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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics
Sep 8, 2021
Abe ally Sanae Takaichi enters LDP race as underdog
By Eric Johnston
The hawkish conservative backs increased nuclear power over renewables, similar economic policies to her mentor and laws to protect Japanese research.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2021
Japan prioritized domestic trials of Pfizer before rollout, vaccine czar says
By Kanako Takahara
The nation's vaccine czar revealed that Pfizer trials included over 100 Japanese residents in the U.S., but said the health ministry needed domestic tests due to 'food and diet' differences.
JAPAN / Politics / The LDP's game of thrones
Sep 8, 2021
Fumio Kishida steps into the ring for the second time in a year
By Michael MacArthur Bosack
Routinely derided by his critics, the former foreign minister may prove to have more moxie than some would expect in the party leadership race.
JAPAN / Politics / The LDP's game of thrones
Sep 8, 2021
With Suga's imminent departure, the battle for power has already begun
By Michael MacArthur Bosack
The prime minister's announcement that he would step down as leader of the LDP has set in motion a fierce race to the top.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2021
Japan set to be scrubbed from EU safe travel list over COVID-19 rate
The list does not bind individual EU nations, but Germany has already added Japan to its list of 'high-risk areas' subject to tighter entry restrictions.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2021
U.S. warship sails near man-made South China Sea islet, flouting new Chinese law
By Jesse Johnson
The U.S. Navy vessel passed near a Chinese-held island for the first time since Beijing began implementing a law requiring foreign vessels to give notice before entering waters it claims.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 8, 2021
How family of a Myanmar junta leader are trying to cash in
By Simon Lewis, John Geddie, Poppy McPherson, Reade Levinson, Stephen Grey and Wa Lone
Family members of the air force chief have enjoyed a lifestyle that is out of reach for the vast majority of Myanmar's people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 8, 2021
China praises Hong Kong arrests of Tiananmen vigil organizers
China's top agency in Hong Kong praised the arrests as authorities continued a broader push against local pro-democracy activists.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 8, 2021
China moves to complete its purge of Hong Kong’s election system
By Kari Soo Lindberg and Iain Marlow
With their critics out, President Xi Jinping's chosen representatives in Hong Kong are building a system that will make it much riskier for the opposition.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 8, 2021
Xi’s ‘common prosperity’ drive triggers a rare debate in China
Competing viewpoints in China's tightly controlled media space point to internal confusion over just how far Xi plans to go in reining in 'disorderly capital expansion.”

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 8, 2021
Quiet Taliban deal-maker holds key role to Afghanistan’s future
By Peter Martin, Archana Chaudhary and Eltaf Najafizada
Baradar will have to convince world leaders that this is a different Taliban, a more moderate version of a group
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 8, 2021
M7.0 earthquake strikes off Mexico's Pacific coast, shakes resort city of Acapulco
Residents in Mexico City hurdled together in the rain holding young children and pets, too worried to return to their homes in the dark.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2021
Taliban names Cabinet that includes minister on U.S. sanctions list
The United States said it was concerned by the track records of some of the Cabinet members and noted that no women had been included.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2021
Fumio Kishida looks to address income disparities with shift from neoliberalism
By Kazuaki Nagata
The LDP presidential candidate has highlighted the need for wealth redistribution, a challenge to the deregulation and market-oriented policies Japan has adopted for two decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2021
Internet giants take fire in South Korean echo of China crackdown
Naver, which runs the messaging platform Line as well as a host of apps, slid 8% Wednesday, its biggest intraday loss in over a year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2021
PayPal to acquire Japanese unicorn Paidy in ¥300 billion deal
By Jenny Surane and Gearoid Reidy
PayPal is looking to deepen its push into buy-now-pay-later products, with Paidy a standout provider in a country where nearly three-quarters of purchases are paid for with cash.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2021
Toyota to spend ¥1.5 trillion by 2030 on vehicle battery supply and development
By River Davis
'Zero-emission vehicles are important in regions where renewable energy is widely adopted,” the firm's Chief Technology Officer Masahiko Maeda said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2021
Japan’s economy grew at faster clip last quarter as government spent more
By Toru Fujioka and Yoshiaki Nohara
Gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 1.9% in the three months to June.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2021
Medical-device maker PHC planning ¥172 billion IPO, Japan's biggest since 2018
By Julia Fioretti
This year about $3.4 billion has been raised through Japanese IPOs, a huge increase from the $804 million garnered in the same period in 2020, data shows.

Opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
It's in America's interest to court ASEAN
By Satohiro Akimoto
ASEAN is of tremendous strategic importance to the U.S. and Japan and should not be downplayed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
The Taliban have their economic work cut out for them
By Ajmal Ahmady
There is much speculation that China could become Afghanistan's primary economic supporter and help it stay part of the global system. But that analysis is unrealistic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
How gaming will change humanity as we know it
By Tyler Cowen
Gaming is profoundly transforming two central aspects of the modern world: culture and regulation. There will be no turning back.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
China's slowdown is just as important as the U.S. jobs shocker
By Daniel Moss
China's V-shaped recovery is showing less vigor. Authorities have gone from worrying about too strong a resurgence to scrambling to put a floor under a new slowdown.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
Vaccines versus COVID-19: The great immunity debate
By Faye Flam
People who don’t want to get vaccinated will grasp at any new piece of information to justify their reluctance — the latest being some pretty good data suggesting that the natural immunity left after recovering from COVID-19 is stronger over the long run than immunity generated by the Pfizer vaccine....

Sports

SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 8, 2021
Tsukedashi shortcut helps amateur standouts climb pro sumo ranks
By John Gunning
The system rewards strong performances in top amateur tournaments, allowing wrestlers to get a head start on the salaried rank of sekitori.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 8, 2021
China tests Olympic COVID-19 restrictions at National Games
China's biggest domestic sporting event since the pandemic began could showcase some of the coronavirus countermeasures participants can expect at Beijing 2022.

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 8, 2021
‘Best Day Walks Japan’: A more relaxed approach to hiking in Japan
By Oscar Boyd
Lonely Planet's helpful new guidebook covers 60 accessible walks throughout Japan, with accompanying maps and photographs showing off Japan's wilder side in full color.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Sep 8, 2021
How Michael K. Williams made Omar Little his own on ‘The Wire’
By Jonathan Abrams
Williams and his colleagues on the show once spoke about how the role evolved for an oral history of the series.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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