NEW 🇹🇭 Thailand's February 2026 election was a disaster for reformist politics in Thailand, and Jirapreeya Saeboo argues that the People's Party's ideological and strategic shortcomings have to share in the blame.

When I Fell into the Stars: A Tribute to Ikeda Masako and Maetel Ikeda Masako, the voice of one of my all-time favorite anime characters in her long-time role as Maetel from Galaxy Express 999, passed away earlier this month. It feels like just yesterday that Matsumoto Leiji himself passed away,…

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Indonesia’s hard-won fiscal credibility is being tested as off-budget spending, new state financial institutions and Prabowo’s ambitious spending agenda blur the once-clear boundaries of fiscal policy, writes David Nellor.

【応援イラスト公開】 『ラストカルテ ー法獣医学者 当麻健匠の記憶ー』の 浅山わかび先生 ありがとうございます。

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【応援イラスト公開】 『よふかしのうた』の コトヤマ先生 ありがとうございます。

／ AnimeJapan 2026 Special Stage Streaming Confirmed🎥 ＼ New information will be revealed💡 Don’t miss it! Date & Time: March 29 (Sun) 14:05~

Voice actress Masako Ikeda, best known for her role as Maetel in Galaxy Express 999, has died at 87.

With Washington stepping back from its role as global leader, pathfinder multilateralism gives smaller states the ability to proactively reshape a disrupted world order, writes Danny Quah.

Japan's anime home video sales and rentals plummeted 31 percent in 2025 to ¥18.7 billion (US$118 million), one of the steepest declines on record, amid an accelerating shift in domestic anime consumption to streaming video. Read this and more headlines in this week's business briefing.

Is there any translation of al-Afghani's writings? For Maududi, my parents happen to have two copies of the IDN translation of one of his books for some reason.

【応援イラスト公開】 『尾守つみきと奇日常。』の 森下みゆ先生 ありがとうございます。

This turns out to be a late night anime? youtu.be/7oNuxIfJqiI?...

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The third Frieren popularity poll has launched! 🪄 140 characters are up for voting. 📅 Voting will be open until March 29th 🏆 The winners will be announced in April. Vote here: websunday.net/frieren2603/ Voters can vote as many times as they want while polls are open. Who's your favorite? 🫵👀

This turns out to be a late night anime? youtu.be/7oNuxIfJqiI?...

China’s anti-scam campaign in Southeast Asia has delivered results, but selective enforcement is pushing criminal networks to adapt rather than disappear, writes Junqing Zhang.

【応援イラスト公開】 『廻天のアルバス』の 箭坪幹先生 ありがとうございます。

Hiroyuki Takei's "Juro" manga is no longer having it's secondary, delayed distribution on Shogakukan's "Manga One" service. The series is primarily serialized on "Weekly Corocoro Comic" and new digital chapters will continue releasing monthly there.

This is hard 🙈 I don't think I even get the right version of Golf 🏃🏽‍♂️

Kind of amusing to see JP Twitter getting into something like this #私を構成する9つのアニメ 1. カードキャプターさくら 2. キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- 3. 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 4. あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION 5. サマーウォーズ 6. ソ・ラ・ノ・ヲ・ト 7. ヤマノススメ 8. ガッチャマン クラウズ 9. リズと青い鳥 tlpt-telepath.github.io/9-animes/

A small something me and my colleagues worked on www.kaorinusantara.or.id/english/2812... Since it's a bit of a rush, I just go for one shoujo title and one shonen title to put into the list. Not as many as the picture shows, but still...

Why does Asuka's way of speaking remind me of characters like Comet-san's Princess Meteor now ww My frames of reference are shifting, I guess youtu.be/t6ju8O7a89g

The plaintiff of the Shoichi Yamamoto/MangaOne incident has made a statement. -Yamamoto still has not apologized for sexually victimizing the plaintiff. -The suit they’re pursuing is to shed light on Yamamoto’s crimes and prevent such cases of sexual misconduct by teachers from happening again.

Kind of amusing to see JP Twitter getting into something like this #私を構成する9つのアニメ 1. カードキャプターさくら 2. キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- 3. 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 4. あずまんが大王 THE ANIMATION 5. サマーウォーズ 6. ソ・ラ・ノ・ヲ・ト 7. ヤマノススメ 8. ガッチャマン クラウズ 9. リズと青い鳥 tlpt-telepath.github.io/9-animes/

A small something me and my colleagues worked on www.kaorinusantara.or.id/english/2812... Since it's a bit of a rush, I just go for one shoujo title and one shonen title to put into the list. Not as many as the picture shows, but still...

Why does Asuka's way of speaking remind me of characters like Comet-san's Princess Meteor now ww My frames of reference are shifting, I guess youtu.be/t6ju8O7a89g

priorche.lnk.to/Legendary-re... youtu.be/8VvMDKepJb4?...