of Bangladesh
As crowds attack newspaper offices and violence has killed 184 people, the optimism around Sheikh Hasina’s ove…
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韓国人「日本の大阪難波駅の喫煙ブースの近況」
韓国のネット掲示板イルベに「日本の大阪難波駅の喫煙ブースの近況」というスレッドが立っていたのでご紹介。
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Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations…
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After more than a decade of tragedy, Christchurch emerges as New Zealand’s most ‘vibrant city’
Christchurch now at the centre of the country’s fastest-growing region as lower house prices, job prospects an…
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Myanmar’s first election since the 2021 coup: everything you need to know
The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are waryFive years af…
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The second China shock is coming – and the UK’s response is too timid | George Magnus
Beijing’s push to dominate technology through state-backed industrial policy is reshaping global trade and cou…