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KHON KAEN — 28 January 2026, Thai Border Patrol Police Region 2 have arrested three suspects and seized more than 80,800 methampheta [1]

TOKYO -- On a winter's morning in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, a 19-year-old first-time voter stood in a crowd waiting for a speaker. Mei was not there for an idol or influencer, but for Japan's prime minister. [2]

In the election for the upper house of Japan's parliament, the ruling coalition failed to win the 50 seats it needed to maintain its majority, leaving Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a precarious position without a majority in either chamber of the ... [3]

Yoshihide Sakurai is a professor in the sociology department of Hokkaido University and co-author of the book "Soka Gakkai: Success and Limitation of Political Religion." OpinionPolitical alliance of Japan's LDP and Komeito could begin to crack Futu... [4]

TOKYO -- For Yuriko Koike, a Tokyo governor who has turned against the party that helped advance her celebrated political career, the July 2 metropolitan assembly election is a battle she cannot afford to lose. Tokyo Gov. [5]

Takuma Ohamazaki is president of election-consulting firm J.A.G. Japan. OpinionJapan should eliminate the influence of gaffe-prone Mori Public will suffer unfairly if status quo is allowed to continue Yoshiro Mori attends a news conference after a te... [6]

TOKYO -- The Japanese Foreign Ministry plans to create a senior position dedicated to Taiwan-related issues in fiscal 2022, reflecting Tokyo's concern over rising tensions between Beijing and Taipei. [7]

NAYPYITAW—Police have been combing Yangon since Wednesday evening in search of ultranationalist monk U Wirathu. “We heard that he is in Yangon and we are searching for him. [8]

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[1] TH www.khaosodenglish.com · 2026-01-28 · 85% match

Thai officers unearth buried meth, seize 80,800 pills

KHON KAEN — 28 January 2026, Thai Border Patrol Police Region 2 have arrested three suspects and seized more than 80,800 methampheta

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-02-04 · 41% match

A different kind of prime minister sparks hope among Japan's youth

TOKYO -- On a winter's morning in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, a 19-year-old first-time voter stood in a crowd waiting for a speaker. Mei was not there for an idol or influencer, but for Japan's prime minister.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-25 · 40% match

Through the Lens: Japan's upper house election; summer festivals in Kyoto and Fukuoka - Nikkei Asia

In the election for the upper house of Japan's parliament, the ruling coalition failed to win the 50 seats it needed to maintain its majority, leaving Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a precarious position without a majority in either chamber of the

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-12-15 · 46% match

Political alliance of Japan's LDP and Komeito could begin to crack

Yoshihide Sakurai is a professor in the sociology department of Hokkaido University and co-author of the book "Soka Gakkai: Success and Limitation of Political Religion." OpinionPolitical alliance of Japan's LDP and Komeito could begin to crack Futu

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-06-20 · 44% match

Tokyo gov takes on the party that groomed her for the job

TOKYO -- For Yuriko Koike, a Tokyo governor who has turned against the party that helped advance her celebrated political career, the July 2 metropolitan assembly election is a battle she cannot afford to lose. Tokyo Gov.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-02-10 · 44% match

Japan should eliminate the influence of gaffe-prone Mori

Takuma Ohamazaki is president of election-consulting firm J.A.G. Japan. OpinionJapan should eliminate the influence of gaffe-prone Mori Public will suffer unfairly if status quo is allowed to continue Yoshiro Mori attends a news conference after a te

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-12-18 · 43% match

Japan Foreign Ministry to create senior post on Taiwan

TOKYO -- The Japanese Foreign Ministry plans to create a senior position dedicated to Taiwan-related issues in fiscal 2022, reflecting Tokyo's concern over rising tensions between Beijing and Taipei.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-05-30 · 43% match

Yangon Police Search for Wanted Ultranationalist Monk

NAYPYITAW—Police have been combing Yangon since Wednesday evening in search of ultranationalist monk U Wirathu. “We heard that he is in Yangon and we are searching for him.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-10-29 · 42% match

The Day Myanmar’s Wartime Puppet Leader Crashed in Vietnam

As the delegation left for Taiwan from Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), the plane crashed from a height of 100 meters. The delegation survived when the plane fell on a cluster of huts, although some residents died.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-12-03 · 42% match

Nationalists clean out top party positions

TAIPEI -- Taiwanese Vice President Wu Den-yih, already tipped for the presidential race in 2016, has become caretaker chairman of the ruling Nationalist Party following President Ma Ying-jeou's resignation in the wake of the China-friendly party's dr

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