China's national security office in Hong Kong warned foreign media on Saturday not to spread "false information" or "smear" government efforts to deal with the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/asia-pacific/china-warns-foreign-media-hong-kong-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #fires #china #media #censorship
Hong Kong voter turnout will be in focus in an election Sunday, with the city still grieving and traumatized after the worst fire in nearly 80 years that has seen authorities scramble to avoid a broader public backlash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/asia-pacific/hong-kong-election-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #fires
Homeowners at the complex destroyed in one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires were incorrectly told the contractor that authorities blame for the blaze had a clean safety record, documents show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-safety-breaches-revolt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #fires #constructionindustry
The Pentagon has endorsed the tripartite AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom and Australia, which would involve Canberra's acquisition of at least three Virginia-class nuclear submarines within 15 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/asia-pacific/politics/us-pentagon-aukus-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #aukus #us #usmilitary #defense #uk #australia
South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear-powered submarines could reshape Asia’s security landscape and escalate an underwater arms race. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-submarine-arms-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #defense #submarines #nuclearweapons
China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in the largest maritime show of force to date. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/asia-pacific/china-military-ships-maritime-force/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #defense
Hong Kong authorities are rushing to remove mesh netting on all buildings across the city after the material was blamed for fanning a blaze last week that killed at least 159 people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/asia-pacific/hong-kong-scaffolding-nets-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong
There is still work left to deal with the fallout of the failed martial law bid one year ago and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-martial-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #leejaemyung #yoonsukyeol
The children of Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been in jail since 2020, are voicing new alarm about his health, saying his condition has continued to deteriorate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-family/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #hongkong #jimmylai #appledaily
The death toll from cyclone-induced floods and landslides in Southeast Asia nears 800 as rescuers battle to clear roads and improved weather conditions reveal the scale of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/asia-pacific/asian-storm-death-toll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southeastasia #typhoons #floods #indonesia #malaysia #thailand #srilanka
Bamboo scaffolding has become a focus of debate in Hong Kong after a tragic fire in the territory left at least 146 dead and spurred questions over whether its use contributed to the inferno. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/asia-pacific/society/bamboo-identity-hong-kong-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #hongkong #asia #china #wangfukcourt
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is set to introduce sweeping economic reforms in the upcoming parliament session as part of a plan to attract foreign investment and boost growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/asia-pacific/politics/modi-parliament-reforms-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #narendramodi
Hong Kong has arrested 14 suspects in a probe into the city's deadliest fire in decades, finding "substandard" netting on buildings failed to halt flames from spreading. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-suspects-fire-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #china
Hong Kong’s government moved to stamp out mounting public anger in the wake of the city’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades, which left at least 146 people dead and raised questions about missed warnings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-anger-arrests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #fires #china
Indonesian and Thai authorities raced to clear debris and find hundreds of missing people as the death toll from devastating floods and landslides across Southeast Asia topped 600. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/asia-pacific/indonesia-thailand-missing-flood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #thailand #malaysia #southeastasia #floods
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand faced mass devastation after a tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait fueling week-long heavy rains. There were 336 dead in Indonesia, 170 in Thailand and two in Malaysia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/asia-pacific/storm-deaths-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southeastasia #typhoons #indonesia #floods #landslides #thailand #malaysia
Taiwan's government has proposed $40 billion in extra defense spending over several years, with the focus on developing a multilayered air defense system dubbed T-Dome. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/asia-pacific/taiwan-air-defense-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #missiles
Anger over a deadly blaze at a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex simmered Sunday as Beijing warned against attempts to use the disaster to disrupt the city, while mourn continued for the more than 128 victims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/asia-pacific/hong-kong-china-fire-disrupt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #fires #china
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced the country's air force will be equipped with "new strategic military assets," state media said Sunday — https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-air-force/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #missiles #nuclearweapons #defense #kimjongun
The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Southeast Asia climbed past 350 on Saturday as clean-up and search and rescue operations got underway in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/asia-pacific/southeast-asia-floods/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #thailand #malaysia #floods