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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2022

Red flags for forced labor found in China’s car battery supply chain

The previously unreported connection between critical minerals and forced labor in Xinjiang could prove trouble for industries like the global auto sector, which relies heavily on China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2022

Ukraine war shows us the enemies of our friends are not always our enemies

It is impossible to cast the war in Ukraine as a black-and-white struggle between democracy and despotism.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2022

As Japan's verdict on Shionogi's COVID pill nears, questions persist over efficacy

There have been calls for Japan to acquire more weapons against COVID-19, especially domestically produced ones, but medical experts are unsure of the drug's merits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2022

U.S. monkeypox response repeats COVID-19 mistakes

Health officials, with the monkeypox outbreak, are again failing to understand that a new epidemic may not take the same course as the last one.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2022

Thai market helps mobile payments firm join list of unicorns in Japan

Mobile payment gateway provider Opn Co. owes much of its success to its early entry into the Thai market in 2013.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2022

Japan's Justice Ministry to propose shared parental authority after divorce

Under the system, parents would be able to jointly make major decisions for their child, such those related to health care and education.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 21, 2022

As China's nuclear weapons multiply, U.S. and Japan work on deterrence

Washington, together with Tokyo, has been urging Beijing to halt its arms ambitions, while at the same time boosting its nuclear umbrella in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 21, 2022

U.S. sanctions helped China supercharge its chipmaking industry

Nineteen of the world's 20 fastest-growing chip industry firms over the past four quarters, on average, hail from the world's No. 2 economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 21, 2022

EU and China aim for talks in next few weeks, ambassador says

Relations between the two sides have soured since they signed a long-awaited investment treaty at the end of 2020.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2022

China faces power supply risk despite surge in coal output

Much of the new supply is of lower quality than before and burns more quickly in power stations.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 21, 2022

Warriors celebrate championship with parade, champagne and ice cream

The players basked in the adoration of the crowd, with several of them leaving their buses to embrace delirious 'Dubs' fans under sunny skies clouded only by blasts of confetti.
Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa poses for photos during a news conference ahead of the London Marathon on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Apr 19, 2024

Tigst Assefa ready to chase women's record at London Marathon

The 27-year-old Ethiopian smashed the world record when completing the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
Members of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission have agreed to cut the 2024 catch quota for saury in the high seas in the northern Pacific in response to declining resources.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2024

Japan and others agree to cut northern Pacific saury catch quota

Nine economies agreed to introduce the rule to calculate catch quotas based on scientific evidence.
Sauber's Zhou Guanyu poses for pictures with fans after the world premiere of a documentary about his life in Shanghai on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 19, 2024

Local hero Zhou Guanyu expects to feel 'mix of emotions' at Chinese GP

Formula One is returning to China for the first time in five years after previous editions were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Takuya Matsunaga reads a reply from Kozo Iizuka, imprisoned for killing Matsunaga's wife and daughter in 2019 in a high-profile accident in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, at his home in Tokyo earlier this month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2024

Five years after fatal Ikebukuro crash, bereaved man works to prevent repeat

A man plans to meet with the driver who accidentally killed his wife and young daughter, hoping to learn what went through the driver's mind.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a preliminary agreement with Intel for a major CHIPS and Science Act award, during a visit to the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Apr 19, 2024

Latest Biden chip deal highlights U.S. semiconductor successes

Samsung is the latest beneficiary of Washington’s efforts to shore up precarious supply chains and protect its national security interests.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks at a news conference in Washington on Thursday alongside Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 19, 2024

BOJ's Ueda signals possible rate hike if weak yen boosts inflation

The BOJ will scrutinize how the yen's declines so far this year could affect the economy and prices, Ueda said.
The National Police Agency is planning to introduce driver's licenses for automatic transmission trucks and buses, as such vehicles accounted for about 90% of large buses and 70% of large trucks sold last year.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2024

Japan eyes automatic transmission licenses for trucks and buses

The move comes in response to the spread of AT vehicles and the issue of driver shortages.
The average daily room rate of hotels in Japan for March marked the highest level since August 1997, as the country saw a record number of foreign visitors in March.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 19, 2024

Japan hotel prices near 30-year high as weak yen lures record tourists

The average daily room rate for March was about ¥20,986 ($136), the highest level since August 1997 and a nearly 20% increase from the same period in 2023.
A car that accelerated toward a police officer in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Friday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2024

Police officer shoots at car accelerating toward him in Shibuya Ward

The driver of the vehicle was hospitalized but is not in a life-threatening condition, and the officer was unharmed.
The possibility of a deepening conflict between Israel and Iran suggests higher energy prices for energy import-dependent Japan, meaning more downward pressure for the yen.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 19, 2024

Oil poses more risks for yen as Japan depends on energy imports

Crude oil futures jumped on Friday following reports that Israel launched a missile strike on Iran.
The main goal of Australian's new defense strategy is to change a potential adversary’s belief that it could achieve its ambitions with military force at an acceptable cost.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 19, 2024

Australia, like Japan, sees national security interests ‘farther afield’

The goal of Australia's new strategy is to change a potential adversary’s belief that it could achieve its ambitions with force at an acceptable cost.
The average condo price in central Tokyo's 23 wards came to ¥104.64 million in fiscal 2023, topping ¥100 million for the first time on a fiscal year basis.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2024

Tokyo-area condo prices hit record high for third year in a row

In central Tokyo's 23 wards, the average condo price rose 5.7% to ¥104.64 million, topping ¥100 million for the first time.
Sebastian Coe delivers a speech during the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Aug. 27, 2023.
OLYMPICS
Apr 19, 2024

Sebastian Coe divides Olympic movement with move to offer prize money

Coe's compatriots have been critical of World Athletics' decision to offer prize money at the Olympics.
A police officer stands guard near a cordoned damaged vehicle after a suicide blast attack on five Japanese nationals in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2024

Five Japanese nationals escape Pakistan suicide blast attack

The Japanese were unhurt and have been moved to a safe place in police custody, a spokesperson said.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Apr 19, 2024

Bills and quarterback Josh Allen prepare to move ahead without Stefon Diggs

The Bills traded Diggs to the Texans and also moved on from No. 2 wide receiver Gabe Davis, who landed in Jacksonville as a free agent.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers