Japan’s Kishida Risks Political Fight With Vow to Take Up Abe’s Legacy

Japan must boost its defences before Xi moves to take Taiwan https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/japan-must-boost-its-defences-before-xi-moves-to-take-taiwan/

Japan logs $19.7 billion trade deficit in August as imports surge – The Mainichi https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220915/p2g/00m/0bu/024000c

Very sad news: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/12/07/national/tokyo-manhole-explosion/ https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/zfnlha/explosion_in_tokyo_manhole_kills_two/