Taiwan aims to start producing its own blood bags — a key item for saving lives on the battlefield — adding to signs President Lai Ching-te is stepping up preparations for a potential conflict with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/17/asia-pacific/taiwan-blood-bag-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan
TikTok is wildly popular in Pakistan, and women have found both audience and income. But as views have surged, so have efforts to police the platform. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/16/asia-pacific/society/tiktok-murder-pakistan-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #tiktok #women039sissues #pakistan #socialmedia #southeastasia #murder
A survey showed 72% of respondents in Australia said they didn’t trust U.S. President Donald Trump to act responsibly in global affairs, just edging out the 71% who said they didn’t trust Chinese President Xi Jinping. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/16/asia-pacific/politics/australians-distrust-trump-xi-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #aukus #china #xijinping #australia #us #donaldtrump
Visitors mill around a bright red hilltop pagoda in southwestern China, gazing down at a sprawling cigarette factory whose deadly output has put an otherwise unremarkable city on the map. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/13/asia-pacific/society/china-tobacco-town/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #china #health #smoking #tourism #agriculture
Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to Kazakhstan for talks with Central Asian leaders, providing a counterpoint to a Group of Seven summit by visiting a vast region at the nexus of competing global interests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/16/asia-pacific/politics/xi-central-asia-kazakh-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #xijinping #kazakhstan #kassymjomarttokayev #centralasia #asia
Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong has carried out its first known joint operation with city officials, marking an expansion of China’s direct law enforcement in the financial hub. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/16/asia-pacific/politics/china-security-hong-kong-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #hongkong
Cambodia said it had asked the International Court of Justice to resolve its border disputes with Thailand, after a flare-up in their long-running row led the neighbors to mobilize troops on either side of the border. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/16/asia-pacific/politics/cambodia-world-court-thailand-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
The renewed U.S.-China trade truce has left a key area of export restrictions tied to national security untouched: specialized rare-earth magnets and advanced AI chips that both sides say have military applications. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/15/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-rare-earth-military/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #rareearths #minerals #xijinping #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade
Tariff dodgers take big risks to cut small corners | Gene Marks https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2025/jun/15/tariffs-trump-china-businesses #USsmallbusiness #Trumptariffs #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #Business #Tariffs #USnews #China
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he would meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Canada for talks on the AUKUS defense pact and tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/15/asia-pacific/politics/australia-albanese-trump-g7/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #anthonyalbanese #donaldtrump #us #australia #aukus #defense #budgets
India's government is urgently inspecting all Boeing 787s after a devastating Air India crash that claimed at least 270 lives this week, with the authorities investigating all possible causes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/14/asia-pacific/air-india-investigation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #airaccidents #boeing #india #aviation
The survival of a passenger who escaped through an exit door seconds after his Air India flight crashed killing everyone else on board has prompted speculation over whether his seat, 11A, is the safest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/14/asia-pacific/seat-11a-plane-crashes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #india #airaccidents #uk #aviation #airlines #ahmedabad #gujarat
Trump signs executive order to clear way for Nippon-US Steel deal https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/trump-order-nippon-us-steel #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #USunions #USnews #Japan
Takeoff thrust is calculated using figures like weight, temperature and altitude. However, if you put the wrong numbers into the flight management system, thrust may not be sufficient. Though it can happen, the second crew member should have noticed it.
Cambodia ordered troops to stay on "full alert" and banned Thai dramas on television on Friday in an ongoing border spat between the Southeast Asian neighbors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/13/asia-pacific/cambodia-thailand-border-dispute/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
The deal with China that U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed as a game-changing breakthrough actually represents little more than a reset back to earlier terms — and even that came at a cost. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/13/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-trade-fight-cost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #china #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #xijinping #rareearths #trade #tariffs
North Korea said it successfully refloated a 5,000-ton destroyer that suffered damage in a botched launch attempt last month, with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to build two more vessels of the same class. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/13/asia-pacific/north-korea-warship-restore/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #kimjongun
Video of an Air India jetliner that crashed into a neighborhood in Ahmedabad on Thursday appears to show it not achieving sufficient thrust as it lumbered down nearly the full length of the runway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/13/asia-pacific/air-india-crash-landing-gear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #india #airaccidents #uk #aviation #airlines #ahmedabad #gujarat
As Air India Flight AI171 descended toward its doom on Thursday, Ramesh Vishwaskumar sat in the first row of economy class — headed for some of the most harrowing and luckiest moments of his life. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/13/asia-pacific/india-plane-crash-survivor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #india #airaccidents #uk #aviation #airlines #ahmedabad #gujarat
The global gap between sons and daughters is closing. In 2001, an estimated 1.7 million girls were ‘missing’ from birth registries each year due to sex-selective abortions, mainly in South and East Asia.
Today, that number has fallen to around 200,000.
Sex ratios at birth have normalised in most of the 12 countries where a preference for sons was strongest—including India and China, where social norms around gender are shifting faster than many predicted!
