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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 6, 2021

Asia’s growing missile arsenals demand a response

The Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam have expressed interest in acquiring a supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021

Alarmed by inaction, lawmakers push Japan to embrace rights diplomacy

A tug-of-war between the Foreign Ministry and lawmakers, with Suga standing on the sidelines, illustrates the challenge confronting Tokyo: Take stronger action or risk alienating the U.S.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021

Why shortages of a $1 chip sparked crisis in the global economy

The trouble for the chip industry — and increasingly companies beyond tech, like automakers — is that there aren't enough display drivers to go around.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021

Accounts differ after three brothers killed by Indonesian soldiers at Papuan health clinic

The United Nations and rights advocates say Indonesia's security forces are carrying out grave abuses.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2021

Worst COVID-19 surge in Southeast Asia hammers Philippine hospitals

Daily infections rose to a record last week in the Southeast Asian nation, where one in nearly five COVID-19 tests comes back positive.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2021

China tests Biden with South China Sea tactic that misled Obama

It appears that Beijing is probing whether Biden will take action after pledging to work with allies to deter Chinese assertiveness.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 6, 2021

Georgia voting debate reaches the Masters and Augusta National

Golfers preparing for the year's first major treaded carefully around the recent uproar over state legislation that critics say restricts voting rights in Georgia.
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 6, 2021

Episode 90: Deep Dive is on a break

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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 6, 2021

Climate change shrinks marine life richness near equator, study finds

New research finds that the total number of open-water species declined by about half in the 40 years up to 2010 in tropical marine zones worldwide.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

Philippines turns up heat on China over boats massing in South China Sea

Aides of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday criticized China for what they called territorial incursions by hundreds of its vessels, which his legal counsel warned could damage ties and lead to "unwanted hostilities".
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

Myanmar protesters defy military as regional nations prepare to discuss crisis

At least 564 people, including 47 children, have been killed by security forces during protests against the Feb. 1 coup, an activist group has said.
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JAPAN
Apr 5, 2021

School's out in much of the world, but Japanese teachers are happy to return

Japan's situation contrasts sharply with that in other countries, where the question of whether to reopen schools has become a hot-button political issue.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2021

What’s better in a pandemic: federalism or a central state?

How, in a pandemic, do you balance regional autonomy and flexible local responses with national coordination and coherence?
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Apr 5, 2021

How a Georgian diplomat won hearts and minds in Japan

At the heart of his unusual connection with Japan is one local medical practitioner whom he feels forever indebted to.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 5, 2021

China sends aircraft carrier strike group near Okinawa in message to U.S. and Japan

The carrier and five other ships' sailing over the weekend was a signal of China's growing ability to counter U.S. and Japanese military power further from its shores, experts say.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

With stories and puppets, environmentalist battles to save Indonesia's mangroves

Caked in mud up to their knees, a small group of Indonesian youngsters plant mangrove saplings along a stretch of exposed coastline next to the Java Sea under the watchful eye of local environmentalist Samsudin.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2021

Taiwan crash investigators focus on how truck fell in train’s path

Some family members said they did not want to assign responsibility for the disaster before the government had finished its investigation.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2021

Japanese luxury resort operator Hoshino eyes U.S. hot spring potential

The 107-year-old company famed for retreats in beautiful locales aims to open its first location on the U.S. mainland in the next three to five years.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Apr 5, 2021

Susan Mercer’s 15-year quest to educate on pet adoption in Japan

Canadian Susan Mercer founded HEART Tokushima 15 years ago. Amid a rise in pet ownership due to the pandemic, she's asking people to get educated before committing to a new furry friend.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 5, 2021

Moving house in a pandemic: As our 6-year-old got older, we realized it was time for an upgrade

In the first of a three-part series, our writer outlines the twists and turns his family encountered when they opted to look for a new place to live.
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 18, 2025

Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar

The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player is at the peak of his stardom, and brands are rushing to cash in with huge sponsorship deals.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person