Japan Shaken by Major 7.1 Earthquake as Tsunami Alerts, Building Collapses and Mass Evacuations Follow Japan has once again demonstrated both the destructive force of nature and the resilience of its disaster-response system after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu, unleashing widespread destruction, triggering tsunami advisories, and […] Read more
Tokyo Launches First Centralized Spy Agency Since World War II as China, Russia and Cyber Threats Redefine National Security TOKYO — Japan has crossed a historic threshold. For the first time since the end of World War II, the world’s fourth-largest economy is building a centralized national intelligence system, marking one of the most dramatic […] Read more
The US believes a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down over its territory is part of a wider fleet that has spanned five continents. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated, “The United States was not the lone objective of this larger Programme. He further stated that other other nations have received information from […] Read more
Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases on Sunday said it had detected a new variant of the coronavirus in four travelers arriving from Brazil. The newly discovered mutant strain of Covid-19 was found to share some of the mutations in common with those of concern for increased infectivity, the institute said, referring to highly infectious variants recently discovered […] Read more
