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Japan's Okinawa ousts anti-US base governor
15+ hour, 39+ min ago (675+ words) Genta Koja (front centre) celebrates with his supporters after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election in Naha, Okinawa In a landslide victory following Sunday's vote, Genta Koja beat incumbent Denny Tamaki, who has long pushed for a major US military base…...
Japan needs its own foreign intelligence agency: gov't spokesman
21+ hour, 26+ min ago (250+ words) Japan needs its own foreign intelligence agency, the government's top spokesman said, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration seeks to ramp up the country's intelligence and counterespionage capabilities. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said in a speech at an event…...
Japan's Electromagnetic Railgun Has Fired More Than 100 Shots Without Replacing Its Rails. The US Navy Spent About $500,000,000 on Its Own Railgun and Shut the Program Down in 2021.
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (709+ words) At times, the electromagnetic railgun has looked like the future of naval warfare. Replacing gunpowder and rocket propulsion with electrical currents that generate magnetic forces sufficient to accelerate a projectile down two conductive rails, the railgun promised to offer so…...
Guo Degang Revolutionary Song Alteration Draws Fines in China
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (479+ words) Catherine Sadler practised law for fourteen years before she started writing about it. She trained at a City firm, qualified into commercial litigation, and spent the bulk of her career at a mid-sized practice handling regulatory disputes, professional negligence, and…...
WWII aircraft innovations still shape combat jets today
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (166+ words) Seven engineering choices from World War II remain standard in modern fighter jets. These include tricycle landing gear, drop tanks, and bubble canopies. Their wartime testing proved so effective that postwar designers adopted them permanently. Sep 10 · 1:00 PM · 1 min Tricycle landing…...
Japan: Rights at risk with flag desecration law, lack of oversight on the new intelligence body and planned anti-espionage laws
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (647+ words) DATE POSTED: 10.09.2026 In recent months, Japan adopted a flag desecration law that violates the right to freedom of expression. There are concerns around powers of the new national intelligence body, plans for anti-espionage laws and to allow warrantless communications interception....
Today in History: September 9, Attica prison uprising begins – WTOP News
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (291+ words) Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate treatment and…...
Chinese Authorities Issue Heavy Fines Over Guo Degang???s Altered???Red Classic???
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (358+ words) Home » China » Chinese Authorities Issue Heavy Fines Over Guo Degang’s Altered ‘Red Classic’ According to state broadcaster CCTV, authorities determined that Guo had “distorted and altered” the song during a July 24 performance of “The Living Buddha Ji Gong,” causing what…...
Today in History: September 5, Munich Olympics massacre
1+ week, 2+ day ago (342+ words) Today is Friday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2026. There are 117 days left in the year. On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing two and taking nine others hostage; five of the militants, all nine…...
Chinese theater, promoter fined for altered patriotic song in comedy | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (400+ words) September 8, 2026 at 11:30 JST BANGKOK—Authorities fined two companies and said that one of China’s best-known comedians had caused a “negative impact” on society, after an audience reported him for changing the lyrics of a patriotic song during a performance. The…...