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A firefighter tackles a wildfire in Spain’s San Martín de Valdeiglesias, near Madrid, on Thursday. Photo: AFP via @UMEgob
Climate change

Spain declares national emergency as wildfires force thousands to evacuate

The Spanish government is overseeing firefighting amid multiple blazes. The PM has urged a multiparty pact on tackling climate change.

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Japan

Why Japan’s fighter jet future looks ‘more optimistic’ with Canada’s entry

Japan

Japan’s deadliest fault line shifts, frustrating megaquake forecasts

Japan

Japan voters ‘pretty angry’ with PM Takaichi as support frays

Recent opinion polls show Takaichi’s approval rating slipping, reflecting the public’s disdain for her priorities, analysts say.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a joint meeting of the committees of both houses on fundamental national policies at the National Diet in Tokyo on July 15. Photo: AFP
Japan

Japanese agency warns of ‘cruelly hot days’ amid 40 degrees and above heat

At least 14 people have died from heat-related causes in the past week as emergency officials describe the rising heat as ‘a disaster’.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong retains 17th spot among top cities for students but high costs hurt

Quacquarelli Symonds also identifies limited global diversity and persistent shortage of student accommodation as key challenges for city.

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Asia housing and property

The View | Asian property: A thin line separates strength from vulnerability

As Hong Kong, India and Japan show, sharp divergences within a market defy broad-brush generalisations.

Pedestrians cross the street in Central on January 26. Rents for premium buildings in Central grew at a pace of 18.5 per cent in annualised terms in the first half of this year. Photo: Jelly Tse
Japan

Officials’ lavish travel sparks scrutiny of political spending in Japan

The Fukuoka prefectural government admitted it spent more than US$2 million on the excursions, triggering public anger.

Japan

Video | Japan revises law to expand imperial family

Revised law does not address possibility of a woman becoming emperor, despite wide public support.

China-Philippines relations

Does Beijing own Batanes? Why Chinese scholars’ claim is a warning to Manila

Analysts say the controversial assertions may be a way for Beijing to signal dissatisfaction with Japan-Philippines maritime border talks.

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The Batanes Islands, an archipelago between Taiwan and the northernmost tip of the Philippine island of Luzon, were the focus of an academic discussion in southern China late last month. Photo: Getty Images
Japan

‘Very worried’: US campaign against ICC leaves Japan in a bind

The initiative will make Tokyo weigh its international law commitments against its dependence on the US security umbrella, analysts say.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. Photo: AP
Energy

Video | Japanese workers swap suits for shorts to save energy

The Japanese government will allow employees to wear short-sleeved shirts, shorts and trainers in an upgraded ‘Cool Biz’ initiative, which did away with jackets and ties in previous summers.

China trade

Giant Japanese trade group plans China visit amid tense economic ties

Delegation from prominent Japanese organisation seeks October talks in Beijing and Xian to repair business partnerships after geopolitical disputes snarled exchanges.

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Japan

Is Japan a ‘spy paradise’ fuelling Russia’s war machine?

A New York Times article claims Maksim Vladimirovich Filchenkov, a top Russian official, is leading the covert operation in Japan.

The entrance to the defence ministry of Japan in Tokyo. Photo: AP
Japan

Privacy fears as Japan uses AI facial recognition cameras to find missing people

Police stations in Tokyo’s Arakawa ward receive about 100 reports each year of missing children and elderly people with dementia.

A security camera equipped with facial recognition AI stands in front of the JR Nippori Station in Tokyo’s Arakawa ward. Photo: Kyodo
Banking & finance

Will Hong Kong’s board-lot reform bump HSBC’s share turnover?

The minimum investment of nearly US$8,000 for one of Hongkongers’ favourite stocks is set to drop. The question is how low it will go.

Japan

Nasa knows how to deflect an asteroid. Can Japan’s Hayabusa2 pull it off?

Analysts say the Torifune fly-by highlights Tokyo’s growing role in global space safety efforts and its ‘goodwill science’ policy.

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Japan

Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them

Tokyo is banking on a massive visitor boom to do what its factories and financiers increasingly cannot: carry the economy forward.

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Tourists throng a shopping street in front of Sensoji Temple in the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan, last month. Photo: Kyodo
Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific aircraft’s tail hit runway at Hong Kong airport, airline confirms

Aviation regulator orders Cathay to submit a report on tail strike involving Airbus A330 flight from Tokyo’s Narita airport.

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Japan

Woman arrested in Japan for sewing roommate’s lips together

The woman and the victim were flatmates, and the victim had been ‘too scared to run away’ before the incident.

Japan

Indonesian woman fatally stabbed in central Japan flat

Police are investigating whether a man who was fatally hit by a train nearby was involved in the case.

Investigators search near a flat where a woman was fatally stabbed in Japan’s Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Monday. Photo: Kyodo
Taiwan

China sends warning to Japan and the Philippines over ‘wrongful’ maritime talks

Legal opinion is the latest protest from Beijing over planned delimitation negotiations that it claims violate international law.

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The Chinese coastguard conducted what it described as a law enforcement patrol in waters east of Taiwan after Japan and the Philippines agreed to hold maritime border talks. Photo: CCTV
Japan

Japan’s disaster plans fail to keep pace with tourist boom

Japan regularly drills its schoolchildren for earthquakes evacuations, but foreign visitors are another matter entirely.

Japan

Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints

A court order to compensate the family of a detainee shows reforms to immigration centres are urgently needed, observers say.

Japan

Tsunami from Japan megaquake could destroy 2 million cars: survey

The government says the probability of a Nankai Trough megaquake occurring within the next 30 years stands at 60 to 90 per cent or higher.

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A man checks a retaining wall that collapsed by the earthquake in Hachinohe, Aomori prefecture, on June 25. Photo: Kyodo
Science

As China narrows maths gap with US, Hong Kong bids to host 2030 global event

Top mathematicians see candidacy as ‘tipping point’, with one saying ‘moment has now arrived’ for finest Chinese students to study at home.

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Hong Kong's open immigration policy is a selling point for hosting global events. Photo: Karma Lo
Japan

‘My dream is broken’: foreign business owners in Japan lament new visa rules

Japan’s business manager visa holders surged to 46,000 by mid-2025 – up 70 per cent from 2020. About half were Chinese nationals.

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Japan

Japan’s family firms turn to M&A when heirs are not so apparent

A 2025 survey found that nearly two-thirds of business owners’ children did not plan to take over, often because they wanted different jobs.

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