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Japan's heavy reliance on X makes it particularly vulnerable to foreign and domestic disinformation, requiring stronger fact-checking and platform transparency to protect democratic resilience.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 10, 2026
How disinformation on X imperils Â鶹´«Ã½ democracy
Â鶹´«Ã½ writing system allows a user to convey a complex thought within a single 140-character post, making the platform far more expressive and functional in Japanese.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters celebrate the resignation of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2026
India¡¯s ¡®cockroach¡¯ protest movement keeps heat on Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi¡¯s government is grappling with the fallout from one of its toughest political challenges in years.
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2026
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
A sociology professor warns a blanket ban could push children toward less visible online spaces or encourage them to lie about their age, making exploitation harder to detect.
A Cockroach Janta Party supporter sits at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 23, during the protest to demand the resignation of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged NEET exam irregularities.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2026
Indian students face online harassment weeks after protests end
Online harassment has long been a complaint among critics of Modi¡¯s government, particularly women and political activists, who frequently report threats and abuse on social media.
Attendees at a conference in Mumbai in September 2023. More than 30 U.S. states are suing Meta over allegations related to alleged harms to children and mental health.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2026
Meta ordered to pay U.S. state $567 million over ¡®public nuisance¡¯ and child harm
Around three-quarters of the new $567 million fund is set to be used for mental health treatment, with the funds to be paid over five years.
The U.K. government said its social media plan is inspired by Australia's under-16 social media ban, which was introduced in December.
WORLD
Aug 7, 2026
Most U.K. teens to opt out of planned social media curfew, poll finds
Most teenagers would opt out of a U.K. government plan to impose social media curfews between midnight and 6 a.m. on older teenagers, according to a poll.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as he boards his plane at Melbourne Airport on July 10.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2026
India PM Modi turns to Instagram to woo voters after Gen Z protest
The pivot to youth-focused social media follows protests last month that led to the resignation of the education minister after tens of thousands ?took to the streets.
Television screens in Tokyo show news coverage of a powerful earthquake hitting Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28. Some social media accounts have claimed that shaky footage of the quake was fake.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 4, 2026
Disinformation abounds online in aftermath of Kumamoto quake
AI-generated images, anti-immigration sentiments and hoaxes are flourishing online following the quake.
TikTok and other social media companies are facing more than 3,000 individual complaints alleging that their products are addictive and have harmed the mental health of children.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2026
TikTok finalizing trio of settlements over addiction claims
The cases are part of broad litigation against the world¡¯s largest social media companies, which includes individual plaintiffs, U.S. school districts and state attorneys general.
Marine One, carrying the U.S. president, departs from the Ellipse in front of the White House as construction on the South Lawn continues in Washington, on July 17.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2026
Meta, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI to meet Trump officials about AI safety testing
Anthropic and OpenAI disclosed in recent days that their AI tools breached the systems ?of ?other companies, stirring concerns among U.S. lawmakers.
An illegally converted e-bike seized by the Osaka Prefectural Police
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2026
Osaka police arrest two men over illegal e-bike conversions
The two men were suspected of fitting e-bikes with throttles that made them run twice as fast without the need to pedal.
Around half of Australian children who retained their social media accounts after a ban for users under the age of 16 said platforms had not checked their age.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2026
Most Australian teens still on social media three months after under-16 ban began, study finds
In a recent study, eSafety found most children between the ages of?10 and 15 were using social media as frequently in March as ?they had ?before the ban.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters wave national flags a day after the resignation of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Mumbai on Sunday, as protests over alleged NEET exam irregularities were called off.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2026
India¡¯s Instagram-loving ¡®Cockroaches¡¯ outwit Modi online
Indian authorities have struggled to keep pace with the protest movement, which flooded Instagram with posts and reels, coordinating demonstrations and spreading viral content.
Meta has deployed an "AI Info" label on its Instagram and Facebook platforms for posts using artificial intelligence technology, ahead of the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules entering into force.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 28, 2026
New EU rules set to aid transparency over artificial intelligence content
The goal is to ensure Europeans immediately know whether the online content they see is real or fake.
An expert panel at the Justice Ministry on Monday discusses civil liability for the unauthorized use of celebrities' voices and likenesses.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2026
Panel backs civil liability for unauthorized AI use of public figures¡¯ voices
Draft report says voices would be protected under the right of publicity, which allows celebrities to control the commercial value of their names and portraits.
The United States¡¯ Take It Down Act criminalizes the publication of nonconsensual sexual content and forces social media and website operators to remove such posts.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 27, 2026
Instagram and Facebook ran AI ¡®nudify¡¯ ads from China, report says
Meta¡¯s rules prohibit sexually suggestive ads or those for apps that purport to strip the persons depicted.
A demonstrator holding a poster takes part in a protest rally in Kolkata on Friday, in solidarity with the ongoing protest by the Cockroach Janta Party in New Delhi.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2026
India¡¯s Instagram Gen Z dents Modi¡¯s aura ahead of key state polls
The resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hands a clear win to ?the Cockroach Janta Party.
Visitors place birthday messages on a wall on Friday, two days ahead of the first birthday of Japanese macaque monkey named Punch, at Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2026
Baby monkey Punch celebrates first birthday
Abandoned by his mother and spurned by some peers, the young macaque shot to stardom after he was seen clinging to a plush orangutan toy for comfort at Ichikawa City Zoo.
Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party sit on barricades, with graffiti that includes the words "Modi Chor,¡± meaning "Modi Thief,¡± after the resignation of India¡¯s education minister in New Delhi on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 26, 2026
Modi punctured as awakened India students force swift retreat
It was the first time since Narendra Modi took power in 2014 that one of his Cabinet ministers had resigned under public pressure, a sign of the threat posed to the prime minister.
A protester holding a placard celebrates the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Mumbai on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 26, 2026
India youth protests end as Modi bows to group¡¯s demands
The deal reached with leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party ended weeks of protests over examination paper leaks and irregularities in India¡¯s testing system.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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