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The Japan TimesPresidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/world/politics/russian-past-alaska-trump-putin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump #alaska
The Japan TimesA real estate company in Vietnam and its partners are offering just $3,200 and rice provisions in return for farmers giving up their land to make way for a Trump family-backed golf resort. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/asia-pacific/vietnam-farmers-trump-golf-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #golf #vietnam #southeastasia
The Japan TimesNvidia and AMD agreed to pay 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China to the US government as part of a deal with the Trump administration to secure export licenses, the Financial Times reported Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/11/tech/nvidia-amd-china-chip-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #amd #china #semiconductors #tech #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
The Japan TimesFollowing a trade deal with Seoul, the United States’ focus is now expected to shift to reorienting defense ties with South Korea as the two countries’ leaders meet for a summit that could reset their military alliance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-us-trump-lee-summit-preview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #us #leejaemyung #donaldtrump #northkorea #china #defense #budgets #usmilitary #indopacific
The Japan TimesLiverpool's Mohamed Salah has criticized UEFA's tribute to the late Suleiman al-Obeid after European soccer's governing body failed to reference the circumstances surrounding his death in Gaza last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/10/soccer/salah-uefa-palestinian-pele/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #gaza #israel #israelihamaswar #hamas #mohamedsalah #suleimanalobeid
The Japan TimesOne of Thailand’s top art galleries removed, at China's request, materials about Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong from an exhibit on authoritarian governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/asia-pacific/politics/thai-art-gallery-authoritarian-china-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #china #censorshipart #exhibitions #uyghur #hongkong #tibet
The Japan TimesNagasaki marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombing of the city on Saturday, amid frustration among the dwindling number of survivors that their powerful calls for eradicating nuclear arms are falling on deaf ears. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/japan/nagasaki-80th-anniversary-atomic-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #history #hibakusha
The Japan TimesOn Aug. 9, 1945, 17-year-old Koichi Tagawa survived the Nagasaki bombing and began a diary. His words captured the fire, the loss and the moment he became an orphan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/history/nagasaki-nuclear-bomb-diary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #nuclearweapons
The Japan TimesIn a Chinese blockade of Taiwan, Singapore represents a crucial lifeline for Southeast Asian nations looking to evacuate their citizens from the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-blockade-simulation-singapore-lifeline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #singapore #defense
The Japan TimesIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked trade with his Brazilian counterpart and is expected to head to China for the first time in seven years in August, against the backdrop of worsening ties with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/asia-pacific/politics/modi-brazil-china-trade-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #brazil #donaldtrump #china #trade #tariffs