Front page newspaper wrapper here in #Nagasaki on the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city. It's a double-page image of stones in Nagasaki Peace Park that readers can stand on & pray because many can't attend

4ft-high tsunami wave hits Hawaii as emergency management department officials urge residents to take action cnn.it/3Jao2HJ

So far, the biggest impact of the Russian #quake in #Japan has been transport delays due to suspended services as well as the danger of heatstroke in evacuation sites. Tsunami warnings are being downgraded to advisories

Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/2…

Myanmar junta ends state of emergency with promise of elections: Opposition groups have vowed to boycott the vote they claim was designed to entrench the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s grip on power thetimes.com/world/asia/art…

Ozempic and Wegovy can slow down - or even reverse - biological ageing 💉 Alexandra Thompson discusses a trial of 84 people taking semaglutide, whose biological age dropped by 3.1 years on average - with some organs becoming almost 5 years younger. podfollow.com/the-world-the-…

For Literary Review I reviewed Ghosts of #Hiroshima by Charles Pellegrino - review by Tim Hornyak literaryreview.co.uk/nuclear-nightm… via Literary Review

Mainichi: Sanseito's act of kicking reporter out of Japan press conference unacceptable mainichi.jp/english/articl…

41.8C/107.2F in Isesaki, Gunma. It's the domestic record-high temperature, and could be broken later. #japan

“The whole city was gone. We knew it was a bomb, but we didn't know what kind of bomb,” Howard Kakita, a Japanese American hibakusha, recalls immediately after Hiroshima was bombed in 1945. ebx.sh/kWucxt

Real ghostbusters of #Tokyo clear out city’s old haunts: Buyers and landlords of properties where a death has taken place know who to call thetimes.com/world/asia/art…

95-year-old son writes poems to remember mom killed by A-bomb | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch asahi.com/ajw/articles/1…

Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace (by the great Mark Schreiber) japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/08/0…

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North #Korea dismantles propaganda speakers as border tension eases: The move comes as Seoul put in place measures to reduce confrontation with its northern neighbour after the election of a new liberal president thetimes.com/world/asia/art…

#Greenwashing: Nearly 20 years after the 1st commercial flight powered partly by #biofuels, Reuters found that the airline industry’s plans to go green before regulators start penalising them are little more than a pipe dream #IATA reuters.com/graphics/AVIAT…

Starbucks customers in South Korea have been asked to stop bringing "bulky items" into cafes to do their office work, after some brought printers and desktop computers.🤯 bbc.com/news/articles/…

6 fall into swollen river at Kyoto restaurant after dining terrace collapses - The Mainichi mainichi.jp/english/articl…

The fall of a first lady: limos and luxury to a cell with no bed: Kim Keon-hee — the dog-loving wife of Yoon Suk-yeol, the impeached ex-president of South Korea — is in prison on suspicion of corruption and election meddling thetimes.com/world/asia/art…

Quebec language police pursue pub over sign in English: Le Pub Burgundy Lion épinglé par l’OQLF lapresse.ca/actualites/gra…