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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2020
Thailand’s dilemma: Silence students or allow criticism of the monarchy
It’s long been the case in Thailand that every conversation about the monarchy requires an extra level of alertness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020
Testing royal taboos: Inside Thailand's new youth protests
Street protesters have not previously sought changes to the monarchy, which the constitution says must be held 'in a position of revered worship.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2020
Thailand bets on private medical marijuana to lift economy
Agriculture and tourism are crucial to Thailand's economy, but the wellness-tourism sector generated domestic expenditures of $12 billion in 2017.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2020
Not 'Thighland': Trump's slip sparks meme fest
One online joker wrote that Thighland was located on a cartographic leg between 'Kneepal' and 'Ankola.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
Tourism-reliant Thailand shelves 'travel bubble' as virus cases rise
Thailand has delayed plans for a "travel bubble" agreement with select countries as the number of novel coronavirus cases reported daily rises in parts of Asia, putting pressure on its vital tourism industry and complicating efforts to revive its battered economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2020
Thai democracy protesters make Japan cartoon hamster their symbol
Protesters are running around as if on a hamster wheel while singing the Hamtaro jingle to decry government waste and demand the dissolution of parliament.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 30, 2020
Japan to allow back foreign residents who left before entry ban
The planned change in Japan's border control policy will also be accompanied by stricter entry procedures.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 25, 2020
Water wars: Mekong River another front in U.S.-China rivalry
The Mekong River has become a new front in the U.S.-China rivalry, environmentalists and officials say, with Beijing overtaking Washington in both spending and influence over downstream countries at the mercy of its control of the river's waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2020
In Thailand, it's statues of democracy leaders that are disappearing
Certain historical statues have been disappearing in Thailand, but they are not effigies of colonialists or slave owners torn down by protesters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2020
Thailand aims to turn away from mass tourism and target wealthy
Thailand’s tourism-revival strategy is to target big spenders seeking privacy and social distancing in the COVID-19 era, rather than try to attract a large number of visitors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2020
Cheap holidays target locals across tourism-reliant Southeast Asia
With cash flow drying up at Thailand’s popular beach resort of Phuket, hotels are racing to restart tourism — starting with local travelers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2020
Thailand's 1 million health volunteers hailed as coronavirus heroes
Nearly every day, 77-year-old Surin Makradee goes door-to-door in her village in Thailand, visiting every home to check people's temperatures in a routine repeated in communities across the country during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2020
Migrant workers on virus front line as Southeast Asia returns to work
Temperature checks and mandatory virus tests are some of the measures becoming the new normal for migrant workers in Malaysia and Thailand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2020
Women running Southeast Asia's small businesses get digital lifeline
When the coronavirus stopped her husband from working, Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc's small business of selling cosmetics from home became the main income for their Vietnamese family of four.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2020
Plastic piles up in Thailand as virus fight sidelines pollution battle
Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags that Bangkok office worker Nicha Singhanoi hoped would cut back the waste that puts her country among the world's top five choking the oceans with plastic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 29, 2020
Public suicide attempt highlights plight of millions of Thais waiting for virus aid
A woman who took rat poison this week outside Thailand's finance ministry over the slow rollout of aid during the coronavirus lockdown was promised on Tuesday she would get her money soon. For millions of other Thais, the waiting continues.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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