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The Japan TimesA student suspected of carrying out a bombing at his school mosque in Jakarta wrote in his diary of feeling isolated and drew inspiration from a Telegram group glorifying white supremacist attacks, police said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/asia-pacific/crime-legal/teen-jakarta-mosque-blasts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #indonesia #terrorism #socialmedia
The Japan TimesA set of unclaimed remains placed in the vault under the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima will undergo DNA profiling to identify the individual. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/japan/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-dna-testing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #hiroshima #genetics #wwii
The Japan TimesBear attacks and sightings have continued in Japan, with a woman found dead in a rice field in Akita Prefecture after a suspected bear attack while a bear made its way into an Aeon shopping mall in the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/society/akita-more-bears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #bears #animals #akita #supermarkets
The Japan TimesMcDonald’s Japan has issued an apology following a weekend frenzy in which many bought its Happy Meals in bulk to get their hands on limited-edition Pokemon trading cards, only to discard the food afterward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/12/companies/mcdonalds-pokemon-apology/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mcdonald039s #pokemon #socialmedia #waste #food
The Japan TimesA Taiwanese drama centered on a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan will begin streaming in Japan from Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/society/taiwan-drama-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #taiwan #film #china
The Japan TimesBritain's Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has made its Japan debut in the final leg of a monthslong Indo-Pacific deployment at the helm of a multinational carrier strike group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/uk-prince-of-wales-carrier-japan-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yokosuka #aircraftcarriers #princeofwales #ukjapanrelations #msdf
The Japan TimesDonald Trump extended a tariff truce with China by another 90 days staving off triple-digit duties on Chinese goods as retailers prepared for the holiday season. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/12/markets/trump-china-tariff-truce-90-days/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
The Japan TimesDonald Trump congratulated Grant Forrest on his "brilliant golf" after a four-shot win in a Scottish Championship tournament played on a course owned by the President of the United States on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/11/more-sports/trump-calls-forrest-after-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #donaldtrump #grantforrest
The Japan TimesMichi Saito, 98, of Fukushima, recalls how her brother was killed by a dummy atomic bomb that U.S. forces used as training for the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/japan/fukushima-1945-mock-atomic-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #atomicbombings #fukushima
The Japan TimesA Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its coast guard while chasing a Philippines patrol boat in the South China Sea, Manila said Monday, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/asia-pacific/collide-philippine-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #philippines #southchinasea