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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2021
Issue of national security looms large in Lower House campaign
By Satoshi Sugiyama
The economy and fight against COVID-19 remain the top issues for voters, but they are increasingly concerned about threats from China and North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2021
LDP projected to retain majority in election but lose 40 seats
By Satoshi Sugiyama
With the addition of Komeito's seats, the ruling coalition will be able to pass bills smoothly but will lack the number needed to push forward with constitutional revision, a pollster says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2021
Chinese and Russian navies' Tsugaru Strait transit highlights growing defense ties
By Jesse Johnson
The sailing through the narrow strait separating Japan's main island and Hokkaido follows drills between the two nations in the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Oct 19, 2021
Lack of unified vaccination passport and testing threaten Japan's reopening
By Elaine Lies and Rocky Swift
If botched, the reopening could also prove costly for new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who faces an election in under two weeks.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2021
Court rulings under new law free Hong Kong police to probe older offenses
By Greg Torode
When Beijing's national security law was passed, senior Chinese and Hong Kong officials repeatedly stressed that it would not be retroactively applied.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2021
Tradition versus credibility: Inside the ASEAN meet that snubbed Myanmar
By Tom Allard, Poppy McPherson and Rozanna Latiff
Southeast Asian ministers were divided between sticking to a tradition of non-interference and the need to retain credibility by sanctioning coup leader Min Aung Hlaing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2021
Secretive body leads Xinjiang’s hunt for 'pre-crime,' report finds
According to the report, the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, a secretive body of the Chinese Communist Party, is taking a hands-on approach to directing policing efforts in Xinjiang.

WORLD

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2021
Facebook shuts fake accounts in Sudan as fight for public opinion rages online
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Malaika Tapper and Nafisa Eltahir
Facebook said the network comprised more than 100 accounts and pages and had more than 1.8 million followers.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2021
China’s orbiting missile exploits weakness in U.S. defenses
By Jon Herskovitz, Kari Lindberg and Brendan Scott
The weapon missed its mark, but could later become capable of sending warheads around American anti-missile systems.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 19, 2021
What scientists know about the risk of breakthrough COVID-19 deaths
By Emily Anthes
After former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell died Monday from COVID-19 complications, vaccine skeptics immediately seized on news that he had been vaccinated to stoke doubts.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 19, 2021
SoftBank’s COO clashes with Masayoshi Son over Latin American spinoff
The 50-year-old Bolivian-American sees himself as a 'unicorn hunter,” often pushing for more authority and money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 19, 2021
Xi dials back China’s economic overhaul as masses feel pain
Xi took a gamble shaking up key industries ahead of a political gathering that could decide whether he rules the country indefinitely. Now he's starting to hit the brakes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 19, 2021
Toyota to build U.S. battery plant under $3.4 billion plan
Production would start in 2025 and at first focus on batteries for hybrid electric vehicles, creating 1,750 new jobs, the company said in a statement.

Opinion

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2021
Dollars and sense: The art of valuing art
By Brad Glosserman
Economists argue the most important feature in the new art investment environment is low inflation: It means that there is more expected value in future returns.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2021
What Colin Powell taught me about leadership and war
By James Stavridis
Humility, so much at the core of Gen. Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants and graduate of a City College of New York, was job one.

Sports

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 19, 2021
Seiya Suzuki's dominant autumn keeping Carp's postseason hopes alive
By Jason Coskrey
Seiya Suzuki is on a different level right now.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 19, 2021
Host state won't cut deal with unvaccinated Australian Open players
By Ian Ransom
Victoria's premier suggested that the state's vaccine mandate covers international athletes, who would be required to complete their inoculations ahead of the tournament in January.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 19, 2021
NHL suspends Sharks' Evander Kane for COVID-19 protocol violation
The 30-year-old, who had reportedly been under investigation for submitting a falsified COVID-19 vaccination card, will miss more than a quarter of the regular season.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 19, 2021
Team USA to have plenty of mental health support in Beijing
Licensed mental health officers will be made available to U.S. athletes competing in Beijing along with therapists and psychiatrists at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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