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

Coastal regions from Chile to the western U.S. were on edge after a powerful earthquake in Russia’s Far East triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/tsunami-chile-us-russia-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #tsunami #earthquakes #russia #japan #us #hawaii #peru #chile #pacificocean