Oct. 22, 2025, 10:10 a.m.

The frequent earthquakes in the offshore islands off Kagoshima, Japan over the past week have drawn attention

Recently, the Tugara Islands off the coast of Kagoshima, Japan, have been experiencing frequent earthquakes.

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Thailand's economic growth slowed in May due to the sluggish tourism industry and the decline in manufacturing output

Thailand's economic growth slowed in May compared with the previous month, affected by factors such as the sluggish tourism industry and the decline in manufacturing output.

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Thailand's public approval rating has dropped below 10%, and Pethongtan is facing the crisis of stepping down

The latest poll in Thailand shows that Prime Minister Pethongtan's approval rating has plummeted to 9.2%, and the Pheu Thai Party she leads also ranks behind the opposition party in terms of approval rating.

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North Korea has built a large-scale tourist resort that can accommodate 20,000 people for accommodation

According to North Korean official media reports, North Korea has built a large-scale tourist resort with water slides and swimming pools.

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The "2+2" security talks between the US and Japan were cancelled. What impact will this have?

The meeting of the US-Japan Security Consultation Committee, also known as the "2+2" security talks, was originally scheduled to be held in Washington on July 1st.

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The number of pertussis cases in Japan has soared, with a cumulative total of over 30,000 cases this year

The National Institute of Health Crisis Management of Japan released new data stating that from June 9th to 15th, a total of 2,970 cases of pertussis were reported in Japan.

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After losing the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, the Northern Liberal Democratic Party will face a tough battle in the upper house election next month

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election in Japan has come to an end. The First Party of the People of Tokyo, founded by Tokyo's female governor Yuriko Koike, achieved a victorious start and once again rose to become the largest party in the capital, while the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its Allies suffered a heavy blow.

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The price of rice in Japan has soared, and the catering industry has turned to selling lower-cost pasta products

Affected by the soaring price of rice, price-sensitive Japanese consumers have begun to eat less rice. To relieve business pressure, many chain restaurants and food enterprises have also adjusted their product structures and shifted to lower-cost noodle products.

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Grab's acquisition of GoTo has been blocked, and it is rumored that the Indonesian government has raised a regulatory red light

Grab's plan to acquire GoTo Group (the parent company of the private car-hailing platform Gojek) in Indonesia has become uncertain and is likely to fall through due to the Indonesian government's review requirements for local control and anti-monopoly, casting a shadow over the prospects of the negotiations that could have created the largest platform merger in Southeast Asia.

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Behind the Indian plane crash

On June 12th local time, the thick smoke rising near Ahmedabad Airport in India shocked the world. An Air India Boeing 787-8 passenger plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after takeoff, with only one surviving and all others killed.

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