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  • What does the MV Hondius outbreak tells us about hantavirus?
    For days, the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius has made headlines worldwide, bringing a long-known yet often overlooked virus to the center of global attention. After nine cases linked to the outbreak, including three deaths, were reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the vessel arrived last weekend in Spain's Tenerife, where more than 90 passengers were evacuated under supervised health precautions by domestic and international health authorities.
     

What does the MV Hondius outbreak tells us about hantavirus?

12 May 2026 at 15:47
For days, the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius has made headlines worldwide, bringing a long-known yet often overlooked virus to the center of global attention. After nine cases linked to the outbreak, including three deaths, were reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the vessel arrived last weekend in Spain's Tenerife, where more than 90 passengers were evacuated under supervised health precautions by domestic and international health authorities.

Insights | Japan's shift away from postwar pacifist constitution raises fears of neo-militarism: expert

12 May 2026 at 15:44
Recently, Japanese government officials worshiped the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 14 convicted Class-A Japanese war criminals from World War II alongside the war dead, while Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering. Coupled with moves to revise the Constitution for allowing lethal weapons export and restore the rank titles of Self-Defense Forces officers, these moves have raised serious concerns. Japan's military buildup has entered a more aggressive phase.
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  • Japan accelerates remilitarization with lift of lethal arms export ban: expert
    Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on last Tuesday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism and wartime aggression. On the same day, the Japanese government officially revised "the three principles on transfer of defense equipment and technology" and their implementation guidelines to allow overseas sales of weapons, including those with lethal capabilities. These moves have drawn attention from analysts.
     

Japan accelerates remilitarization with lift of lethal arms export ban: expert

12 May 2026 at 14:03
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on last Tuesday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism and wartime aggression. On the same day, the Japanese government officially revised "the three principles on transfer of defense equipment and technology" and their implementation guidelines to allow overseas sales of weapons, including those with lethal capabilities. These moves have drawn attention from analysts.

Expert warns of signs of Japan's militarism revival, China pledges firm response

12 May 2026 at 14:03
Recently, Chen Zilei, president of the Shanghai Association for Japanese Studies and director of the Japanese Economic Research Cente at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, tolds China News Network that Japan is moving further down the path of militarization, driven by both changes in the external environment and expansion needs.
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