A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, according to an attendee and a local committee member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-festival-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia
Donald Trump’s 1% remittance tax on migrant transfers will reduce vital funds to developing countries, undermining economic stability and development while increasing poverty and inequality. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/06/world/trumps-beggar-the-poor-remittence-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #poverty #africa #latinamerican #southeastasia #currencies #trade #tariffs #onebigbeautifulbillact
India's challenge is to maintain strategic autonomy and to promote its vision of a more inclusive, rules-based and connected South and Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/05/world/indias-dangerous-neighborhood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #nepal #thailand #indopacific #southeastasia #malaysia #cambodia #defense #china #pakistan #bangladesh #democracy
pirategoddess 🏳️🌈
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Thai and Cambodian troops clashed in the border area of northeastern Thailand, exchanging gunfire in the first such conflict between their forces since they agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in late July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-troops-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Matt Noyes
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For Unfiltered, @ncoca dives into how polluting palm oil power plants harms local communities, and the powerful movement that has, so far, successfully prevented two projects from being built. Harvesting palm oil also means #deforestation and land‑use change in #SoutheastAsia especially plantations on peatlands—which leads to high greenhouse‑gas emissions.
Read in more detail about the short and long term effects this will have on #Japan and its neighboring countries.
https://www.unfiltered.coop/japans-palm-oil-power-push-is-faltering/
Matt Noyes
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アンフィルタードでニシン・コカ (@ncoca)は、汚染を招くパーム油発電所が地域社会に与える被害と、これまでに二つのプロジェクト建設を阻止した市民運動の実態に迫る。パーム油の収穫は東南アジアにおける森林破壊と土地利用変化 — 特に泥炭地でのプランテーション開発 — を意味し、大量の温室効果ガスを排出している。
日本とその近隣諸国に及ぼす短期的・長期的な影響について、詳細を記事にした
https://www.unfiltered.coop/palm-oil-power-jp/
#unfiltered #japan #enviornment #palmoil #southeastasia #pollution
As #Japan #LNG imports peak, #China’s now dominates #naturalgas imports.
This will have profound implications for #climate & the #energy transition for countries in South and #SoutheastAsia.
My latest for @thejapantimes
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/06/01/energy/china-lng-surge/
For Unfiltered, @ncoca dives into how polluting palm oil power plants harms local communities, and the powerful movement that has, so far, successfully prevented two projects from being built. Harvesting palm oil also means #deforestation and land‑use change in #SoutheastAsia especially plantations on peatlands—which leads to high greenhouse‑gas emissions.
Read in more detail about the short and long term effects this will have on #Japan and its neighboring countries.
https://www.unfiltered.coop/japans-palm-oil-power-push-is-faltering/
More German companies are choosing Japan as their manufacturing hub for Asia, according to a survey by the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/22/companies/german-companies-japan-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #germany #germanjapanrelations #ahkjapan #supplychain #manufacturing #china #southeastasia
アンフィルタードでニシン・コカ (@ncoca)は、汚染を招くパーム油発電所が地域社会に与える被害と、これまでに二つのプロジェクト建設を阻止した市民運動の実態に迫る。パーム油の収穫は東南アジアにおける森林破壊と土地利用変化 — 特に泥炭地でのプランテーション開発 — を意味し、大量の温室効果ガスを排出している。
日本とその近隣諸国に及ぼす短期的・長期的な影響について、詳細を記事にした
https://www.unfiltered.coop/palm-oil-power-jp/
#unfiltered #japan #enviornment #palmoil #southeastasia #pollution
The verdant, river-crossed Malaysian state of Sarawak is charging ahead with plans to become a regional "green battery," but its renewable energy dreams could come at a serious environmental cost. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/09/16/sustainability/malaysia-island-green-battery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #hydro #renewables #borneo #malaysia #southeastasia
Nithin Coca నితిన్
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Poorly paid and largely uninsured, Indonesia's gig workers increasingly angry at the government over its failure to create enough jobs for the country’s workforce are planning more protests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-protests-gig-drivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #southeastasia
Poorly paid and largely uninsured, Indonesia's gig workers increasingly angry at the government over its failure to create enough jobs for the country’s workforce are planning more protests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-protests-gig-drivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #southeastasia
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says he does not blame people for taking part in street protests "one bit" as anger mounts over a corruption scandal involving phony flood-control projects. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-president-corruption-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #ferdinandmarcosjr #corruption #philippines #southeastasia
In removing Indonesia's finance minister and U-turning on protester demands, Prabowo Subianto is scrambling to restore public trust while installing install loyalists after deadly riots. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/politics/prabowo-subianto-indonesia-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #prabowosubianto #southeastasia
Thailand's Supreme Court has ordered Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister of the country, to be jailed for one year, ruling that he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/asia-pacific/politics/thai-court-thaksin-jail-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thaksinshinawatra #thailand #southeastasia #paetongtarnshinawatra