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FILE PHOTO: A general view of Tokyo Tower in Japan. Japanese police are investigating if the body of a child found on Wednesday on the coast of an outlying island in northeastern Japan could be a six-year-old boy who went missing in the area earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
Japan

Japan finds child’s body on island, possibly missing boy

Police have been searching for Yuto Takahashi, a first grader, since he went missing on September 5.

South Korea

South Korean graduates protected from deepfake abuse by new photo tech

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US tightens Japan, South Korea ties ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Japan

Japan begins clean-up after Typhoon Dujuan kills 4, batters east

Landslide warnings remained in force on Tuesday after the 25th typhoon of the season left thousands without power and ruined holiday plans.

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Rescuers search for a missing person on Tuesday at a house in Miura, Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture, hit by a landslide triggered by Typhoon Dujuan. Photo: Kyodo/Reuters
A rescuer clears debris while searching for a missing person at a house in Kanagawa prefecture on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Floodwater covers a children’s playground in Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, on Tuesday after Typhoon Dujuan. Photo: Reuters
South Korea

Big pay from chip boom shakes South Korea’s university-obsessed culture

‘When I think about the pay I’ll be getting at Samsung, I’m not worried at all,’ a student at a semiconductor school says.

Japan

Russia targets ‘unfriendly nations’ as asset seizures spook Japanese firms

The takeover of Swiss and French brands raises the spectre of retaliation against some 230 Japanese businesses still in Russia.

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South Korea

Shark in the park: viral sighting shakes up South Korea’s Busan

Nearly 20,000 visitors flocked to the North Port Waterfront Park over the weekend to see the shark, which has also spawned a flood of memes.

A copper shark about 3.5 metres long swims in the waterway of a waterfront park off the southeastern port city of Busan, South Korea, on Friday. Photo: EPA/Yonhap
South Korea’s coastguard members aboard a boat try to guide a copper shark about 3.5 metres long towards the open sea after it was found in the waterway of a waterfront park in Busan on Friday. Photo: EPA/Yonhap
Japan

Flights axed, over 1 million urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan hits Japan

Four people died in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, while over 46,000 households near Tokyo were without power.

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South Korea

South Korea beats foreign student target, but struggles to keep them

New university rankings show while South Korea has enjoyed an international student boom, gaps in support and post-graduation outcomes remain.

Japan

Japan surgeon cuts healthy brain, leaving patient on ventilator

The veteran doctor ignored negative biopsy results during the 10-hour surgery at Kyoto University Hospital, leaving the tumour intact.

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A doctor viewing a brain scan. Photo: Getty Images
South Korea

Suspected DMZ landmine blast injures 3 South Korean soldiers

Three people were hospitalised. Hundreds of thousands of mines, if not more, are thought to be buried in the area.

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Visitors use binoculars to look at the North Korean side of the demilitarised zone dividing the two Koreas. Photo: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
Visitors use binoculars to look at the North Korean side of the demilitarised zone dividing the two Koreas. Photo: Sopa Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
Japan

Japan asks for US$43 million to weed out cherry tree-devouring longhorn beetle

Further growth in the ‘invasive’ beetle population could make it difficult to enjoy cherry blossom viewing in the spring.

South Korea

South Korea steps up to plug Europe’s jet fuel deficit

South Korea is the latest large source of jet fuel shipments to Europe, exporting 129,000 barrels per day, the highest since October 2022.

North Korea

North Korea fires 2 missiles in 3 hours amid tensions over US drills

North Korea’s ‌Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of Kim Jong-un, blamed US-led military drills for worsening tensions on the Korean peninsula.

People sit near a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Japan

Japanese convenience stores turn to AI for novelty sweets

Lawson is launching three new food items created using AI around the theme: ‘What on earth is this? But it’s delicious’.

FamilyMart’s sweet potato “canele” with caramel sauce. Photo: Kyodo
FamilyMart’s sweet potato “canele” with caramel sauce. Photo: Kyodo
South Korea

South Korea justice minister nominee withdraws over Covid-19 drug trial scandal

Kim Seung-won, who has denied the allegations, says he does not want to add any burden to President Lee’s administration.

Japan

Crouching dragons: the suicide divers Japan never sent to war

Sealed in diving suits with mines attached to poles, Japan’s ‘fukuryu’ frogmen waited beneath the waves for an invasion that never came.

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South Korea wants free ‘AI for All’. Is society ready?

Seoul’s roll-out of free, unlimited AI is set to shake up classrooms, careers and crime – for better or worse.

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Illustration: Dennis Yip
Illustration: Dennis Yip
Singapore

Singapore minister Chan Chun Sing’s Mandarin diplomacy strikes China chord

Chan quoted ancient philosopher Mencius in his speech at Xiangshan Forum, winning praise on social media for his knowledge of Chinese thought.

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South Korea

‘No deployment for war’: South Korea rejects US request for Iran support

President Lee Jae Myung has drawn a firm line against sending troops or assets to the Middle East, defying pressure from Washington.

North Korea

Russia employs North Koreans to build drones for Ukraine war: report

The move shows how military ties have expanded beyond weapons and troops into labour and industrial production, the report says.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (centre) meets scientists, researchers and officials from key national defence research institutions in Pyongyang on August 29. Photo: KCNA / Reuters
Japan

Is Japan’s Okinawa finally moving on from anti-base politics?

Frustrated by economic hardship, Okinawans have rallied behind a new governor, leaving long-standing anti-base resistance in disarray.

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US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, is seen from the air in 2015. Photo: Kyodo/AP
US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, is seen from the air in 2015. Photo: Kyodo/AP
North Korea

North Korea at Japan’s Asian Games: sports diplomacy or propaganda stunt?

Pyongyang is sending its largest-ever delegation to Japan, signalling a calculated bid to test Tokyo and pave the way for US re-engagement.

North Korea

Only ‘idiots’ expect North Korea to give up nuclear weapons: Kim Yo-jong

The powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un says ‘familiar silly talk’ about denuclearisation will not change the country’s status.

Japan

Why Zelensky’s Kyiv invite puts Japan PM Takaichi in a diplomatic bind

Analysts say a Ukraine trip will be an ‘excellent opportunity’ for Takaichi to show her mettle, despite concerns about chilly Russia ties.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tokyo on September 2. Photo: AFP
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