AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoJapan–China Diplomacy: A 50-member Japanese trade promotion delegation led by former FM Takeshi Iwaya visited China on Sunday, aiming to ease a deadlock amid a diplomatic row. Immigration & Education: Japan asked Japanese-language schools to consider alternatives to the JLPT as a surge in work and student visa applicants strains testing capacity. Asian Games Watch: South Korea ended an eight-year women’s handball gold drought by beating host Japan 27-23 in a round-robin showdown; China also extended its artistic swimming duet streak to six straight Games titles, while Thailand’s Puripol Boonson won the men’s 200m sprint double and equaled the Asian record. Security & Environment: Japan’s Coast Guard said a Chinese research ship was spotted in its EEZ off Okinawa, dropping a wire without consent. Tech for Clean Seas: Japanese researchers unveiled AI that can detect and count seafloor plastic waste from decades of deep-sea footage, cutting review time by more than half. Cyber Risk: Keio Railway reported a ransomware attack that disrupted some group commercial systems, including hotel bookings and payments, though trains kept running. Culture: Japanese novelist Maha Harada’s film “Muyou no Hito” won an International Federation of Film Critics Award in Spain.
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