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COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 24, 2021

Time to re-examine Japan’s longstanding ambiguity over Taiwan

Tokyo has historically walked a fine line between Beijing and Taipei, but recent tensions point to a need to re-evaluate its stance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2021

Musk-Bezos spat reflects bad space policy

Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate passed a measure that would allot $10 billion over five years for NASA to develop two new lunar landers. Buried in a nearly $250 billion bill intended to boost innovation, the measure was equal to about 43% of the space agency’s total budget.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2021

Accommodating China is unavoidable

In today's world, attempting to “contain and confront” those with different values or systems, rather than negotiating a new global compact that accommodates them, is a recipe for conflict.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021

Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning China

The United States and its Pacific allies have concerns that cables laid by China could compromise regional security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021

Thai protesters return as parliament eyes charter recast

It's the first time in six months that demonstrators descended on the Thai capital after two waves of COVID-19 outbreaks this year prevented any large gatherings.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 24, 2021

Megan Rapinoe headlines U.S. women's soccer roster for Tokyo Olympics

Strikers Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan were among 17 players from the 2019 Women's World Cup championship team named to the US women's soccer squad.
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2021

Japan braces for surge in electricity use during scorching summer and Olympics

With many people expected to tune into the games from their air-conditioned homes, utilities are forecasting tighter reserve power ratios than usual.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 24, 2021

Japan's service prices mark biggest gain in months as COVID-19 pain eases

While the gain was due largely to the base effect of last year's slump, rising hotel and transportation fees showed a resumption of economic activity.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Jun 24, 2021

Interconnectivity of Central and South Asia

The initiative to strengthen regional interconnectivity was proposed by President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev as part of Tashkent’s new foreign policy strategy aimed at turning Central Asia into a region of security, stability and sustainable development, one that is integrated...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021

Benigno Aquino III, who led Philippine growth spurt, dies at 61

Aquino, who served as the nation's president from 2010 to 2016, was rushed to a hospital in Quezon City where he died after heart failure, the Manila Bulletin reported on Thursday.
Migrants picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel from France disembark from Border Force vessel 'Typhoon' after it arrived at the Marina in Dover, southeast England, on Feb. 9.
WORLD
Feb 14, 2025

Britain wants to smash the gangs — but what gangs?

Experts say a bill against smuggling gangs and anti-smuggling laws across Europe will not stem migration and often target the wrong people.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi at the U.S. State Department in Washington on Jan. 21
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 14, 2025

Top Japan diplomat to hold first trilateral talks with U.S. and South Korea under Trump

The talks aim to highlight how they will continue to "unite and work together for regional peace and prosperity,” Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2025

Japan’s biggest IPO since SoftBank seeks to raise $3 billion

The deal would exceed last year’s blockbuster share debut of subway operator Tokyo Metro.
Washington plans to renegotiate some aspects of its CHIPS Act after assessing and changing current requirements, according to the sources.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2025

Trump prepares to change U.S. CHIPS Act conditions, sources say

The extent of the possible changes, and how they would affect agreements already finalized, was not immediately clear.
Emergency responders work at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in Munich on Thursday, leaving several people injured.
WORLD
Feb 14, 2025

Dozens injured as driver crashes car into Munich protest

A suspected attack in Munich renews debates over immigration and public safety ahead of an upcoming election.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance attends a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Paris on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2025

Vance warns Russia of possible sanctions if it refuses good peace deal with Ukraine

The U.S. vice president also urged Europe to spend more on defense.
People rally outside the USAID building in Washington on Feb. 3.
WORLD
Feb 14, 2025

Judge orders U.S. to restore funds for foreign aid programs

The order temporarily blocks the Trump administration from canceling foreign aid contracts and awards that were in place before Trump took office on Jan. 20.
Timid though he may be at first, Tangelo warms up quickly and shows an eagerness for human companionship.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Feb 14, 2025

Tangelo the cat is oh so sweet

This 10-year-old feline is yearning for love and attention from a warmhearted soul.
The monkish aristocrat Yoshida no Kenko extolled the virtues of asymmetry, imperfection and ephemerality in his famed essay collection “Tsurezuregusa.”
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Feb 15, 2025

‘The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty’

A man of leisure from 700 years ago extols the virtues of asymmetry, imperfection and ephemerality.
TikTok had more than 52 million downloads in 2024, according to Sensor Tower.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 14, 2025

TikTok returns on Apple and Google U.S. app stores as Trump delays ban

TikTok is back in U.S. app stores after Trump delayed a ban and assured Apple and Google they wouldn’t be penalized.
Researchers work around Chang'e-5 lunar return capsule carrying moon samples next to a Chinese national flag, after it landed in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Dec. 17, 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2025

China builds space alliances in Africa as Trump cuts foreign aid

Beijing has access to data and images collected from the space technology, and Chinese personnel maintain a long-term presence in the facilities it builds in Africa.
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at a construction site in Busan, South Korea, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 14, 2025

Six dead in fire at South Korean hotel construction site

Around 100 workers were present when the blaze erupted, a National Fire Agency official said.
With the ruling coalition parties holding a majority in the upper house — where a vote will be held on Monday — Friday’s approval makes it all but certain Junko Koeda will join the nine-member board, becoming the second female in the group.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2025

Female BOJ board member’s nomination approved by Lower House

Friday’s approval makes it all but certain Junko Koeda will join the nine-member board, becoming the second female in the group.
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown addresses the media in Bonn, Germany, in October 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 14, 2025

Cook Islands in talks with China on deep-sea mining

The Cook Islands causes concern in New Zealand as it moves toward a possible collaboration with China on deep-sea mining.
A site in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, where a road cave-in occurred in January
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2025

Sewage pipe abnormalities found at locations in Saitama Prefecture

Inspections were carried out as a deteriorated sewage pipe is believed to have caused a road cave-in the city of Yashio.

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