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Walter Sim

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Sep 25, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Walter Sim

    The social media app forcing Japan to take digital privacy more seriously (opens the original)

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    TOKYO – At a completely random time during waking hours each day, a push alert from the social media app BeReal gets sent to more than six million Japanese smartphones simultaneously, urging users to upload a photo of themselves “now”. Across the country, millions of young Japanese respond reflexively – whether lounging at home, sitting in class or working at an office desk. While global hype has largely cooled in many markets, the photo-sharing app remains an obsession among Gen Zs in Japan. Ye

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Walter Sim

    Japan PM projects stability with Cabinet reshuffle but remains ‘on thin ice’: Experts (opens the original)

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    In a defensive revamp, Sanae Takaichi keeps core ministers, appoints scandal-tainted lawmakers. Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front row, centre) and members of her reshuffled Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on Sept 17. TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi kept eight core ministers in place during a low-key Cabinet reshuffle on Sept 17, signalling policy continuity even as observers warn that her admin

  3. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Walter Sim

    Tokyo reverses baby bust with AI matchmaking and generous subsidies (opens the original)

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    TOKYO – Having led Japan’s largest metropolis for a decade, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike considers a long-awaited statistical uptick among her proudest achievements: births in the capital are finally rising. In 2025, Tokyo registered 85,064 Japanese births; representing a modest year-on-year increase of 1.02 per cent, or an extra 857 babies, it was the first such increase in 10 years. While the net gain seems small on paper, underlying demographic trends suggest genuine momentum is beginning to b

  4. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Walter Sim

    Floating wind farms, bendable solar cells: How Koike wants to rewrite Tokyo’s energy blueprint (opens the original)

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    Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments People walking past a cooling mist station during a heatwave in Tokyo on Aug 24. TOKYO – In pursuit of greater energy resilience, Tokyo is preparing to tap the fierce winds whipping across its remote Pacific islands, Governor Yuriko Koike told The Straits Times in an exclusive interview. While many think of Tokyo as a bustling metropolis, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) also administers 219 islands stretching hundreds of kilome

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Walter Sim

    How Shinjiro Koizumi is redefining Japan’s security strategy as defence minister (opens the original)

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    Japan is weaving a middle-power defence network to hedge against rising geopolitical volatility. Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaking to Self-Defense Forces senior commanders at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo on Sept 2. TOKYO – On the surface, it seems like a standard humanitarian mission. On Aug 30, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Kunisaki departed Hiroshima, bound for the smoky peatlands of

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