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Nagasaki commemorated the 81st anniversary of the August 9, 1945 atomic bombing, with Japanese leaders renewing commitments to nuclear disarmament even as global debate over nuclear deterrence intensifies.
A major earthquake struck Japan on Tuesday, resulting in 13 confirmed deaths, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced. Emergency response teams deployed across affected regions.
Australia is establishing a dedicated Office of AI within the Prime Minister's department to coordinate regulation across government, aiming to attract investment while managing risks from job displacement and environmental concerns.
India's technology ministry has instructed Meta to remove all sexual abuse content involving children from Instagram and Facebook, and to disable related advertisements. The directive follows a BBC investigation revealing such material in Indian Instagram ads.
Leading academics at the Asia-Pacific Roundtable argue emerging middle powers from the Global South must assert independent interests rather than follow established powers as the post-World War Two international order fractures.
ISIS Malaysia's leadership has called for ASEAN to transcend passive responses to global fragmentation and instead exercise genuine agency in determining the Asia-Pacific region's trajectory through deliberate strategic choices.