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Video of Japan PM’s quake-hit area visit set to music draws criticism

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (left) talking to an evacuee as she visits an evacuation centre on Aug 3, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture.

StanChart sells its Changi Business Park assets to Japanese buyers

Standard Chartered has sought in the past to lease out its space there.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK says employee sexually assaulted by cast member

China complains to Japan over defence white paper, foreign ministry says

Japan’s government approves PM Takaichi’s costly food tax cut despite fiscal concerns

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government aims to enact related legislation for the inflation-relief scheme.

Man wielding kitchen knife dies in rare fatal police shooting in Japan

Japanese police said the man was hit by a bullet and taken to a hospital where he was confirmed dead.

‘Refrigerator for humans’ in Japan offers relief from scorching summer

The contraption is meant to be used in places without easy access to air conditioning.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 5, 2026

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Aug 3.

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns of new military options over Japan’s strike capabilities

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, said Pyongyang will make new military choices against Japan’s threat.

US will do ‘whatever it takes’ to support Japan after yen intervention, Bessent says

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Aug 2 that the US Treasury had joined Japan’s finance authorities in an intervention on July 31 to prop up the yen.

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