Despite the stereotypes, Japan is one of the most permissive places for non-residents to buy property. That’s a problem when locals are being priced out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/27/foreigners-buying-japan-property/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #housing #property #realestate #japaneseeconomy
Reforger, NATO’s Cold War-era exercise to rush U.S. troops to Europe, was shelved after the Soviet collapse and German reunification. But with Putin attacking neighbors, maybe it’s time to revive it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/28/japan/europe-deter-putin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nato #russia #sovietunion #russiaukrainewar #defense #vladimirputin #reforger
The Chinese Communist Party has expanded its global influence using election interference, disinformation, elite capture, and diaspora pressure to undermine democracies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/28/world/japans-soft-on-china-politicians/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #espionage #australia #southkorea #philippines #elections #chinesecommunistparty
AI hallucinations — when generative models fabricate information — are becoming more frequent, harder to detect and increasingly dangerous as we embed the technology deeper into society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/28/world/ai-hallucinations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #chatgpt #claude #artificialintelligence #tech
The Daily Aus
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BDG feature: The Buddhist Identity Crisis
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Walking against the shadows, behind every light lurks a nightmare waiting to escape, for the monsters that live in the dark await our every step, upon the stars we hang our hope, but against the cosmos our existence is as empty as the great abyss, for within this void of hell, our thoughts and fears breath life, to our souls that weaken in the night, if ever in this wretched fight we happen to find life, the darkness of night will never let us see the light;
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Donald Trump’s approval of Nippon Steel’s U.S. Steel partnership signals a key step in U.S.-Japan economic and security cooperation amid rising competition with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/27/japan/nippon-steel-us-partnership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ussteel #nipponsteel #usjapanrelations #steel #acquisitions
The operational lessons drawn from this brief India-Pakistan war matter not just for the two nations, but also for military planners from Tokyo to Washington. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/27/world/chinas-arms-pakistans-war-lessons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #india #defense #j10c #pl15e #hq9
https://www.europesays.com/uk/134744/ How Grid Edge Computing is Revolutionizing Real-Time Power Management #Commentary #Computing #GridEdge #Itron #PowerNetworks #Technology #Transmission #UK #UnitedKingdom
Alibaba founder Jack Ma's rehabilitation into public life in China signals Beijing’s newfound love for its tech entrepreneurs — but on its own terms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/26/world/jack-ma-china-tech-entrepreneurs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #geoeconomicbriefing #china #xijinping #jackma #alibaba #tech #ai #investments #ipo
The FDA's plan to restrict updated COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk groups has sparked confusion and criticism, with experts warning it could limit public access and bypass established advisory channels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/26/world/fdas-new-covid-vaccine-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #covid19 #health #medicine #vaccinations #fda
Hamas’ 2023 attack was barbaric, as was last week’s Washington killing of Israeli Embassy staff. But in 2025, there’s nothing civilized about Netanyahu’s renewed war in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/26/world/barbarism-against-israelis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #israel #benjaminnetanyahu #gaza #defense #hamas #middleeast
The dismantling of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party after more than 40 years of violence presents a historic opportunity to build a better Turkey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/26/world/kurdish-separatism-in-turkey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #turkey #kurds #kurdistan #pkk #terrorism #kurdistanworkersparty
To win the soft power war, Washington should stop targeting international students and publishing cringe-worthy memes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/25/world/america-wolf-warriors-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #harvard #education
If the president succeeds in defeating the most powerful nongovernmental institution to stand up to him, he’ll be able to take down any university he goes after. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/25/world/harvard-fight-foreign-students/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #harvard #education
John Edwin Whitteker, Lutheran pastor in NY and PA, talks of impact of Protestant Reformation: it taught the world that all labor is honorable. Toiling at a trade serves God as well as preaching the gospel. Everyone became a co-worker with God in carrying out the plan of building up the human race.
Some modern of views of eschatology, in contrast, leave one cheering for the building down of people.
How can you prompote the honor of work?
![JOHN EDWIN WHITTEKER (1851-1925) Gospel Truths "... the Reformation called the Church back from its false position [on labor]. It taught that all labor is honorable, if performed with an honest purpose and the work itself honorable. It emphasized the fact that the man who toiled at his trade could serve God as acceptably as the man who preached the Gospel of grace. It made every man a co-worker with God in carrying out God's plan of building up the race."](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/567/751/892/253/926/original/8b46b3b110fa2ce7.png "JOHN EDWIN WHITTEKER (1851-1925) Gospel Truths \"... the Reformation called the Church back from its false position [on labor]. It taught that all labor is honorable, if performed with an honest purpose and the work itself honorable. It emphasized the fact that the man who toiled at his trade could serve God as acceptably as the man who preached the Gospel of grace. It made every man a co-worker with God in carrying out God's plan of building up the race.\"")
With Russia holding the upper hand in Ukraine and its people likely to support a favorable peace, why is the Kremlin unwilling to negotiate? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/22/japan/russia-two-minds-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #russianeconomy
From food to games to TV, China's cultural exports are getting more and more airtime across the world and especially Asia. Are they a force for good or evil? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/05/23/japan/china-culture-soft-power-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #china #india #food #television #film #music #tiktok #socialmedia #videogames
Justice With Jon Faine
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