The fiction that diplomacy can proceed on one track while missiles travel on another is becoming harder to sustain. US forces on Saturday night conducted a third round of strikes this week on Iran, this time in retaliation for an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Iranian missiles and […]
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Convenient but controversial: Japan’s 24/7 shops under fire
It may be 1am but Tokyo’s omnipresent convenience stores, known as “konbini”, are busy with customers dropping in for everything from milk to underwear. Popping in for a cheeky late alcopop at a busy konbini near Tokyo’s Ueno Station, Mai Tsumuraya says: “I finish work late… The supermarket closes early so I come to a […]