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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 23, 2020

U.S. Navy admiral makes unannounced visit to Taiwan, sources say

A two-star navy admiral overseeing U.S. military intelligence in the Asia-Pacific region has made an unannounced visit to Taiwan, two sources said Sunday, in a high-level trip that could vex China.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2020

‘Selling dog as mutton’: Mobile carriers dip on minister’s rebuke

Shares in some of the country’s largest mobile phone carriers dropped in Tokyo after the communications minister accused the companies of deploying a bait-and-switch tactic in cutting the costs of mobile phone plans.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 20, 2020

Despite hopeful signs, Tokyo and Seoul miles apart on wartime labor

South Korea and especially President Moon Jae-in seem eager to patch up the fractured relations, but Japan has remained unmoved by their passionate overtures.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 20, 2020

WHO advises doctors not to use Gilead’s remdesivir for COVID-19

The recommendation is a blow to Gilead's drug, which was one of the first thought to offer a meaningful benefit in treatment of coronavirus patients.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 18, 2020

Tokyo-Seoul morass awaits Biden White House

“To mend the relationship with Tokyo, it is imperative to have diplomatic negotiations,” South Korea's conservative daily Chosun-ilbo's editorial urged.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2020

Tokyo to raise alert as Japan sets daily record with 2,000-plus COVID-19 cases

The alert level was established to warn residents to exercise further caution but can also be used to signal the announcement of additional virus countermeasures.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 18, 2020

U.S. Aegis warship successfully intercepts mock ICBM in first-of-its-kind test

The test could give the incoming U.S. administration a potent new weapon for defending against North Korean long-range missiles.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2020

Corporations and foreign nations pivot to lobby Biden

While Biden has taken steps to demonstrate his distance from lobbyists, his presidency is being welcomed in Washington's influence industry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Nov 15, 2020

Macron doesn’t need to insult Islam to defend free speech

It is one thing to defend freedom of expression — an obligation of all democratic leaders. It is quite another to deploy a whole nation behind a particular expression of that freedom.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 14, 2020

Boris Johnson clears out his Brexit gang to take back control

Boris Johnson was livid, and so was Dominic Cummings. After a series of rows that boiled down to who was really running Britain, the prime minister threw his most powerful adviser out of Downing Street on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 14, 2020

Biden to be briefed by national security experts next week, transition official says

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will be briefed by national security experts next week, Biden transition official Jen Psaki said Friday, amid concerns that being out of the loop due to delays to the transition could be a national security risk.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2020

Signed, sealed, discarded: Japan to all but scrap hallowed hanko

The radical switch comes as newly installed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga seeks to boost use of digital technology to streamline processes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2020

Republicans urge Trump to allow Biden briefings as vote challenges sputter

A growing number of Republican senators urged Trump's administration to allow Biden access to presidential daily intelligence briefings.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2020

Suga says he got Biden's backing on Senkakus in first phone talks

Suga congratulated Biden on winning last week's presidential election against incumbent Donald Trump and stressed the importance of the Japan-U.S. security alliance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2020

Fighting election results, Trump employs a new weapon: the government

The standoff left the United States in the position of the kind of country whose weak democratic processes it often criticizes.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 11, 2020

Tokyo logs 317 COVID-19 cases — most since August — amid nationwide surge

The spike in coronavirus cases is prompting concern at the highest levels of government, with a virus subcommittee urging officials to take countermeasures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 11, 2020

Reality show over as the world gets ready for a new U.S. president

Despite a wish to return to his version of internationalism and traditional alliances, Joe Biden may face many obstacles as he tries to advance his agenda.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 11, 2020

What will it take to make Suga’s agricultural export policy succeed?

Today, Japan's rice yield per hectare is 40% lower than that of California. It has also been surpassed by China, whose yield per hectare was only half that of Japan 50 years ago.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 11, 2020

Japan's surge in COVID-19 cases reignites debate over tougher virus law

Experts say changes are an immediate necessity and could be achieved within months if not for complacency and bipartisan politics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 11, 2020

Does Trump’s defeat signal the start of populism’s decline?

The economic, social and political grievances that fed populist and xenophobic movements in many countries are still alive.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2020

Japan sounds alarm bells as coronavirus cases surge in Hokkaido

Officials warn the sharp rise in new infections in Japan's northernmost prefecture could be the beginning of an explosive surge across the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2020

Suga signals readiness for new stimulus package

Suga said he would instruct his Cabinet on Tuesday to begin work on a third extra budget, Jiji news agency reported.
Tsunami waves reach Japan after magnitude 8.7 quake off Russia's Kamchatka
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
How Japan made techno its own
Rural, a three-day techno festival, was held July 18 to 21 at Nowhere Camp in Fukushima Prefecture.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.

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