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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 6, 2023

New risks emerge as Xi administration moves ahead toward a dead end

China's leadership is not following existing rules in the global community as it tries to achieve the rejuvenation of its country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2023

Taiwan is pushing Biden for a tax deal that could infuriate China

Taiwanese officials are pushing hard for an agreement to eliminate the burden of double taxation, but the U.S. can't sign a treaty to do so amid concerns of angering Beijing.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 30, 2023

China’s soccer experiment was a flop. Now it may be over.

The expensive recruits have gone. Top teams have disappeared with alarming regularity. The national team shows little sign of improvement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 29, 2023

With China's borders open, international students are eager to return

Earlier this month, China removed its last cross-border control measure and reopened to the world by allowing all types of visas to be issued.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2023

The global community should recognize Taiwan — or else

Diplomatic acceptance by the global community of the self-ruled island of Taiwan may be the only way to deter Chinese aggression.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 16, 2023

Fear of the dark: Taiwan sees wartime frailty in communication links with world

War in Ukraine lends new urgency to Taiwan's security needs, especially against cyberattacks or attempts to sever cables that connect the island to the internet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2023

China says it’s neutral on the Russia-Ukraine war, but is it?

Xi Jinping may see Vladimir Putin as a kindred spirit, but what does the People's Liberation Army think of the Russian military?
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 8, 2023

Studying Ukraine war, China's military minds fret over U.S. missiles and Starlink

Ukraine has sharpened China's focus by providing a window on a large power's failure to overwhelm a smaller one backed by the West.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 3, 2023

Ukraine clings to Bakhmut as U.S. readies $400 million in new military aid

Russian forces have been attacking the city in Donetsk province for months, and the site has become one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 22, 2023

WADA to appeal to CAS over figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case

A Russian tribunal found that, although the athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she had committed 'no fault or negligence.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2023

Xi rejects ‘westernization’ in show of faith for self-reliance

China’s successful development shows there is another way to modernize, leader Xi Jinping has said, doubling down on his goals of increased self-reliance and improved social justice.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2023

U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel says Japanese industry can play bigger role amid defense challenges

Rahm Emanuel said building up 'resilience' across a number of sectors and supply chains and bolstering deterrence capabilities were crucial goals for the alliance.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2023

Akie Abe wraps up Taiwan trip, continuing late husband's legacy

Akie Abe traveled to the self-ruled island to continue her husbands legacy of reorienting Japan’s policy toward Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2023

China intensifies military drills with Russia amid U.S. sanctions

The two countries conducted six joint military exercises together last year, the most in data going back two decades.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2023

China-U.S. climate progress could hinge on new methane deal

China had drafted a plan with concrete measures to curb methane emissions from energy, agriculture and waste but has yet to make the plan public.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2023

China and Russia to start joint air and sea drill in Sea of Japan

Codenamed 'Northern/Interaction-2023', the joint drill marks enhanced military cooperation between China and Russia since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2023

Energy diplomacy kicks into high gear as Kishida heads to Middle East

Despite the government's ambitious goal to reach net zero by 2050, Tokyo remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels and imports 90% of its oil supplies from the Middle East.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks past then-Foreign Minister Qin Gang (front left) and defense chief Li Shangfu (front right) as he arrives for the closing session of the National People's Congress at Beijing's Great Hall of the People in March.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 13, 2023

With purges of top officials, is China’s Xi in trouble? Hardly.

The well-known opacity in Beijing may have clouded assessments of how the turbulence is affecting Xi’s grip on power
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday for a bilateral meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 15, 2023

Biden says China has 'real problems' ahead of key summit with Xi

The leaders of the world's two largest economies will huddle on the sidelines of the APEC summit in California for their first encounter in a year.
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 22, 2023

Things get warmer with Xi; Johnny’s get the cold shoulder

While Japan and China look to ease tensions, NHK makes things tense with a Johnny’s-less “Kohaku” announcement.
Ethnic Uyghurs protest against China in Istanbul on July 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 23, 2024

China to face rare scrutiny on rights record in U.N. review

The Universal Periodic Review is an examination all 193 U.N. member states must undergo every four to five years to assess their human rights record.
U.S. President Joe Biden touts the economic benefits of semiconductor investment at Intel’s Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 13, 2024

Global chips battle intensifies with $81 billion subsidy surge

The rush of funding has hardened battle lines in the U.S.-China trade war, including in nations like Japan.
The NewsBreak company logo adorns a sign at a corporate office building in Mountain View, California, on April 26
WORLD
Jun 6, 2024

Top news app in U.S. has Chinese origins and ‘writes fiction’ with AI

NewsBreak launched in the U.S. in 2015 as a subsidiary of Yidian, a Chinese news aggregation app.
Wang Huning, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attends a high-level meeting on industrialization and agricultural modernization with African leaders at the National Convention Center in Beijing on Sept. 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 26, 2024

The man who shaped China’s strongman rule has a new job: winning Taiwan

Xi Jinping’s top adviser, Wang Huning, is credited with shaping the authoritarianism that steered China’s rise. But can he influence Taiwan?
Taiwan's Lin Hsin-i, the island's  representative for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Lima on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 17, 2024

At APEC, Taiwan representative and Xi greet each other with only a wave

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is one of the few international meetings in which both Taiwan and China participate.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada, in December last year. Trump's potential return to the White House could have serious implications for the U.S, as well as Japan, as he appears set to be even less inhibited and open to reason than before.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 5, 2024

Potential Trump redux: Unrestrained in Asia or bound by a changed region?

A win for the ex-president in November's election would potentially have big implications for Japan, given the death of Shinzo Abe, its most effective “Trump whisperer.”
U.S. President Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he walks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Woodside, California, on Nov. 15. Their meeting attempted to calm the waters and tried to convey a sense that the U.S. and China could effectively manage their differences.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 11, 2024

In 2024, U.S.-China ties likely to get worse before they get better

The trajectory of Washington and Beijing's relationship this year will have profound effects on Japan's own policies going forward.
Employees work on a production line at an automotive plant producing electric cars near Ningbo, China. The U.S. is set to announce new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other goods as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS
May 11, 2024

Biden set to hit China EVs and strategic sectors with tariffs

The decision, which could come as early as next week, represents one of Biden’s biggest moves in the economic race with China.

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