Shingetsu News Agency

22/11/2025

CONGOLESE IN WESTERN ILLINOIS: A documentary interview with Gorette Kupa on the Congolese immigrant community in Galesburg and Monmouth, Illinois.

A documentary interview with Gorette Kupa on the Congolese immigrant community in Galesburg and Monmouth, Illinois.

17/11/2025

There is growing evidence that China’s commanding position in clean technology manufacturing, and its control over global supply chains from solar panels to batteries, has convinced the Trump administration that competing in renewables equates to subsidizing the rival superpower. They are thus willing to deliberately lose the climate change technology race rather than adopt measures to catch up. They would rather concede than admit that America has been outperformed.

There is growing evidence that China’s commanding position in clean technology manufacturing has convinced the Trump administration that competing in renewables equates to subsidizing the rival superpower.

16/11/2025

At the outset of his second term, US President Donald Trump shut down a database designed to provide law enforcement agencies with information on the past records of job candidates. The database aimed to prevent officers with troubling records from moving between agencies undetected, thereby protecting public welfare.

Link: https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2025/11/16/hiring-bad-cops/

08/10/2025

Debito Arudou: The recent election of Sanae Takaichi as leader of the LDP probably means Japan’s first woman PM. But this is a huge step back for Japan’s democracy and diversity.
Link: https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2025/10/08/visible-minorities-takaichis-pm-election-changes-my-projections/

07/09/2025

Debito Arudou: Yes, there is a new far-right party in Japan. But at this point, the media hype about Sanseito is sensationalism, as what it’s offering is neither new nor well-planned.

Yes, there is a new far-right party in Japan. But at this point, the media hype about Sanseito is sensationalism, as what it’s offering is neither new nor well-planned.

25/07/2025

Debito Arudou: Interview with a civil servant to get an insider’s perspective on what’s going on at DOGE.

Interview with a civil servant to get an insider’s perspective on what’s going on at DOGE.

04/07/2025

The new Paramount+ series Landman, created by Taylor Sheridan, falsely claims that wind turbines produce more greenhouse gas emissions than oil due to their construction and transportation.

Akihabara News — The new Paramount+ series Landman, created by Taylor Sheridan, falsely claims that wind turbines produce more greenhouse gas emissions than oil due to their construction and transportation. The scene, featuring Billy Bob Thornton’s character Tommy Norris, asserts that a wind tur...

19/06/2025

Short-sighted criticisms about Japan being “overtouristed” may spoil things. Don’t let the debate backfire into racialized policymaking.

Short-sighted criticisms about Japan being “overtouristed” may spoil things. Don’t let the debate backfire into racialized policymaking.

30/04/2025

Debito Arudou: Even after the most disastrous first hundred days in modern American presidential history, many people still do not see the damage being done to American democracy.

Even after the most disastrous first hundred days in modern American presidential history, many people still do not see the damage being done to American democracy.

11/04/2025

Student debt policy helps answer the question whether the US Democratic Party has a mere messaging problem or has indeed abandoned millions of Americans.

05/04/2025

Perhaps some thought the eightieth anniversary of that brutal battle would be a chance for both the Japanese and the Americans to recognize their terrible brutality towards the people of Okinawa.

01/04/2025

Debito Arudou: So much quantifiable opportunity and trust between the United States and Canada has been squandered over the venality of one man.

So much quantifiable opportunity and trust between the United States and Canada has been squandered over the venality of one man.