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JIMMY LAI

Jimmy Lai, publisher of Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper, at his office in Hong Kong on Aug. 22, 2019. Accused of masterminding anti-government protests that swept across Hong Kong in 2019, Lai testified for the first time on Wednesday at his landmark national security trial.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 21, 2024
Apple Daily: The Hong Kong tabloid that dared to challenge China
Hong Kong's Apple Daily was once the city's most popular tabloid by punching up against the Chinese Communist Party. But Beijing had the last laugh.
Media mogul Jimmy Lai leaves Mong Kok police station after being released on bail in Hong Kong on Aug. 12, 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 20, 2024
After years in a Hong Kong jail, Jimmy Lai has his say in court
The media mogul said his now-shuttered newspaper, Apple Daily, represented the freedoms that people in the city valued.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses for a photograph with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting at the Sheraton Hotel, on the sidelines of G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 19, 2024
Starmer confronted Xi on human rights at G20. It did not go well.
The incident in the first meeting between the leaders of the U.K. and China in almost seven years underscores the challenge Keir Starmer faces in seeking to thaw ties.
A prison van that is believed to carry media mogul Jimmy Lai, the founder of Apple Daily newspaper, leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on the day of the national security trial, in Hong Kong on Dec. 18, 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 12, 2024
Hong Kong court dismisses bid by media tycoon Jimmy Lai to overturn conviction
Lai, the founder of the pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has been held in solitary confinement for more than three years since December 2020.
Jimmy Lai at Apple Daily, the newspaper he founded, in Hong Kong on Aug. 12, 2020
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2024
Hong Kong court dismisses Jimmy Lai's bid to end national security trial
The founder of now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily faces charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and to publish seditious material.
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai in 2020
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2024
Hong Kong top court hears Jimmy Lai appeal as scrutiny mounts
Any conviction of Lai risks further inflaming ties between China and the U.S. and U.K., which are among countries that have called for his release.
Jimmy Lai leaves a police station in Hong Kong in 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2024
Hong Kong refuses entry to Reporters Without Borders staffer
Hong Kong is currently ranked 140 out of 180 on the 2023 World Press Freedom Index.
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong on June 16, 2020. Lai pleaded not guilty to "sedition" and "collusion" charges on Tuesday in a high-profile national security trial that could see him jailed for life.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2024
Hong Kong tycoon Lai pleads not guilty in landmark security trial
Jimmy Lai, a leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party, faces two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.
A security personnel stops a supporter during the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 18, 2023
Security tight ahead of landmark Hong Kong trial for Jimmy Lai
Now jailed for over 1000 days, one of Hong Kong's biggest critics of China has faced Beijing's wrath since the pro-democracy protests in 2019.
Media mogul Jimmy Lai, the founder of now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and one of the most prominent Hong Kong critics of China's Communist Party leadership, has faced a salvo of litigation since a wave of pro-democracy demonstrations in 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 15, 2023
China crackdown on Hong Kong in focus as Jimmy Lai goes on trial
Media tycoon faces possible life imprisonment on charges he colluded with foreign forces, including the U.S.
Sebastien Lai, son of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, holds a sign calling for the release of his father, on the sidelines of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2023
Son of jailed tycoon says it's in Hong Kong's interest to free him
Jimmy Lai is the founder of now shut pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and a prominent critic of China's Communist Party.
Jimmy Lai arrives for a court appearance in Hong Kong in February 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2023
H.K. democracy activists win narrow legal victory in protest case
The Court of Appeal said there was no evidence the defendants played any role in planning or organizing the unauthorized march in 2019.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2022
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to over five years in prison on fraud charge
Lai, 75, was found guilty of two counts of fraud for covering up the operations of a private company, Dico Consultants, at the headquarters of the now shuttered Apple Daily newspaper.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2022
Hong Kong leader says Beijing concerned about foreign lawyers in security cases
The city's top court had ruled that a British lawyer could represent jailed pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2022
Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimes
The screening was at Hong Kong's first patriotic education center, which teaches students about the city's new national security law as well as China's history and achievements.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 28, 2021
Hong Kong adds sedition charge for former tycoon Jimmy Lai
The jailed tycoon and six former employees of his flagship Apple Daily newspaper were charged with conspiracy to produce and distribute seditious publications under the Crimes Ordinance.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2021
Hong Kong’s voice for democracy is silenced
The sweep of the security law encompasses far more than the media. Businesses that once flocked to Hong Kong because of its energy and proximity to China are now rethinking those choices.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily signs off in 'painful farewell'
The closure of the popular tabloid marks the end of an era for media freedom in the Chinese-ruled city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2021
Hong Kong's Apple Daily to publish final issue Thursday after spate of arrests
The paper, owned by now-jailed media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, has faced intense pressure from the government.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2021
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily prepared to suspend operations, reports say
The company will meet again on Friday to decide on the date to stop publishing the flagship newspaper of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, reports said.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

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