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JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2021

Japan turns to antibody cocktails as 'new weapon' in fight against pandemic

The government has widened the use of the drug Ronapreve, but some doctors say it needs to go further and make it available to patients isolating at home too.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 24, 2021

Celtic boss saddened by racist abuse toward Kyogo Furuhashi

Scottish champions Rangers said on Monday they had identified the fans who racially abused Furuhashi and indefinitely banned them from all of the club's games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2021

Asian allies aren’t worried by Biden’s Afghan debacle — yet

A failure to engage after a debacle like Afghanistan will undermine U.S. credibility, proof once again that the coverup is often worse than the crime.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 24, 2021

Blasting China, Harris says U.S. won’t push Asia to pick sides

In Singapore, Harris spoke about the U.S. vision for a region built on rules, human rights, freedom of the seas and unimpeded commerce.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Aug 24, 2021

Company rescues hardware with support alternative

Name: Bob Van den Broecke
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2021

Scott Morrison urges Australians to exit COVID-19 ‘cave’ when shots rise

Morrison said in an interview Tuesday that a jump in cases was not a reason to delay reopening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2021

Chip supplies to take new hit as COVID-19 surges in Malaysia

In recent years Malaysia has emerged as a major center for chip testing and packaging, but numbers of COVID-19 infections are soaring in the country and putting operations at risk.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Aug 24, 2021

Are you ready for sentient Disney robots?

The Magic Kingdom knows the nostalgia of herky-jerky animatronics won't cut it with today's children.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 24, 2021

China, Pakistan and India jockey for position in Afghanistan's new 'Great Game'

When the Taliban captured Kabul last week, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Afghans had broken the 'shackles of slavery.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2021

A secret weapon for self-driving car startups: human safety operators

With no end in sight to the technical and regulatory obstacles to free-range, driverless taxis, some companies are accepting the need for human minders and scaling down their ambitions.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2021

LDP heavyweight Toshihiro Nikai reiterates backing Suga for party chief

Nikai, who said he planned to meet Suga on Wednesday to discuss 'the future of the party and the country,' is considered one of the party's most powerful lawmakers.
The flag of China is seen next to the elements of gallium and germanium on a periodic table.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 23, 2024

Tiny but vital metal markets rush to adjust to Chinese clampdown

Beijing this month slapped a ban on U.S.-bound exports of gallium, germanium and antimony in a tit-for-tat move in a technology trade war.
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda said in July that the central bank’s holdings would decrease by 7% to 8% in about two years’ time, but they are set to stay at higher-than-desirable levels in the long-term.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 23, 2024

Japan's bond supply set to reach decade high as BOJ bond purchases slow

The BOJ’s plan to almost halve bond purchases comes as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans additional spending in an extra budget.
Migrants seeking asylum gather near the border wall between the United States and Mexico after crossing a razor wire fence deployed to inhibit their crossing, as a member of the Texas National Guard escorts them on Dec. 19.
WORLD / Society
Dec 23, 2024

'Bless Donald Trump': Human smugglers cash in

"Coyotes," as they are known, are banking on a pickup in trade due to the president-elect's campaign promise to crack down on migrants once he takes office.
Hiroshi Shimizu (left), president of Nippon Life Insurance, and Satoshi Asahi, vice president and future president, shake hands after a news conference Wednesday in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 23, 2024

Nippon Life’s $12 billion acquisition spree is just beginning

Having committed to pouring billions into a pair of global insurers, the firm is now turning to asset managers, as it seeks to diversify business at home and abroad.
Ginzan Onsen hot springs in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture
JAPAN / Society
Dec 23, 2024

Picturesque Japan hot spring town limits day trippers

Authorities in Ginzan Onsen have become fed up with a rise in road problems, quarrels and other nuisances.
Hideko Hakamata (second from left), Iwao Hakamata's sister, in the city of Shizuoka on Sept. 26 following a Shizuoka District Court retrial verdict finding Iwao not guilty
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2024

Momentum builds for reforming Japan's retrial system

Prolonged proceedings for retrial pleas are common in Japan.
Israeli emergency responders inspect a crater at the site where a projectile fired from Yemen landed, in Tel Aviv early on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 23, 2024

Netanyahu vows to act with 'force' and 'determination' against Yemen's Houthis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to retaliate against Yemen's Houthi rebels after they fired a missile at Tel Aviv.
A border fence along the Syria-Israel buffer zone near Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Dec 23, 2024

Israel and Turkey shape a new Syria from their borderlands

Syria’s leadership isn’t the only aspect of the country to be changing as a result of this month’s toppling of longtime dictator, Bashar Assad.
A "midrange capability" launcher arrives as part of a deployment to Northern Luzon, Philippines, in April.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2024

Philippine military says will acquire U.S. Typhon missile system

The U.S. Army deployed the midrange missile system in the northern Philippines earlier this year for annual joint military exercises.
Elbridge Colby (center) speaks at the Threat and the Strategy panel during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in September 2019.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 23, 2024

Trump's Pentagon policy pick pushed for Japan to spend 3% of GDP on defense

Elbridge Colby said in an interview earlier this year that Japan is moving at a leisurely pace on defense despite being under threat from China and North Korea.
Film festivals around the world are giving space to AI-generated cinematic experiences, with Venice and Cannes among the heavy hitters with sections dedicated to "immersive" works, including those made using virtual and augmented reality.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 23, 2024

Asia’s film industry should balance AI with human creativity

AI is revolutionizing cinema. Japan and Asia as a whole are well-positioned to harness technology to empower storytelling while retaining film's essentially human nature.
Some of the same mistakes made during COVID-19 can be seen in the U.S. government's response to H5N1, which started in poultry before a new variant began infecting the nation’s dairy cows.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2024

Another pandemic is inevitable, and the U.S. isn't ready

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s top public health agencies also don’t inspire confidence.
Here we go again, a Christmas marked by legal battles, evolving traditions, commercial influence, and debates over greetings.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2024

There is no war on Christmas. There are many.

As usual, our holiday cornucopia overfloweth with litigation.
People's Bank of China Gov. Pan Gongsheng meets with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Beijing in April.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2024

What will happen to China’s economy in 2025?

Economic activity in China has been relatively weak since the COVID-19 crisis. This was not unexpected, at least not at first.
Hindu monks protest to stop the atrocities against Bangladesh's Hindu minority community, in Kolkata on Dec. 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 23, 2024

Minorities fear targeted attacks in post-revolution Bangladesh

Hindus make up about 8% of the mainly Muslim nation of 170 million people.

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