Sanae Takaichi’s election victory is boosting regional support for a stronger Japan as Asian countries seek stability amid U.S. unpredictability and rising Chinese pressure, even as Beijing views her leadership warily. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/12/japan/asia-wants-a-stronger-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #japan #china #donaldtrump #us #indopacific #southkorea #leejaemyung #northkorea #taiwan #xijinping #india #sdf #defense

Naechste Woche habe ich 16 Jahre #Taiwan hinter mir und ich kann mich immer noch nicht dran sattsehen, wie die Communities ihre Strassen schicker machen... die Bewohner:innen stellen immer Topfplanzen raus und ich liebe einfach alles daran!

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in diesen Donnerstag. Alles wird gut 🖖

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te warned that countries in the region would be China's next targets should Beijing seize the democratic island, insisting Taiwan must dramatically shore up its defenses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-lai-warns-next-china-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #laichingte #china #defense

Taiwanese officials say a failure to pass the government’s nearly $40 billion defense budget would “seriously weaken” its defense buildup and create a “gap” in collectively deterring Chinese military adventurism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-lai-defense-budget-collective-deterrence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #laichingte #pla #us #defense #budgets

Singapore’s stalled birthrate reflects a pattern across wealthy Asian economies where higher living standards, shifting values and gender imbalances have made low fertility persistent and resistant to quick policy fixes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/10/world/asias-falling-fertility-rates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #singapore #japan #southkorea #taiwan #china #fertility #demographics #aging #population #immigration #labor #prosperity #children #women039sissues

China’s bid to pressure Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi following remarks about a Taiwan crisis has fallen flat, with the LDP’s stunning election victory giving her the political capital to confront Beijing on her terms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/japan/politics/china-japan-relations-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #2026lowerhouseelection #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #taiwan

China will offer firm support for "patriotic pro-reunification forces" in Taiwan and strike hard against "separatists," the top Chinese official in charge of policy towards the island has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/asia-pacific/politics/china-reunification-forces-taiwan-separatists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #defense

Chinese military flights that crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait in January fell to their lowest since Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te took office, an indication Beijing is tweaking its training focus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/asia-pacific/politics/china-flights-taiwan-training-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #defense #laichingte #xijinping

"Eat well and love yourself!"
Denke tatsaechlich ueber ein Buch "Philisophie in #Taiwan" nach und wuerde darin nur Werbesprueche zeigen 😁

Moin #Fediverse und eich einen gesunden Start in diesen Dienstag. Alles wird gut!

Taiwan’s top tariffs negotiator said it would be impossible to shift 40% of its semiconductor production capacity to the U.S. as she rejected claims that the island’s chip industry would relocate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/10/tech/taiwan-impossible-chip-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #taiwan #chipmakers #tsmc #semiconductors #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #tech

From Taiwan to Brazil, a look at what NPB stars are joining which teams ahead of the World Baseball Classic starting on March 5 at Tokyo Dome. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/02/09/baseball/japanese-baseball/npb-players-wbc-rosters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #baseball #japanesebaseball #samuraijapan #2026worldbaseballclassic #cuba #taiwan #brazil #panama

Trump’s record of reversals, hostility to institutional constraints and indifference to sacrifice convinces adversaries and allies alike that U.S. commitments will not hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/09/world/trump-kills-american-deterrence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #usdefense #tariffs #ukraine #china #indopacific #taiwan #elbridgecolby #cia #xijinping #nato #afghanistan #denmark #greenland #vladimirputin #russia

🛑⚠️Europe’s neglect now aiding genocide: Russian terrorists attack energy facilities in eight regions, finally breaking backbone of national power grid (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4088788-russians-attack-energy-facilities-in-eight-regions-increasing-power-deficit-ukrenergo-says.html #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #Cyprus #PACE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #US #UK #EU #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania #Austria

🛑⚠️Europe’s neglect now aiding genocide: Russian terrorists attack energy facilities in eight regions, finally breaking backbone of national power grid (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4088788-russians-attack-energy-facilities-in-eight-regions-increasing-power-deficit-ukrenergo-says.html #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #Cyprus #PACE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #US #UK #EU #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania #Austria

Taiwan will seek an extension to the date by which an agreement must be signed with the U.S. for a batch of arms deliveries given an ongoing standoff in parliament about defense spending, its Defense Ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/asia-pacific/taiwan-us-arms-deals-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #us #usmilitary #defense #indopacific #congress #donaldtrump

I lost my wallet in Taipei. It was returned to the police station. Not only that, but all the cash and cards were still there, and had been removed, catalogued, and put back with such neat orderliness that I'm tempted to lose my wallet more often, if only to take advantage of this extra service. 😍

My wallet is normally a horror-show of scruffy disorder. For the first time in years, I feel like a proper, upstanding citizen.

#Taiwan

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s $40 billion defense spending plan is caught in a deadlock as opposition lawmakers refuse to consider the proposal without government concessions, sparking criticism in Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/06/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-politics-stall-defense-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #defense #missiles #fighterjets #us

The option being talked about — whispered, actually — is the nuclear option. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/05/japan/the-list-of-japanese-security-options/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #markcarney #us #indopacific #shigeruishiba #defense #nato #sdf #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #china #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #nuclearweapons

TSMC will start making advanced 3-nanometer chips in Japan, stepping up plans to manufacture semiconductors in the country in a triumph for Sanae Takaichi’s technology ambitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/05/companies/tsmc-plan-upgrade-chip-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tsmc #kumamoto #manufacturing #nvidia #apple #sanaetakaichi #ai #taiwan #tech