From New Caledonia, in French
New Caledonia's main daily.
Le Japon durcit les règles sur l’acquisition de la résidence permanente pour les étrangers
AFP-based report on Japan's tougher permanent-residence rules (higher income, Japanese ability, 30 years of pension payments, twentyfold fee) under "ultranationalist" PM Takaichi, noting rising anti-foreigner sentiment, misinformation, and warnings from experts and business that Japan needs more foreign workers.
La Nouvelle-Zélande veut interdire à son tour les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 16 ans
AFP-based report that New Zealand's government is tabling a bill banning social media for under-16s, modelled on Australia's, with big fines for platforms. It notes the bill's passage is uncertain because coalition partners ACT and NZ First oppose it.
La Nouvelle-Zélande adopte une loi protégeant les entreprises des procès climatiques
AFP-based report that New Zealand's right-wing government passed, 67 to 53, a law blocking climate lawsuits against companies, ending Māori activist Michael Smith's case against six firms. It sets critics' charges of harm to democracy against the government's claim of legal certainty.
Nouvelle-Zélande : les objectifs climatiques menacés par les politiques du gouvernement
Relaying AFP, the piece reports an independent Climate Change Commission report warning that the New Zealand government's decisions (excluding agriculture from emissions pricing, clean vehicle rollbacks, an LNG import terminal) risk derailing the country's climate targets.