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An F-2 fighter jet takes part in a live fire exercise by the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force in Gotemba in 2022. Japan plans to replace the F-2 fighter, which is scheduled to begin being phased out around 2035, with the next-generation jet. Photo: AFP
Japan

Japan, UK, Italy eye Japanese factory to build fighter jet

The three nations launched the programme in 2022 to deploy the fighter jet from 2035, amid an increasingly tense global security environment.

Japan

Millions visit Japan, yet few venture north of Tokyo. Here’s why

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Climate change

Raging wildfires in France and Spain force over 200,000 to flee

Japan

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

Analysts say the move will be ‘a starting point’ for greater cooperation among like-minded partners amid concerns about US commitment.

A mock-up of the GCAP fighter jet on display at the Farnborough International Airshow 2026 in Farnborough, Britain, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Japan

Japan’s deadliest fault line shifts, frustrating megaquake forecasts

As small quakes cluster off the coast, a new seabed study shows the Nankai Trough’s ‘locked zone’ is far more fluid than scientists believed.

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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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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A visitor stands next to a cooling mist at Sensoji temple in Tokyo on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
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.

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.

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.

The Fukuoka prefectural government office in Japan. Photo: Google Maps
Japan

Video | Japan revises law to expand imperial family

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

Read the full story: https://sc.mp/b5690e Japan will revise its imperial household law in an effort to expand the pool of eligible heirs for the Chrysanthemum Throne. The change will allow the imperial family to adopt male distant relatives over 15, and will also permit women to keep their royal status even after marrying someone from outside the family. It does not address the possibility of a woman ascending to the throne and becoming emperor, despite the idea having wide public support.
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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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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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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.

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
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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.

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.

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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.

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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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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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Extensive scraping can be seen along the underside of the aircraft’s rear fuselage. Photo: Handout
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.

Tokyo Tower in Japan. A woman living in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of sewing her flatmate’s lips together with a needle and thread. Photo: Reuters
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.

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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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.

Tourists throng a shopping street in the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo on June 22. Photo: Kyodo
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.

A police bus enters the Tokyo Detention House in Japan in 2019. Photo: AFP
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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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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