Kasasa is known as the Hawaii of Japan's inland sea because of its warm climate and beautiful coastline. Yagi and his wife, Mihoko, eke out a quiet life alongside just one other couple and an elderly woman. You can stand on the quayside and just reel the fish in, he says as he stands on the rudimentary quay and lets his mind wander towards the hobby that brought him to the island 25 years ago.
The Trump administration is weighing whether to force Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent to abandon its investment in U.S. gaming companies, the Financial Times reports. That would include divesting major stakes in Fortnite maker Epic Games and League of Legends maker Riot Games. The threats leaked from the White House come ahead of negotiations with Xi Jinping in China next month.
A vast new Chinese embassy complex in east London is almost certain to be formally approved next week despite renewed worries among Labour MPs about potential security risks and the effect on Hong Kong and Uighur exiles in the capital. The green light for the super-embassy at Royal Mint Court near Tower Bridge would smooth relations before Keir Starmer's visit to China, which is expected to take place at the end of January, but officials insist there has been no political input in the planning process.
Amid significant changes to the Pentagon's press policy which Lamothe and most of his peers refused to agree to Loomer has been granted not only a credential to roam and cover the Department of Defense's headquarters, but a desk there as well. The Washington Post @washingtonpost and Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe used to occupy this desk inside the Pentagon Press room, declared Loomer in a triumphant post on X. Now it's mine!