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Keyu Jin
For Keyu Jin's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2022
America is fueling Chinese techno-nationalism
China is pursuing its goal of bolstering its technological capabilities with an intensity unseen since Mao Zedong committed to developing nuclear weapons six decades ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 7, 2022
China bets on a common prosperity
China's leaders believe their country is on the verge of a transformation into a truly “modern socialist economy.” They're not alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 2, 2021
The shape of China’s recovery
Having matured and grown more patient, China is less impetuous about achieving short-term gains, and more invested in creating opportunities for its people over the long term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2019
China's 70 years of progress
Assuming the worst about China could have catastrophic consequences.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2017
What does China's 'chairman of everything' want?
Xi Jinping has major ambitions for China, the CCP and his legacy.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2016
China wisely taking a neutral stance for now
China isn't jumping to conclusions about future U.S. policies, much less taking premature action.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2016
Xi Jinping is no Mao Zedong
Much of the world is watching Chinese President Xi Jinping with suspicion as he re-centralizes authority and pursues a radical anti-corruption campaign that many think is a fig leaf for a political purge.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2016
Prep for China's two-child consumption engine
China's abolition of its one-child policy is going to have a profound impact on the country's economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015
China's masses stubbornly refuse to consume
A Chinese economic 'rebalancing' — replacing investment and exports with services and domestic consumption — remains a distant prospect.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015
Job growth missing from China's economic rise
China's focus on industrialization explains why its economic miracle has created relatively few new jobs.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2015
Vested interests stalemate reforms in China
Unless and until China's top leaders overcome resistance from vested interests, progress on reform will remain sluggish.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2012
Why do nations' savings patterns differ so much?
Ever since the integration of emerging markets into the global economy began in the early 1990s, three striking trends have emerged: a divergence in private savings rates between the industrialized core and the emerging periphery (the former experiencing a sharp rise, and the latter a steady decline); large global imbalances between the two regions; and a drop in interest rates worldwide. But, while global imbalances have preoccupied many observers, few have sought to explain the divergence in world savings behavior.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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