Notices by The Japan Times (thejapantimes@mastodon.social)

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brandon Williams, a former Navy officer and one-term member of Congress, to become the keeper of the nation’s arsenal of thousands of nuclear bombs and warheads. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/18/world/politics/us-nuclear-arsenal-brandon-williams/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #nuclearweapons #usmilitary

The probe into South Korea’s recent deadly plane crash has exposed a shortcoming first identified over two decades ago — that older aircraft lack technology to keep data recorders working when main power sources fail. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/15/asia-pacific/jeju-jet-black-box-power-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #boeing #jejuair

Elon Musk cheated Twitter shareholders out of more than $150 million by waiting too long to disclose his growing stake in the company, the SEC claimed in a lawsuit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/15/tech/musk-sec-twitter-investors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #elonmusk #sec #twitter #x #socialmedia #us

China’s forced boarding schools for Tibetan children are aiming to erase their cultural identity, with children subjected to political indoctrination and separation from families. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/14/asia-pacific/politics/china-tibetan-culture-child/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #tibet

At least two Tibetan Buddhism monastic centers were severely damaged in Tibet, with an unknown number of monks and nuns hurt, after last week's powerful earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/14/asia-pacific/earthquake-tibetan-monasteries-clergy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #tibet #earthquakes

Not only are the targets set by the government's draft energy plan insufficient in tackling the climate challenge, but the fairness of the process leading to them was dubious. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/01/13/japan/japan-energy-plan-process-failure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #climatechange #emissions #energy #electricity #renewables #nuclearenergy #lng #gas #meti #environmentministry

China accused Taiwan's ruling party of having "deliberately hyped" an incident in which a Chinese-owned ship was suspected of damaging a subsea telecoms cable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/09/asia-pacific/politics/china-taiwan-sea-cable-claims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #internet

U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadis to senior military posts is a security concern and bad for their image. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/11/world/syria-foreign-jihadis-army/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #syria #terrorism #syriancivilwar

The death toll in Gaza in the first nine months of the Israel-Hamas war was around 40% higher than recorded by the Palestinian territory's health ministry, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/10/world/gaza-death-toll-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

Having successfully getting his candidate elected as president in the U.S., billionaire Elon Musk is now setting his sights on Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/09/world/politics/musk-style-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #elonmusk #europe #us #donaldtrump #uk

A hairy situation is taking root in Japan — hair removal treatments are increasingly being offered to children, raising questions over whether they are confidence boosters or symptoms of a wider societal issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/09/japan/society/hair-removal-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #beautyservices #dione

A yakuza leader has pleaded guilty to handling nuclear material sourced from Myanmar and seeking to sell it to fund an illicit arms deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/09/japan/crime-legal/yakuza-us-guilty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yakuza #drugs #gangs #us #nuclearweapons #smuggling

Right-wing YouTubers helped President Yoon Suk Yeol win his election. They are now his allies in the wake of his botched imposition of martial law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/05/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-conspiracy-theories-political-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #youtube #socialmedia #yoonsukyeol

Disposal of used solar panels is expected to be a big problem in Japan in the coming decade after solar power generation spread rapidly following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/05/japan/japan-used-solar-panel-disposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #solar #renewables #energy #waste #recycling #tepco #nuclearenergy #environment

Japan is sitting on an abundance of geothermal energy potential. As it races to decarbonize, is it finally ready to develop the renewable resource? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/12/22/energy/japan-geothermal-political-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #energy #renewables #geothermal #emissions #climatechange #shigeruishiba #ldp

Amid a severe regional security environment, Japan and the United States have for the first time jointly drawn up guidelines for extended deterrence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/27/japan/japan-us-extended-deterrence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #foreignministry #usjapanrelations #china #northkorea #russia

Over 2,500 people staged a rally in the city of Okinawa on Sunday to protest sexual assaults on local girls by U.S. servicemen stationed in the prefecture of Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/22/japan/okinawans-protest-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #usmilitary #sexualassault #women039sissues #rape

As Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky played a key role in galvanizing Tokyo’s support for Kyiv amid Russia’s ongoing invasion. In a new diplomatic reshuffle, he will be replaced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/22/japan/politics/ukraine-japan-ambassador-replace/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #ukrainejapanrelations #sergiykorsunsky

Animal rights activist Paul Watson, freed from detention in Greenland, vowed to stop Japan if it tried to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/22/japan/paul-watson-whaling-end/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #france #whaling #paulwatson

AI services such as ChatGPT are becoming increasingly popular among people in Japan as a way to learn new languages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/19/japan/chatgpt-english-lessons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ai #chatgpt #survey #english #eikaiwa #language