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  • The Abyss of “Dark Part-Time Jobs”: A Rescue Across Borders

    On February 15, 2025, news flashed across the world: a Japanese teenage boy had been rescued from the depths of Southeast Asia’s criminal underworld. The 17-year-old was freed from a fraud compound in Myanmar’s border region, operated by an international cyber scam organization. According to authorities, he had been lured to Myanmar by a Japanese man and forced to participate in fraud schemes once there.

    By Honourway Asia Pacific Limited

  • Verdict for Shohei Ohtani’s Former Interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara

    On February 7, 2025 (Japan time), the final act of a drama watched around the world came to a close at the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California. Judge John Holcomb sentenced Ippei Mizuhara (40), former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, to 4 years and 9 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for bank fraud and filing a false tax return.

    By Honourway Asia Pacific Limited

  • Record-Breaking Tourism to Japan—and What Lies Beneath

    In January 2025, Japan’s inbound tourism market reached a historic turning point. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), the number of foreign visitors to Japan that month hit 3,781,200, the highest monthly total on record. This figure represents an astonishing 40.6% increase year-on-year and far surpasses the previous record of roughly 3.49 million set in December 2024.

    By Honourway Asia Pacific Limited

  • A Place for Expertise

    It was in 2008, in the aftermath of the global financial crisis when Barack Obama was elected the president of the United States with the support of a grassroots campaign using social media.

    By Satoshi Machidori

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  • Cracks in the U.S.–Japan Alliance: A Politically Blocked Steel Acquisition

    On January 3, 2025, a decision was made that shook economic relations between Japan and the United States. U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order blocking Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. steel giant U.S. Steel, citing national security concerns. This is a highly unusual situation in which the purchase of an American company by a firm from a U.S. ally was directly halted by presidential authority.

    By Honourway Asia Pacific Limited

  • Takaichi–Trump Summit: Dawn of a New Golden Era

    On October 28, 2025, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump held their first summit meeting at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo—an encounter marked by an atmosphere of exceptional warmth and mutual admiration.

    By Honourway Asia Pacific Limited

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