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BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2021

Deutsche Telekom lifts T-Mobile U.S. stake in Softbank swap deal

The deal will make SoftBank the second-largest shareholder of the German telecommunication giant.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2021

South Korea joins elite club with test of sub-launched ballistic missile

South Korea joined an exclusive group last week, becoming only the eighth country — and sole non-nuclear nation — to successfully test-fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2021

Japan's top business lobby makes case for eased entry restrictions

Keidanren has presented to Suga proposals on relaxed quarantines, opening the border to vaccinated individuals and the domestic use of vaccine passports.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 7, 2021

Two years on, forest pact's 'good intentions' do little to protect Amazon

Pledges have remained largely unfulfilled, with scant evidence of up-and-running forest protection and restoration efforts as a direct result of the pact, critics say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2021

Myanmar shadow government calls for revolt against military rule

Comprised of members in exile or in hiding, Myanmar's National Unity Government has declared a state of emergency.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2021

Facing intraparty obstacles, Ishiba wrestles with role in LDP election

The former defense chief has long had ambitions to become prime minister, but his fraught relationship with the LDP could block his way — and change the race for everyone else.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 7, 2021

Losing is bad enough, but it now comes with death threats, tennis players say

Several players at this year's U.S. Open have said that online abuse is now part of sport.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2021

India 'prepares for the worst' ahead of possible COVID-19 third wave

New Delhi's premier Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and several others ran so short of oxygen that many patients in the capital suffocated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2021

The case for stronger Russia sanctions

The Crimea sanctions have had the intended economic effect. Whereas Central and Eastern Europe's GDP has grown by 3% to 5% per year since 2014, Russia's has stagnated.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Peruvian counterpart, Dina Boluarte, meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima on Nov. 14.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2024

U.S. wakes up to China’s growing presence in its ‘backyard’

China has long eyed Latin America’s food and mineral resources, using them to build business connections for over two decades.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers his speech declaring martial law in Seoul on Dec. 3.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2024

Impending fallout from Yoon's political problems

It is conceivable that a potential Lee administration, with its pro-Beijing positions, may annul Yoon’s positive contributions to stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
Georgian anti-government protesters face off against police during consecutive days of mass demonstrations against the government's postponement of European Union accession talks in central Tbilisi on Dec. 3.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2024

Georgia has crossed a Russian Rubicon

A tipping point came last week when authorities in the capital Tbilisi sent masked police to raid the headquarters of opposition parties.
Japan's success isn't rooted in mystical Eastern wisdom; it's driven by practical public policies, social standards and education, not secret life hacks.
COMMENTARY
Dec 10, 2024

Two words for current ‘ancient Japanese wisdom’: think again

Japan's success isn't rooted in mystical Eastern wisdom; it's driven by practical public policies, social standards, and education, not secret life hacks.
Deputy Mayor of Nagoya Hideo Nakata holds the Asian Games flag as Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura stands during the Asian Games handover ceremony in Hangzhou, China, in October 2023.
SPORTS
Dec 11, 2024

Organizers say 2026 Asian Games on track

Japanese media said the Olympic Council of Asia was not happy with preparations for the event in Nagoya and the wider Aichi Prefecture area.
Bain Capital plans to pay ¥9,600 a share for Fuji Soft, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2024

Bain raises offer for Fuji Soft in $4.3 billion contest with KKR

The Boston-based investment firm plans to pay ¥9,600 a share for Fuji Soft, it said in a statement.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said in a Nikkei interview last month that hikes are "nearing.”
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 12, 2024

BOJ said to see little cost to waiting for next rate hike

At the same time, some officials are not against a rate hike at this meeting if it is proposed, sources have said.
People in the U.S. live with illness for 12.4 years on average — up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2024

Americans spend more years sick than rest of world, study finds

Mental and substance-use disorders are the biggest factors to blame in the U.S., along with musculoskeletal diseases.
An SM-3 interceptor is launched by the Aegis Guam System during a test at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 12, 2024

Can a U.S. missile defense system shield Guam from Chinese threat?

Building the island's missile defenses as envisioned will cost about $10 billion over the next decade.
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a meeting in Washington in September.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2024

FBI chief Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office

Donald Trump has announced the nomination of staunch loyalist Kash Patel to head the top U.S. law enforcement agency.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2024

South Korea's Yoon remains defiant as impeachment odds jump

The embattled president said he will "fight until the end," while the chief of his own party called for his impeachment.
Fans in Saudi Arabia celebrate after the nation was confirmed as host of the 2034 FIFA World Cup
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 12, 2024

Saudi Arabia awarded 2034 FIFA World Cup despite human rights concerns

FIFA also confirmed that Morocco, Spain and Portugal will be joint hosts of the 2030 World Cup, in which three games will also be played in South America.
A liquefied natural gas plant operated by Sakhalin Energy in Sakhalin, Russia. Japan, the world's second biggest LNG buyer, depends on Russia for 9% of its LNG.
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 12, 2024

Rival supplies and depleting fields give Japan an exit from Russian gas

Japan, the world's second-biggest liquefied natural gas buyer, depends on Russia for 9% of its LNG.
The leader of Syria's rebel group, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, addresses a crowd in Damascus on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2024

Militant leader's endgame is big unknown in post-Assad Syria

Abu Mohammed al-Golani has sought to project a moderate image so far, but there is distrust in the air.
Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, is escorted after an extradition hearing at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2024

Luigi Mangione was charged with murder — then donations started pouring in

The photogenic, Ivy League-educated 26-year-old's support has seemingly only intensified since his arrest on Monday.

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