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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 8, 2023
Vanished, shot, murdered: Laos activists spooked by spate of incidents
Landlocked, poor and deeply tied to China, Laos is one of the world's most repressive countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2023
China should heed the concerns of its neighbors
Beijing’s behavior is a key driver behind the growing number of Southeast Asian states aligning themselves with Washington.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2023
Debt debacle confirms what many thought of the U.S.
China is the chief beneficiary of the U.S. debt ceiling nonsense. Doubts about U.S. trustworthiness spur governments to look elsewhere for leadership and stability.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 6, 2023
Short film festival celebrates 25th anniversary with a post-pandemic focus
Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia will showcase 270 works and, for the first time in three years, the festival is bringing filmmakers back to Tokyo for the event.
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BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2023
The Japanese firms and megabanks funding rainforest destruction
Comprehensive datasets reveal thousands of investments and loans made by Japan’s top lenders and investment funds that are impacting rainforests around the world.
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BUSINESS
May 30, 2023
BYD, China's largest EV manufacturer, takes aim at Southeast Asia market
The firm has launched an offensive on Japanese EVs, which hold more than 80% of market share in the region, and is looking to build its presence by expanding its local production line.
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BUSINESS
May 28, 2023
Indo-Pacific nations vow to fortify supply chains for critical items
The agreement is the first result of the Biden administration’s trade initiative in the region, called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 23, 2023
G7 unlikely to sway 'Global South' to switch camps, ex-U.N. official says
“(The U.S.) is gradually realizing how difficult it is to isolate China,” said former Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2023
Crippling heat waves deepen Asia’s reliance on Russian energy
What began as a push from the Kremlin has now turned into a pull from Asian economies anxious about making sure their power generators are supplied with enough fuel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2023
Xi summit to deepen Central Asian ties in split-screen with G7
The summit unfolds in a split screen with G7 leaders effort in Japan this week to hammer out a unified response to Chinese 'economic coercion.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2023
The sources of East Asia’s industrial prowess
The United States cannot ignore its own dependence on small Asian economies like South Korea and Taiwan for advanced technologies.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2023
'Hotter and hotter': Swaths of Asia sweat in heat wave
Bangladesh saw its highest temperature for almost 60 years in the past week, while in India at least 13 people died from heatstroke along with two in Thailand, according to local media.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2023
Asian startups are rising to the financing challenge
Once the world’s hottest stock because of its single-minded pursuit of growth, Singapore’s Sea is slashing costs as it seeks safety in profitability.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2023
A fresh, but mild, COVID wave is rippling through Asia
Singapore’s infections almost doubled in the final week of March to the highest rate this year, data from the Ministry of Health showed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2023
A new Asian order is here largely thanks to Shinzo Abe
By redefining the Asia-Pacific’s geopolitical dimensions, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered a geostrategic model that is now being realized across South Asia and the Middle East.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2023
Thailand's promised cannabis bonanza disappoints as politicians trade blame
A deluge of marijuana smuggled in from abroad has driven down wholesale prices and hurt local growers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2023
Exodus of health care workers from poor countries worsening, WHO says
The trend for nurses and other staff to leave parts of Africa or Southeast Asia for wealthier countries in the Middle East or Europe has accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 14, 2023
Low alcohol tolerance increases chance of hard-to-cure stomach cancer in East Asians
A Japanese study has found that certain genomic abnormalities specifically related to alcohol consumption are linked to the onset of “diffuse-type” stomach cancer.
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BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2023
Japan pledges financial support to help ASEAN decarbonize
The plan was announced as Southeast Asian nations gathered for their first ministerial meeting on the reduction of carbon emissions in the fast-growing region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2023
Sustaining the expansion of strategic relations between India and Southeast Asia
New Delhi continues to present itself as an increasingly vital partner for Southeast Asia amid the polarizing implications of the ongoing power struggle between the U.S. and China.

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces