Dear readers, Today is the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown that that left hundreds, possibly thousands, of pro-democracy demonstrators dead in Beijing. The anniversary of the date on which troops shot their way into central Beijing in 1989 has never been publicly marked in mainland China, though every year there are commemorations in Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, as well as in self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its own. * SILENCED CITIZENS: Struggle for democracy continues in China * Developments concerning the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown * Abe government plans to send SDF troops to war fronts * Survey: Japanese youth less optimistic for their future than youths in other countries * Volunteers help clean up trash on Mount Fuji, Mount Everest * Tokyos Yamanote circle line to get a new station ahead of 2020 Olympics * Taiwan to start selling souvenirs of Kumamotos money-making bear mascot Kumamon * JR East planning a new luxury train We will post these and more stories later today on AJW.asahi. Stay up to date with AJW in your news feed by clicking like on this page. Thanks for reading AJW.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 02:09:20 +0000