Thailand’s ‘digital wallet’ scheme not copy of 1999 Japanese model

Government Complex at Chaeng Wattana Road, Bangkok.
Government Complex at Chaeng Wattana Road, Bangkok. Photo: Abhisit Vejjajiva / Peerapat Wimolrungkarat (พีรพัฒน์ วิมลรังครัตน์).

Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat has dismissed a suggestion that the Pheu Thai party’s digital wallet scheme is a copy of the Japanese model, introduced [Read More…]

Bangkok Photographer Accused of Installing Hidden Camera in Bathroom

Royal Thai Police Toyota Fortuner SUV at Inspector General's Department, Sutthisan Police Station in Bangkok
Royal Thai Police Toyota Fortuner SUV at Inspector General's Department, Sutthisan Police Station in Bangkok. Photo: Ian Fuller / flickr. CC BY-NC 2.0.

BANGKOK, Sept 15 (TNA) – A former Japanese-style idol has filed a complaint against a freelance photographer for allegedly secretly recording her in a bathroom [Read More…]

Ryuichi Sakamoto performs possibly ‘his last concert’ amid cancer battle

Ryuichi Sakamoto, a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor
Ryuichi Sakamoto, a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor. Photo: Joi Ito / flickr. CC BY 2.0.

Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto broadcast a pre-recorded concert on Sunday that he said “could be the last concert” due to his ongoing battle [Read More…]

Japanese tourist missing in rough seas off Phang-nga as his wife is rescued

Rough waters and a warning of the incoming storm
Red Flag on the beach. Rough waters and a warning of the incoming storm. Photo by Joe Christiansen.

A search and rescue operation has resumed today (Sunday) for a Japanese tourist who was washed away by stormy seas in Takua Pa district of [Read More…]