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Japan concealed U.S. admission to likely PFAS link in Okinawa | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
5+ day, 22+ min ago (484+ words) By TAKASHI WATANABE/ Staff Writer September 9, 2026 at 14:31 JST Firefighting foam leaks from the U.S. Kadena Air Base in 2013. (From the Jon Mitchell Collection at the Okinawa International University Library) The Japanese government concealed the U.S. military’s acknowledgement in 2023 that two of its…...
VOX POPULI: ‘Chairman Mao’ still towers over China 50 years after his death | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (564+ words) September 9, 2026 at 13:16 JST In China, people call Mao Zedong (1893-1976) “Mao Zhuxi,” or “Chairman Mao.” Mao, who led his country’s communist revolution, was once chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party; chairman of the Political Bureau, or Politburo;…...
VOX POPULI: Syed Omar died 81 years ago as a hibakusha far from home | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 4+ day ago (453+ words) September 3, 2026 at 13:18 JST A 19-year-old man died on Sept. 3 exactly 81 years ago. His name was Syed Omar. Hailing from Malaya (present-day Malaysia), he arrived in Japan in 1943 as one of the 205 so-called “Nanpo Tokubetsu Ryugakusei” (Southern Special Students)—young men…...
EDITORIAL: Now is the time for Koike to show the will to face up to the bitter past | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 4+ day ago (642+ words) September 2, 2026 at 15:11 JST Participants pray on Sept. 1 at a Tokyo park for the Koreans who were killed in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. (Ryosuke Yamamoto) This is an age in which, on one hand, groundless information and lies…...
Taiwan's chip prowess is built on democracy and rule of law | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
1+ week, 5+ day ago (577+ words) September 2, 2026 at 11:05 JST Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during the Taiwan-EU Semiconductor Forum held on the sidelines of the SEMICON Taiwan exhibition in Taipei on Sept. 1. (Reuters) TAIPEI—Taiwan’s semiconductor prowess is built on the foundations of democracy…...
Vietnam War photojournalist Bunyo Ishikawa dies at 88 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
2+ week, 6+ day ago (349+ words) August 24, 2026 at 16:28 JST Immediate family and close relatives will hold a private funeral. Born in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, in 1938, Ishikawa worked for Mainichi Productions Inc. and other organizations before joining a film production company in Hong Kong where he was…...