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Is China ready to host 2030 Maths Olympics?

By S Panda
February 27, 2025
in :  ASEAN News, China
Is China ready to host 2030 Maths Olympics?

China is seeking to host the 2030 Maths Olympics for the second time, after the first one in 2002. Mathematician Shing-Tung Yau is leading a team of 40 Chinese and international mathematicians in the bid for the 2030 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM). The ICM is an important platform for many mathematical researchers. Yau is the first Chinese to grab …

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Falling birth rate: Japan sees a deepening demographic crisis: Let’s understand

By S Panda
February 27, 2025
in :  ASEAN News, Japan
Falling birth rate: Japan sees a deepening demographic crisis: Let's understand

The number of childbirths in Japan has fallen again, underscoring the deepening challenge of shouldering increasing social security costs for an aging population as the number of taxpayers reduces. This is a concerning situation for the country. The number of infants in 2024 fell 5% from the year before to 720,988, extending a nine-year streak of declines, according to preliminary …

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Massive Wildfire in Northern Japan Destroys 84 Buildings

By Writer writer
February 27, 2025
in :  Japan
massive wildfire in northern japan destroys 84 buildings

On Thursday Japan’s Iwate region in Ofunato city observed a major wildfire that burned 80 buildings and compelled authorities to send nearly 600 people from their homes. Because of strong wind gusts the forest fire traveled quickly across the area and burned most of the homes to ash. NHK broadcast aerial images showing homes burned in Ofunato Japan while only …

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South Korea’s Birthrate Increases For the First Time in 9 Years Ray of Hope?

By Desk Writer
February 26, 2025
in :  ASEAN News, South Korea
south korea’s birthrate increases for the first time in 9 years ray of hope

A glimmer of hope in a demographic disaster that has been plaguing the nation. An upward trend in fertility rates after almost a decade has meant the newest and smallest positive development. According to preliminary data from Statistics Korea, it was planned to increase the fertility rate to 0.75 in 2024 from 0.72 in 2023, which has so far been …

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Japan and Taiwan in Conflict for the Future of Yonaguni

By Desk Writer
February 26, 2025
in :  ASEAN News
japan and taiwan in conflict for the future of yonaguni

Yonaguni is a small but stunning island on the western tip of Japan; ponies roam pasturelands grazed over with shark-nibbled divers. With all this beauty, inwardly turning on itself, the island is undergoing profound changes, and undergoing them very fast. Yonaguni once stood for natural splendor. It has radar towers protruding above its forests, formerly grazing pastures now sound military …

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Salmon catches in trouble: Climate change hurting Japan’s fishing industry

By S Panda
February 26, 2025
in :  ASEAN News, Japan
Salmon catches in trouble: Climate change hurting Japan's fishing industry

Climate change is becoming a bigger global problem each day. This largely anthropogenic crisis is increasing temperatures in different countries and triggering natural disasters such as storms and floods of much higher frequencies. There is trouble on the horizon in Hokkaido as poor fishing conditions triggered by global heating are endangering Japan’s prized salmon. The prolonged decline in salmon numbers …

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Japan and Philippines steadily deepen defence cooperation

By S Panda
February 25, 2025
in :  ASEAN News, Geo Politics
Japan and Philippines steadily deepen defence cooperation

Japan and the Philippines continue to steadily deepen defence and security relations largely due to concerns about Chinese aggression in the region. Both countries recently discussed China’s actions in the disputed South China Sea and East China Sea. On Monday, Japan and the Philippines agreed to further deepen their defence collaboration and talk about protecting shared military information. Japanese Defence …

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India at Risk of Missing 500 GW Renewable Energy Target by 2030: Ember Report

By Writer writer
February 25, 2025
in :  ASEAN News
india at risk of missing 500 gw renewable energy target by 2030 ember report

India needs to address major obstacles to reach its 2030 target of setting up 500 GW of renewable power plants as Ember reveals in its new energy report. To align with important climate targets annual investment needs to grow by 20 percent compared to current amount. Project start-up hit roadblocks because authorities could not buy the land, connect the grid …

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Under-construction bridge collapse in South Korea kills 2 people, injures 5 others

By S Panda
February 25, 2025
in :  ASEAN News, South Korea
Under-construction bridge collapse in South Korea kills 2 people, injures 5 others

In a tragic incident in South Korea’s Cheonan, south of the capital Seoul, on Tuesday, at least a couple of people died and 5 others sustained injuries after an under-construction bridge collapsed, according to a report by Reuters.The accident happened around 9:49 am as multiple steel structures supporting the bridge collapsed one after another, reported Yonhap. The media agency had …

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Male police cadets in Japan are taking makeup lessons: Here is the reason

By S Panda
February 24, 2025
in :  ASEAN News, Japan
Male police cadets in Japan are taking makeup lessons: Here is the reason

Japan’s male police cadets are learning makeup skills. This change has sparked discussions on social media, luring mixed reactions. Some users are making humorous remarks, but others are supporting the idea. Traditionally, police academies across Japan focus on physical and legal training. But the latest introduction of training for makeup, skincare and grooming is seen as an effort to promote …

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