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Dream Job: The Japanese Man Who Gets Paid to Do Nothing

Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing. The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges 10,000 yen ($71) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion. "Basically, I rent myself out. My job is to be wherever my…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Power Outages, Damage as Typhoon Hinnamnor Hits South Korea

Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in South Korea early Tuesday, causing power outages and leaving one person missing, but with few early reports of major damage as it headed back to sea. The typhoon, one of the most powerful to bear down on the country in decades, hit the country's southern…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Mongolian counterpart, discusses ways to enhance defence ties

Defence Minister Singh is on a five-day visit to Mongolia and Japan beginning Monday

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Two officials at Tokyo 2020 sponsor arrested in widening bribery probe

Japanese prosecutors arrested two officials at a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday as part of a widening bribery investigation that media said involved a former member of the Tokyo 2020 board.

Reuters

Sri Lanka has an IMF deal, now it courts China and India

(Corrects paragraph 30 to show Center for Financial Stability is based in New York, not London)

Reuters

Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.

Reuters

Japan ex-PM Abe's state funeral to cost over $12 million

Japan will spend about 1.65 billion yen ($12 million) on the state funeral planned for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to the government's new estimate on Tuesday that includes security and reception costs.

Reuters

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Time to Rethink America’s Nuclear Strategy

How to learn the right lessons from the Cold War.

Foreign Affairs

Thousands of Victoria's international students have returned, but there are still more to come

An extra 37,000 international students are studying in Victoria since Australia's borders reopened to them in mid-December. The new data comes as the state government targets markets in Colombia, Vietnam, Japan and Korea.

ABC News

Celtic vs Real Madrid: Kyogo Furuhashi fit to face European champions

Japan forward Furuhashi went off five minutes into Celtic’s 4-0 win over Rangers on Saturday

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin appears flushed and merry as he gives chilling message to young Russians

Warmonger Vladimir Putin rambled in front of a group of bemused young ecologists as part of a rare trip to eastern Russian - claiming that Russia, not Japan, is the "Country of the Rising Sun"

Daily Mirror

Japan protests to Russia over military exercises with China

Japan has protested to Russia over military exercises including China it is conducting on Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, and says it is seriously concerned about shooting drills by the two countries’ warships off Japan’s northern coast

The Independent UK

Celtic boost as Kyogo Furuhashi trains ahead of Real Madrid clash

The Japan forward was forced off with injury during Saturday’s Old Firm win

The Independent UK

China joins Russia drills to divert attention from Taiwan

SHENYANG/NEW DELHI -- China has dispatched its army, navy and air force to take part in Russia's large-scale Vostok 2022 military exercises in hopes of diverting U.S. and Japan attention to the Sea of Japan, and away from Taiwan-related issues.

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Political Pulse / Teleworkers in Japan miss interpersonal satisfactions of office life

At 79, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is still on stage, belting out the legendary British rock band's hit song "(I can't get no) Satisfaction." He could be expressing the plight of members of Japanese corporate society, who may not be satisfied with telework amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Prof.…

Reuters

Flights cancelled, some production suspended in Japan as storm nears

Japan on Monday braced for the impact of a strong approaching typhoon, with airlines cancelling flights and some companies suspending production at factories in the western part of the country.

Bangkok Post

Singapore ex-diplomat warns to not underestimate China on Taiwan

Singapore’s former top diplomat warned on Monday that a conflict in Taiwan would trigger a Chinese response akin to the US reaction to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor that precipitated its entrance into World War II.

The Hindu

₹920 crore greening project for climate change response in Tamil Nadu to take off this month

Tamil Nadu government signed an MoU with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the implementation of the project in March this year

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ADF troops may face death penalty in Japan

Australian troops who committed serious offences while in Japan could be sentenced to death, under a military access treaty still being hammered out.

Reuters

Toyota to suspend production at 3 western Japan plants as typhoon nears

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp will suspend some evening shifts at three plants in western Japan due to an approaching typhoon, it said on Monday.

The Times of India

In charts: India likely to overtake Japan as third-largest economy by 2029

NEW DELHI: With India surpassing the United Kingdom (UK) to become the world's fifth largest economy, a report by the State Bank of India (SBI) suggests that the country will outstrip two other major economies to become the third-largest economy by 2029.

Reuters

Kishida disapproval rate edges above 40% on church ties, Abe funeral

Disapproval of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet edged above 40% for the first time, propelled by doubts over whether his ruling party would ever be free of ties to the Unification Church, according to a public opinion poll.

Bangkok Post

Dechapol and Sapsiree deliver again

Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai claimed their third title of the year and 15th of their mixed doubles career after winning the US$750,000 BWF Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday.

The Hindu

Shinzo Abe considered Manmohan Singh a mentor, Narendra Modi a friend: Japan leader’s advisor

Ahead of Jaishankar-Rajnath meeting in Tokyo, Abe’s advisor and speech writer calls India an “ideal partner”

The Hindu

When discussing our maritime interest, India should also think about Pacific Ocean: EAM Jaishankar

EAM Jaishankar said China is India's "super neighbour" and there is a lesson to learn from its progress and its impact on India and its interests

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