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Japanese tourist attacked by group of Thai men on Pattaya road Police are investigating an assault on a Japanese tourist after viral footage showed a group of Thai men, including a motorcycle taxi rider, repeatedly punching and kicking him on a road... (confirmed by 2 sources) [1]

Pattaya transwomen claim self-defence after stabbing Japanese man Two Thai transwomen allegedly stabbed [2]

Japanese man clashes with vendor over birdcage in Udon Thani A Japanese man caused a scene at Udon Thani’s city pillar shrine yesterda [3]

Japanese tourist quits Bangkok trip after airport taxi rip-off A Japanese tourist said he booked a return flight home immedia [4]

Police called after Japanese man disrupts Udon Thani temple A Japanese man startled monks at a Udon Thani temple yesterday, December 25, [5]

TOKYO -- A Japanese man who spent six years in prison in China on espionage charges told Nikkei that his ordeal began with seemingly innocuous meetings with Japan's intelligence agency, a risk he warns could befall anyone. [6]

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. [7]

InterviewUyghur leader looks to Japan's Takaichi to help counter China pressure Zumretay Arkin warns of waning momentum in Europe; Beijing pushes 'ethnic unity' law Zumretay Arkin, vice president of the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress, spoke to Ni... [8]

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[1] TH thethaiger.com · 2026-03-23 · 85% match

Japanese tourist attacked by group of Thai men on Pattaya road

Japanese tourist attacked by group of Thai men on Pattaya road Police are investigating an assault on a Japanese tourist after viral footage showed a group of Thai men, including a motorcycle taxi rider, repeatedly punching and kicking him on a road

[2] TH thethaiger.com · 2026-03-09 · 75% match

Pattaya transwomen claim self-defence after stabbing Japanese man

Pattaya transwomen claim self-defence after stabbing Japanese man Two Thai transwomen allegedly stabbed

[3] TH thethaiger.com · 2026-02-04 · 75% match

Japanese man clashes with vendor over birdcage in Udon Thani

Japanese man clashes with vendor over birdcage in Udon Thani A Japanese man caused a scene at Udon Thani’s city pillar shrine yesterda

[4] TH thethaiger.com · 2026-01-21 · 75% match

Japanese tourist quits Bangkok trip after airport taxi rip-off

Japanese tourist quits Bangkok trip after airport taxi rip-off A Japanese tourist said he booked a return flight home immedia

[5] TH thethaiger.com · 2025-12-26 · 75% match

Police called after Japanese man disrupts Udon Thani temple

Police called after Japanese man disrupts Udon Thani temple A Japanese man startled monks at a Udon Thani temple yesterday, December 25,

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-09-24 · 75% match

Japanese man who spent 6 years in China prison blames Japan spy agency

TOKYO -- A Japanese man who spent six years in prison in China on espionage charges told Nikkei that his ordeal began with seemingly innocuous meetings with Japan's intelligence agency, a risk he warns could befall anyone.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-26 · 43% match

Analysis: Xi Jinping finds himself in a Japan-US dilemma

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-07 · 45% match

Uyghur leader looks to Japan's Takaichi to help counter China pressure

InterviewUyghur leader looks to Japan's Takaichi to help counter China pressure Zumretay Arkin warns of waning momentum in Europe; Beijing pushes 'ethnic unity' law Zumretay Arkin, vice president of the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress, spoke to Ni

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-23 · 44% match

Takaichi's 'Japan First' is a recalibration of Abe's vision of openness

Rintaro Nishimura is a Tokyo-based senior associate with The Asia Group, a strategic advisory firm.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-11-17 · 75% match

Why I'd rather be a Japanese woman than a Japanese man

Tea LeavesWhy I'd rather be a Japanese woman than a Japanese man Unrealized female potential is preferable to the insufferable life of a salaryman Office workers walk down a street in central Tokyo in June.

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