I had them honour of interviewing @Awich098 recently. She was warm, engaging and passionate in talking about her past, her new record and her future plans. via @NikkeiAsia.

This is an extraordinary piece of reporting and writing. Very very long but well worth it.

Trump's unilateral notice of tariffs is unjustified

The conclusion of Nikkei’s editorial on Trump’s tariffs. Trump's approach, which nearly amounts to a threat, can damage the alliance between Japan and the U.S. The consequence, if it actually materializes, will only benefit China, which is trying to split up the Japan-U.S.

RT @NTI_WMD: "For me, it was seeing the burned clothes of very small children in the museum and thinking about what happened to them and al….

The film "Kurokawa no onnatachi" (Women of Kurokawa) is a record of 15 young unmarried Japanese women who were given as "sexual offerings" in the final days of the war to the invading Soviet military by male village elders in exchange for protection of the entire community.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would impose a 35% tariff on imports from Canada next month and planned to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most other trade partners. via @NikkeiAsia.

"Trump says he will bomb Iran's sites again if he must. Fine, but the sad truth is that in the long run, no country can bomb another nation into deterrence; they can, however, bomb them into much greater secrecy about their nuclear ambitions.". via.

RT @NikkeiAsia: Japanese 'sex offerings' to Soviet troops in 1945 fully exposed

Amid all the noise about migration, this deal on nuclear coordination is significant.

Last month was Japan's hottest June in records dating back to 1898, with temperatures averaging 2.34 C above normal, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Paddington on the Irish Whiskey.

RT @ZColemanTK: .@NikkeiAsia is hiring another reporter in Hong Kong.

RT @tchau01: NEW: The KMT has reaffirmed its support for “One China” and vowed to fend off the recall votes. “We will be following the con….

“Vintage” rice arrived.

Taiwan's KMT defends 'One China' stance as no-confidence votes approach via @NikkeiAsia.

The hundreds of quakes around Japan’s Nansei islands have shifted two of the Tokara archipelago isles about 10cm. 鹿児島 トカラ列島 島が約10センチ離れる地殻変動 “過去にない動き” | NHK | 地震

Malaysia's Anwar warns tariffs now used to 'pressure, isolate' others via @NikkeiAsia.

It’s not everyday that you get to sit near a member of a kamikaze squadron. Tatsukuma Ueno, now 97, moved to Japan’s puppet state of Manchuria as a primary school kid. His dad was a businessman who went bankrupt and threw his lot into a move to a new part of the empire. In an