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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2021

China asserts broad power to seize assets with anti-sanctions law

The legislation appears likely to put greater pressure on multinationals seeking to avoid getting caught in the tussle between the world's two largest economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2021

Wuhan lab dispute obscures a more pressing problem

Senior Chinese officials acknowledge their country's “clear shortcomings” in its high-level biosafety labs in comparison with the U.S. and warned of insufficient operating funds.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2021

Lessons from the pandemic

Most countries are lagging far behind and new, concerted and more generous efforts by the richest nations are needed to control the pandemic at a global level.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2021

In Japan, the light at the end of the pandemic's tunnel remains distant

The vaccine rollout may be accelerating, but the nation remains far away from a return to normalcy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2021

Don’t let autocrats run the internet after COVID-19

Lukashenko's government blocked much of the internet during protests last summer with the help of technology from U.S.-based Sandvine Inc.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 2, 2021

Xi seeks ‘lovable’ image for China in sign of diplomatic rethink

Xi told top party leaders that China must 'make friends extensively, unite the majority and continuously expand its circle of friends with those who understand and are friendly to China.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
May 31, 2021

Japan citizens' groups take on 'period poverty' as municipalities shy away

A survey in the Chugoku region has found an alarming lack of support from local municipalities for handing out sanitary products.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 30, 2021

What is really behind the calls to cancel the Olympics?

If the Asahi genuinely believes that the Olympic Games should be canceled, why does the paper not withdraw its sponsorship from the games?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 28, 2021

Hong Kong has a new type of prisoner: Pro-democracy activists

With fraught political future and the threat of another arrest, the arrested protesters are emblematic of the uncertainties facing the city's stricken democracy movement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 27, 2021

Why Japan's young are bearing the psychological brunt of the pandemic

Despite missing classes, struggling to see friends and lacking entertainment, the nation's youth are being scapegoated by some Japanese media over the spread of COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2021

Airlines avoid Belarus as opposition says journalist was beaten

The moves came as international outrage mounted over Minsk forcing down a jetliner and arresting a dissident journalist on board.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2021

U.S. plays down prospect of North Korea initiative at Moon summit

President Joe Biden is set to prioritize boosting cooperation with Seoul on regional security more broadly in high-tech industries such as microchips.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2021

Trump faces ‘show of strength’ in rare team-up by New York prosecutors

'That this is a criminal investigation tells me that James' office came up with something so important that it transformed it from a civil case to a criminal case,” one observer said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2021

Australia's Scott Morrison stands by ‘one country’ remark on China and Taiwan

Such a stance would represent a shift in the U.S. ally's longstanding policy of 'strategic ambiguity” toward Taiwan's status.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
May 12, 2021

Taiwan stocks sink most in 14 months on virus woes and tech rout

Investors have become wary as authorities continue to battle a widening coronavirus outbreak that threatens Taiwan's status as one of the safest places to ride out the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2021

Biden reportedly set to tap Rahm Emanuel as U.S. ambassador to Japan

The decision to nominate the former Chicago mayor, known more for his sharp tongue than his foreign policy chops, is expected to be formally announced later this month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 9, 2021

Tens of millions face poverty in pandemic-ravaged India

After dipping into his savings to weather India’s snap pandemic lockdown last March, Manoj Kumar was just getting his head above water again earning 600 rupees ($8) a day as a construction worker in the tourist hot spot of Goa.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 8, 2021

Why wild animals are making their way back onto plates across Japan

In the past few decades, hunting wild animals has made a comeback in Japan, and gibier (as game is called) is finding its way onto upscale tables across the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 6, 2021

In a reversal, U.S. backs giving poorer countries access to COVID-19 vaccine patents and tech

'This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures,' Biden's top trade negotiator said in a statement
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2021

Central Asia’s Afghan route to prosperity

A high-ranking Taliban delegation visited Turkmenistan on Feb. 6, promising to support the project, an indication the U.S., which backs the pipeline, may have facilitated the trip.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2021

How India’s vaccine push faltered and left a country in chaos

India has fully vaccinated less than 2% of its 1.3 billion-strong population, inoculation centers say they're running short of doses and exports have all but stopped.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2021

As rivals made fortunes, Exxon retreated from oil trading amid pandemic

'They were careful with capital during a period of time when they maybe shouldn't have,' one trader who left Exxon in the last year said of its management.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 20, 2021

Angry broadcasters condemn breakaway Super League plan

Broadcasters who have spent billions of dollars to screen Champions League soccer have condemned the plan by top European clubs to form a breakaway Super League as a threat to the future of the game that will not succeed.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 19, 2021

As Pfizer talks fail to lift its markets, could Japan see vaccine envy?

The nation won praise during the pandemic for staying open while others locked down, but is now struggling with its inoculation program.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 14, 2021

B. League to expand top division to 24 clubs from 2022-23 season

Japan's pro men's circuit said it would continue promoting teams to the B1 in order to reduce the continued financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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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.
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