Nuclear “tests” are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/17/world/nuclear-test-legacy-in-asia-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nuclearweapons #partialtestbantreaty #asiapacific #bikiniatoll #frenchpolynesia #daigofukuryumaru #oceania
A Chinese corporation has pledged 1 billion Australian dollars to Nauru, ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum regional bloc this week and the region's top political meeting next month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/asia-pacific/politics/china-us-pacific-islands-funds-meet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #pacificocean #oceania #fiji #nauru
The island nation of Vanuatu has been the driving force behind work to have the International Court of Justice deliver its first-ever legal opinion on climate change. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/asia-pacific/politics/vanuatu-icj-rulling-climate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #vanuatu #oceania #climatechange #un