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WORLD
Jan 16, 2021

National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy, seeking to escape lawsuit

The suit says NRA officials diverted millions of dollars to fund luxury lifestyles and to buy the silence and loyalty of former employees, costing the group $64 million over three years.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 15, 2021

J. League chairman found new reach with media openness during pandemic

Mitsuru Murai believes that keeping in regular contact with reporters helped him stay on track during the novel coronavirus-struck 2020 season.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 14, 2021

Wielding machetes and calipers, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon

Brazilian researchers are seeking to learn how much carbon can be stored in different parts of the world's largest rainforest.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2021

Shadow hangs over Olympics once more with Japan virus surge

Japan is one of several countries where the virus has made a comeback in winter months with Tokyo finding a record 2,447 cases on Jan. 7.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 13, 2021

Sumo stables deserve more scrutiny after wrestler's shock retirement

The decision by Kotokantetsu to leave the sport rather than risk infection with the coronavirus at the New Year Basho has resulted in a wave of outrage against the Japan Sumo Association.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 11, 2021

Merkel’s party, due to pick a new leader, is torn after years of stability

A two-day convention that starts Friday to elect a new leader can go two ways: kick-start a process of renewal or usher in a period of stagnation and decline.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 10, 2021

North Korea ruling party says key congress to be held every five years

Prior to the amendment to the party's rules, the congress — where leader Kim Jong Un has announced key regime decisions and plans — had been sporadically held.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Jan 10, 2021

How COVID-19 has changed live events in Japan

While some live events have resumed, the arrival of artists and participants from overseas still may be a ways off.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Jan 9, 2021

Insects: The future of food?

A thriving industry looks promising if consumer aversion can be overcome.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2021

Simon & Schuster cancels plans for Josh Hawley’s book

Simon & Schuster said Thursday that it would cancel the publication of an upcoming book by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, one of several members of Congress who tried to overturn the results of the presidential election.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2021

U.K. sees record daily COVID-19 deaths as London hospitals on brink

The United Kingdom recorded its highest daily death toll on Friday since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning that its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed.
SPORTS
Jan 8, 2021

Japanese sports brace for impact of new state of emergency

Upcoming sumo and rugby events will allow spectators, while pro basketball's B. League has raised concerns over restrictions covering the sale of food and drinks.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2021

North Korea's Kim hints at improving inter-Korean ties and foreign policy

The leader teased the possibility of improved ties with Seoul and vowed to expand 'external relations' in his first remarks on foreign policy since Joe Biden's election.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 7, 2021

How Japan can become a data powerhouse

The country's new digital agency must take a lead in forming Japan's data infrastructure and global data rule-making, while benefiting the people.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 7, 2021

North Korea's Kim vows to boost nuclear-armed country's 'defense capabilities'

On the second day of a rare party congress, the strongman vowed to put 'state defense capabilities on a much higher level, and put forth goals for realizing it.”
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 7, 2021

For Democrats in Georgia, ‘There’s no going back’

Georgia going Democratic was not just a fluke for President-elect Joe Biden in November. There are forces at work that are rapidly turning the state blue, redrawing the U.S. electoral map.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 7, 2021

Environmental debt risk is bigger than Japan’s GDP

For Moody's Investors Service, environmental considerations are becoming increasingly relevant when assessing credit quality.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2021

For a post-nationalist Biden

Economic globalization is no longer compatible with the political balkanization that hypernationalism underpins.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2021

NYSE just gave China Inc. one more reason to leave

The New York Stock Exchange said late Monday that it no longer intends to move forward with the delisting of China's three state-owned telecom operators.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2021

Australia’s influence in Pacific Islands grows as China’s wanes

As Beijing has pulled back from the strategic region amid the pandemic, Canberra has stepped up support for vaccinations in the countries there.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 6, 2021

Climate action is embedding into how the world works

Positive developments in 2020 are perhaps a strong sign that climate action is starting to be 'institutionalized.”
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2021

What is your moral plan for 2021?

Few people when making their New Year's resolutions— just 12%, according to one U.S. study — resolve to become a better person in general, meaning better in a moral sense.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 5, 2021

The battle to modernize Japan

In a country of fax machines and fragmented central administration, Suga's vision of a digital agency looks hard to achieve.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 5, 2021

A new ‘Year Zero’

While COVID-19 delivered the final blow, it has been clear for at least two decades that the postwar model is no longer sustainable, environmentally or socially.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2021

NYSE delisting of China’s top telecoms a symbolic blow as feud smolders on

Move follows order by U.S. President Donald Trump in November barring American investments in Chinese firms owned or controlled by the military.

Longform

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