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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2021

Delta variant outbreak sees once-envied Australia losing its luster

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's balancing act of keeping Australians safe and the economy open is becoming increasingly precarious as the outbreak worsens.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2021

North Korea highlights Kim’s weight loss as food shortage builds

By allowing comment on Kim's weight, the country's propaganda apparatus supported a familiar theme in the myth-making of regime leaders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2021

Crossing the red line: Behind China’s takeover of Hong Kong

One year ago, the city's freedoms were curtailed with breathtaking speed. But the clampdown was years in the making, and many signals were missed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2021

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines likely produce long-lasting immunity

The findings add to growing evidence that most people immunized with mRNA vaccines may not need boosters, so long as the virus and its variants do not evolve much.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 28, 2021

LDP's infighting tests Suga and party unity ahead of election season

The fight is manifesting itself in a number of recently formed Diet groups, with the two sides vying to install as many of their faction members as possible to LDP executive posts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Jun 28, 2021

Discrimination and inertia slow use of Ainu grants, two years after launch

The first law recognizing the Ainu ethnic minority as an Indigenous people took effect in May 2019, with that legislation designed to protect and promote their culture through subsidies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2021

After Duterte, the Philippines may get more Duterte

Barred by the constitution from standing again for the presidency, Duterte is preparing for life after next year's elections from a position of unprecedented strength.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2021

Beware America’s soaring public debt

Though America's gross federal debt now stands at 107% of GDP — a post-WWII record — the Biden administration's 2022 budget will see the country's largest-ever peacetime deficits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 28, 2021

Yamato and Toyota collaboration yields efficient vaccine delivery system

The delivery firm came up with what it calls the “bus stop” shipping system, in which it sets delivery routes and times according to the opening hours of clinics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 28, 2021

As North Korea and U.S. vie for leverage, nuclear talks likely a long way off

Recent remarks by Pyongyang pouring cold water on chances of dialogue are almost certainly part of a choreographed response to a U.S. offer of unconditional talks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2021

Suzuki Motor warns chips, battery supply will remain tight

In April, it was reported that Suzuki had further lowered its domestic auto production plan for that month, giving up an additional 10,000 units on chip shortages.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes a victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party's win in the Delhi legislative assembly election in New Delhi on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 11, 2025

Anti-Muslim hate speech surged in India's election year, led by Modi

At rallies Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to Muslims as "infiltrators" and claimed the main opposition party would redistribute the nation's wealth to them if it won.
Travel officials from the Middle East experience test cutting for Japanese swords in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture, in January.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2025

Government touts exchanges with nations participating in Osaka Expo

Local governments expect their plans to boost youth exchanges, accelerate overseas expansion and promote tourism.
Shinji Ishimaru, who was the runner-up in last July's Tokyo gubernatorial election, holds a news conference in Tokyo last week.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 11, 2025

Shinji Ishimaru faces criminal complaint over livestreamed campaign event

A civic group says the former mayor may have pledged to illegally pay a fee to a company that streamed the event live.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrives to attend a European heads of state meeting on the sideline of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2025

Trump says ‘no’ when asked if ready to name JD Vance as successor

Vance, a former U.S. senator from Ohio, has embraced Trump’s brand of economic populism, leading to his selection on the Republican ticket.
In digital trade, Japan's imports have been rising faster than its exports, amid the dominance of global information technology giants such as Microsoft and Google.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 11, 2025

Japan's trade deficit for digital services rose to record ¥6.6 trillion in 2024

Japan's digital trade deficit is expected to reach ¥10 trillion in 2030, roughly equivalent to its crude oil imports in 2024.
"I hope skaters who train here will go on to shine on the world stage," Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada told the Japan Times at Mao Rink Tachikawa Tachihi, a skating rink in Tachikawa, Tokyo, whose establishment she was involved in, on Jan. 28.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Feb 11, 2025

Mao Asada sets out to safeguard the future of Japanese skating

Mao Rink Tachikawa Tachihi, a project that involved the three-time world champion, has become a dream destination for skaters.
Emperor Hirohito speaks during a welcome ceremony hosted by U.S. President Richard Nixon in Anchorage, Alaska, on Sept. 26, 1971.
JAPAN / History
Feb 11, 2025

Emperor Showa was cautious about Nixon's 1972 visit to China, document shows

That the emperor voiced his own position on the visit to China may raise questions about diplomacy involving the imperial family.
YouTube has evolved from a dinner party lark 20 years ago into a modern lifestyle staple poised to overtake U.S. cable television in paid viewership.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 11, 2025

YouTube, the online video powerhouse, turns 20

The video hosting site has gone from hosting a 19-second clip titled "Me at the Zoo" to becoming the world's largest in terms of time spent and ad revenue.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while signing a variety of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. Trump said on Monday that he could cut aid to Jordan and Egypt if they refused his demand to permanently take in most Palestinians from Gaza, substantially increasing the pressure on key allies in the region to back his audacious proposal to relocate the entire population of the territory in order to redevelop it.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2025

Trump says Hamas should free all hostages by Saturday or 'let hell break out'

Trump cautioned that Israel might want to override him on the issue and said he might speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Shadrack Maseko, whose family has been residing on Meyerskop farm for three generations, looks over a piece of land, in Free State province, South Africa, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2025

The stark inequalities South Africa's new land act seeks to bridge

Nearly three quarters of privately-owned land is in the hands of white people who make up 8% of the population, while only 4% is owned by Black people who constitute nearly 80%.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical President and CEO Satoshi Yamane apologizes for the company's health hazard scandal involving its supplement products during a news conference in Osaka on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 11, 2025

Kobayashi Pharma logs first net profit drop since 1999 listing

The company's net profit plunged 50.5% in the aftermath of a health scandal involving its supplements, which emerged last year.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba talks with executives of his Liberal Democratic Party in the parliament building in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 11, 2025

Japan's ruling-opposition talks reach a critical point

For its enactment by the end of March, the fiscal 2025 budget bill needs to clear the Lower House on March 2, at the latest.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the AI Action Summit in Paris on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 11, 2025

France and EU promise to cut red tape on artificial intelligence technology

European lawmakers last year approved the bloc's artificial intelligence law, the world's first comprehensive set of rules governing the technology.
Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2025

Trump funding freeze threatens Ukraine probe of alleged Russian war crimes

At stake are six U.S.-funded projects at the Prosecutor General's Office valued at $89 million, according to a Ukrainian document on the U.S. funding and cuts.
People walk past a banner that reads "no to divorce" outside the Quiapo Church in Manila. The Philippines is one of just two countries — along with Vatican City — where divorce is illegal, and the Catholic Church retains a powerful grip on society and outsize influence on politics.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 11, 2025

Philippine divorce activists vow to fight on

The Philippines is one of just two countries — along with Vatican City — where divorce remains illegal.

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