The violence that broke out in late July has spread to Madhesh. In the lowland bordering India, symbols and the language of Indian nationalism are increasingly visible, while the secularism enshrined in the 2015 Constitution is being challenged by movements calling for the return to a Hindu state.
Princess Aiko is excluded again from succession after Japan’s Diet approve the Imperial Household reform, upholding exclusively the male line. Desecrating the flag becomes an offence. Rights groups and opposition parties criticise Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's right-wing shift.
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