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Biden needs to do better in Asia

When Joe Biden arrived in Asia last week for the first visit to the region of his presidency, he aimed to pick up where his predecessor left off. Landing in South Korea on May 20 as events in North Korea and the Ukraine crisis loomed large, Mr Biden then travelled…

Bangkok Post · May 29, 2022

Tourists and the Japanese art of pandemic envy

The first tourists have begun to trickle back into Japan, with a few guided tour groups arriving this week in a small experiment designed to get locals used to the idea of foreign visitors. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is promising to let in more package tours starting next month as…

Bangkok Post · May 29, 2022

Asia Cup hockey | Malaysia holds India to draw but Sardar Singh's men inch closer to final

India had earlier defeated Japan 2-1 in their first match on Saturday.

The Hindu · May 29, 2022

Japan shade Opals, level basketball series

Japan have forced a deciding third game in their women's basketball series against Australia after beating the Opals 56-55 in Sydney.

AAP · May 29, 2022

Asia Cup hockey: India beats Japan in first Super 4 league match, avenges pool loss

In the Super 4s, India, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia will play each other once with the top two teams progressing to the final

The Hindu · May 28, 2022

Asia Cup Hockey: India beat Japan 2-1 in first Super 4 league match, avenge pool loss

JAKARTA: The Indian men's hockey team scored two fantastic field goals to beat Japan 2-1 in its first Super 4 league match and avenge its loss in the pool stage of the Asia Cup here on Saturday.

The Times of India · May 28, 2022

Ex-Japanese Red Army leader Shigenobu leaves prison

Fusako Shigenobu, a former leader of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group, was released from a Tokyo prison on Saturday after serving a 20-year sentence for her involvement in a hostage incident at the French Embassy in The Hague in 1974, among other charges.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · May 28, 2022

Japanese terror group founder behind 1974 French embassy siege released after serving 20-year sentence

‘I have hurt innocent people I did not know by putting our struggles first’

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Emperor Showa's agony recorded in aide's diaries

Emperor Showa's undisguised worries and concerns during World War II were preserved in the diaries of an aide-de-camp, which were publicly unveiled Friday at the National Diet Library's Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · May 28, 2022

Growing anti-China alliance in Indo-Pacific a boon for French-Aussie relations

Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi is touring eight Pacific island nations as part of a strategy to increase Beijing's clout in the region. The move triggered Western countries to strengthen ties and may re-boot the relationship between France and Australia, still suffering from a submarine deal that went wrong.

Radio France Internationale · May 28, 2022