Are Japanese Humble? Superior? Peaceful? Violent?

The environment that shaped the Japanese people. There are many contradictory views on Japanese people. Many see us as Kind and peaceful while some see us as violent and cruel. Some see us as humble; some see us as arrogant. I think we are all of these things at the same time. I will try […]

US intel agencies encourage universities to monitor Chinese students

US intel agencies encourage universities to monitor Chinese students

U.S. intelligence agencies have advised American universities to monitor certain Chinese students and visiting scholars amid concerns of China’s threat to the U.S. FBI officials reportedly visited at least 10 Americans universities since 2018 and encouraged them to take extra precaution when it comes to Chinese students or scholars affiliated with Chinese state-affiliated research institutions. According to NPR, the officials […]

Americans Lose Trillions Claiming Social Security at the Wrong Time

Americans Lose Trillions Claiming Social Security at the Wrong Time

Almost all American retirees claim Social Security at the wrong time, a newreport estimates, which means they will miss out on a collective $3.4 trillion in benefits before they die. While they can tap their benefits as early as age 62, retirees could boost the size of their checks for every year they wait until age 70, when the maximum benefit […]

Philippines’ Duterte threatens to jail critics in China row

Philippines’ Duterte threatens to jail critics in China row

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail critics if they try to impeach him, as he faces accusations of defending Beijing after a boat crash in the disputed South China Sea. Duterte enjoys firm popular backing but his setting aside of the standoff with China over the resource-rich waterway is criticized as weakness by […]

‘No more survivors’ in Cambodia building collapse as toll hits 24

‘No more survivors’ in Cambodia building collapse as toll hits 24

The retrieval of bodies from a building collapse in Cambodia continued Monday, as the death toll rose to 24 with no further survivors expected to be found under the debris of the seven-story Chinese-owned construction site. Workers clawed back the rubble overnight as a grim-faced Cambodian premier Hun Sen visited the scene of the collapse […]

American in Vietnam sentenced to 12 years for attempting to overthrow state

American in Vietnam sentenced to 12 years for attempting to overthrow state

HANOI — A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced a U.S. citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of “attempting to overthrow the state” in a trial that lasted just half a day, his lawyer said. Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, 55, pleaded guilty, but had asked that his sentence be reduced so he […]