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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2020

India’s appeasement policy toward China unravels

With his excessive personalization of policy and stubborn strategic naivete, Modi has shown himself not as the diplomatically deft strongman he purports to be.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2020

Japan threads the needle as U.S.-China animosity hits new highs

When it comes to increasingly fraught ties between Washington and Beijing, Tokyo is facing a “be careful what you wish for” moment.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 6, 2020

Getting the wheels back on Japan's travel industry

Unprecedented travel restrictions have crippled tourism, forcing businesses in the sector to rethink strategies and explore new opportunities.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 5, 2020

World Theatre Festival Shizuoka heads online in desperate times

By taking a key arts festival online, Satoshi Miyagi is finding ways to ensure that theater survives the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2020

China's border invasion will push India toward the U.S.

India's long history of nonalignment is giving way to the threat of a shared enemy.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 2, 2020

Trump envisions a three-way nuclear pact. China has other ideas.

Washington takes aim at Beijing's atomic ambitions as Trump administration vows to craft 'new era of arms control.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2020

Shinsei to buy New Zealand's UDC Finance for $480 million

Shinsei Bank Ltd. said it will buy New Zealand's top nonbank finance provider, UDC Finance Ltd., for $480 million (¥51.7 billion) in its biggest overseas acquisition to date and marking the latest asset purchase by a Japanese company eager to move beyond a low-growth home market.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 2, 2020

Floyd Mayweather offers to pay for George Floyd's funeral

Former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has offered to pay for George Floyd’s funeral and memorial services, and the family has accepted the offer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 1, 2020

Rich world's job crisis jolts money flows to millions

Lockdowns imposed by wealthy nations are severing a vital lifeline for many often vulnerable people around the world.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 1, 2020

Japanese manga artist George Akiyama dies at 77

Manga artist George Akiyama, known as the author of the "Haguregumo" manga series, died on May 12, major publisher Shogakukan Inc. announced Monday. He was 77.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2020

Open season on the free press: Journalists targeted in attacks as U.S. protests rage

Over a three-day period, organizations that track press violence documented about two dozen acts of violence.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2020

As protests grip U.S., Trump invokes law and order to shift focus from pandemic

President eschews soothing role past leaders have adopted in similar moments as he seeks to turn election-year conversation from his widely panned handling of outbreak.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2020

We’re going on a staycation

Yes, people are itching to travel, but their first holidays are likely to be close to home.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 31, 2020

Jin Sato: Taking a global view of state-society relations

Professor Jin Sato on the most memorable lecture he ever gave, Japan's go-to techniques for multinational cooperation and the three foods he always has in his fridge.
JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
May 31, 2020

Aomori's Rokkasho nuclear plant gets green light but hurdles remain

Construction on the massive facility, which began in 1993, has been plagued by delays over the years.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 30, 2020

Resignation raises uncomfortable questions about Japan prosecutors' powers

The public and the media cried foul because Kurokawa was seen to be sympathetic to the interests of the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2020

Trump backpedals after 'shooting' threat to Minneapolis rioters

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2020

Japan factory output and retail sales slump as pandemic hits autos

Official data Friday showed factory output slipped 9.1 percent in April from the previous month.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
May 29, 2020

Most Iwate 3/11 memorials canceled, with next year’s under threat

Charity events and victim support projects put on hold due to coronavirus pandemic.

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