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Mar 19, 2021

Swiss skier Wendy Holdener tests positive at World Cup finale

Swiss Olympic medalist and world champion Wendy Holdener is out of the final World Cup alpine ski competition of the season after a positive coronavirus test, her team said on Thursday, the latest Swiss skier to be hit by the pandemic.
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BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2021

Even the world’s most-vaccinated economy faces a tough reopening

The nation shows that an emerging new normal that may not look much like the pre-pandemic world for some time to come.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jan 26, 2021

The world is dangerously dependent on Taiwan for semiconductors

With carmakers including Volkswagen, Ford and Toyota forced to halt production and idle plants, Taiwan's importance has suddenly become too big to ignore.
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COMMENTARY / World / The Great Reset
Jan 19, 2021

Trade in personal data is here to stay

Japan is well-placed to be a leader in data trading, but technical hurdles need to be overcome and mindsets need to be changed.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2021

A Tokyo emergency will be a bad omen for the world’s 2021

Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures would almost qualify for Group of Eight membership if they were a country.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 7, 2021

Japan's Fugaku supercomputer is tackling some of the world's biggest problems

The world's fastest supercomputer, Fugaku is tasked with challenges such as modeling climate change and helping to manage carbon emissions.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2021

As world says good riddance to 2020, China hails its new status

China's position in the world has been elevated as a result of the pandemic, despite criticism that its early missteps and cover-ups made possible the spread of the virus around the world.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jan 3, 2021

Plant a garden, solve puzzles and save the world in these video games

Three well-known gaming franchises — PixelJunk, Puyo Puyo Tetris and Earth Defense Force — get sequels.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2021

COVID-19 exposes the cracks in the world's big democracies

The U.S., U.K. and India have suffered at the hands of incompetent leaders and a severe lack of preparedness.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2020

New tricks and old truths for the world’s second oldest profession: spying

The SolarWinds attack was a supply chain hack. One of the most successful U.S. espionage programs of the Cold War was a 20th-century version of this attack.
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WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Nov 24, 2020

Carbon pricing rises as world's weapon of choice in climate fight

Can you put a price on pollution? Some of the world's biggest economies are doing just that as they wrestle with how to make good on grand pledges to tame planet-warming emissions.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 24, 2020

World economy risks buckling into 2021 despite vaccine nearing

Economists say it wouldn't take much for the U.S., euro area and Japan to each contract again either this quarter or next.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2020

A transfixed world waits to see what’s next in America

All over the world, the results trickling in from across the American electoral map made for confounding, fascinating must-watch drama.
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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 3, 2020

What China’s 'dual circulation' strategy means for the world

With little having been revealed about China's latest economic move, experts are split as to its significance.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2020

A frazzled world holds its breath while the U.S. chooses its leader

The world is on tenterhooks waiting to see whether the United States will choose to stay on its current rocky course.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2020

China shocked to discover the developed world views it in a negative light

China risks losing the trade and investment that it needs from the developed world. To be seen as a “responsible major country,” it must behave accordingly.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 17, 2020

A brave new world after COVID-19 subsides?

The future alone can unveil its secrets — in its own time.
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CULTURE / Books
Oct 10, 2020

What are the stories we’re reading about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

This year's releases on the atomic bombs run the gamut of perspectives, proving that historical events are very much what we make of them.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2020

An appalling debate is only the latest blow to the U.S. image in the world

Last week's U.S. presidential debate was engrossing — as is a car crash or a tawdry reality TV show. The rudeness and incoherence left most viewers aghast.
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WORLD
Oct 2, 2020

Trump tests positive for COVID-19, and the world shudders

Once again, the world shuddered at news about President Donald Trump. This time, it wasn’t something Trump said or did, but rather the announcement early Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2020

A million COVID-19 deaths must drive world to act together

The economic impact of this crisis has reached historic proportions; and, while not as bad as the Great Depression, it is far worse than the Great Recession a decade ago.
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WORLD
Sep 26, 2020

‘I feel sorry for Americans’: A baffled world watches the U.S.

Myanmar is a poor country struggling with open ethnic warfare and a coronavirus outbreak that could overload its broken hospitals. That hasn’t stopped its politicians from commiserating with a country they think has lost its way.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2020

Bangladesh has an ambitious climate plan, and a $2 billion loan could give it a start

The low-lying country — home to 160 million people and the world's largest river delta system — is particularly vulnerable to global warming.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2020

Taiwan can help the world recover better together

Only by working in solidarity can we end the COVID-19 pandemic and effectively tackle its consequences.
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CULTURE / Books
Aug 1, 2020

Step into another world with isekai, the fantasy subgenre ruling the manga market

In recent years, the manga and light novel market has been inundated with 'isekai,' a subgenre in which protagonists are transported to a fantasy world.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight