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Japan calls China’s expanding military operations its ‘greatest strategic challenge’
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s Defense Ministry has described China’s expanding military footprint across the Indo-Pacific as the country’s most pressing...
Japan faces renewed wave of food price hikes amid rising costs
TOKYO (Realist English). Japanese consumers are bracing for another round of food and beverage price increases in 2025, with the...
Japanese opposition leader apologizes for remark seen as misogynistic
TOKYO (Realist English). Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of Japan’s small opposition Democratic Party for the People, issued a public apology on...
Japan eyes global defense market as it shifts from pacifism to industrial power
TOKYO (Realist English). In a significant departure from its postwar pacifist stance, Japan is positioning itself as a rising player...
Japan protests after Chinese fighter jet narrowly misses MSDF patrol plane
TOKYO (Realist English). A Chinese J-15 fighter jet flew within just 45 meters of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF)...
Japan’s birth rate falls below 700,000 for the first time, deepening demographic crisis
TOKYO (Realist English). The number of babies born in Japan fell to an all-time low in 2024, dropping below 700,000...
Japan’s agriculture minister resigns over rice comment as prices soar
TOKYO (Realist English). Japanese Agriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday following a public backlash over remarks that he “never...
81% of Japanese view Trump’s return with concern, not optimism
TOKYO (Realist English). A new survey conducted by Kyodo News reveals that 81% of Japanese citizens feel “more anxious than...
Japan drafts antitrust rules targeting Apple and Google to boost app market competition
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s antitrust regulator unveiled draft guidelines on Thursday for a new law designed to rein in the...
Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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