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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 29, 2015
Time traveling back to the major screwups of 2015
From the fizzling out of Abenomics to China's stock fiasco, here are five of Asia's policy missteps this year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 28, 2015
Bad year for Asian democracy
Malaysia and Thailand are just two reasons to doubt Asia's commitment to openness and accountability.
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2015
SMFG chief says 'cautious' approach to lending needed in slowing Asia
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s top executive said the bank needs to be cautious in its drive to boost lending in Asia, as a slowdown in China and the slump in commodity prices cloud the region's economic outlook.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 18, 2015
Japan and the 'maritime pivot' to Southeast Asia
Japan's security focus remains rooted in its immediate region centered on the East China Sea, Sea of Japan, and the open seas of the Western Pacific.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 15, 2015
Japan and India get serious
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India highlighted the two countries' growing economic and security ties.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 7, 2015
Afghan brain drain threatens to cause severe economic damage
Afghan software entrepreneur Farshid Ghyasi, chief executive of the Netlinks company, is struggling to keep his best employees, as more plan to join a wave of migrants leaving for Europe that risks causing long-term damage to the country and its economy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 2, 2015
NATO to keep Afghanistan troop level intact, seek funds amid 'sobering' realities on ground
The NATO allies decided on Tuesday to hold alliance troop levels in Afghanistan steady at about 12,000 next year and launched a campaign to fund the 350,000 Afghan forces it hopes can some day secure the country against Taliban militants.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 1, 2015
Climate change can fuel Asia's next economic boom
Asia should go clean and green as that's where the smart money is heading over the next 20 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2015
Delayed Kabul-Jalalabad road project highlights China's challenge in Afghanistan
A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years ago, bedevilled by militant attacks and accusations of mismanagement.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2015
Two competing views of Asia
APEC members must show a greater readiness to compromise if they are to overcome their significant differences on a number of important issues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015
Myanmar's democratization deserves support
While ownership of the democratization process belongs to the government and the people of Myanmar, the international community, including Japan, should continue to support Myanmar's democratization process to ensure genuine democracy takes root.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2015
NATO ponders future of Afghan mission as fatigue, frustration mount
NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants, according to officials in Brussels and Kabul.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2015
Flaws in ASEAN's community-building effort
At the end of this year, the process for turning the Association of Southeast Asian Nations into a single community will begin to take shape. Yet pending community-building projects still need to be achieved and existing problems solved.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015
China's freshwater grab
China is in the midst of a dam-building frenzy that will appropriate internationally shared water resources.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2015
At least 100 dead after strong quake hits Afghanistan, Pakistan
A powerful earthquake struck a remote area of Afghanistan on Monday, shaking the capital Kabul and killing at least 24 people while 76 were killed in neighbouring Pakistan, officials said.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2015
As China weakens, recession stalks North Asia
The slowdown in China's economy, the world's second largest, is sucking the growth out of North Asia and tilting some economies toward recession.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2015
Too early for TPP cheers
The Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations were a major blow against democracy and good governance, and the deal is studded with measures distorting capitalism and free markets.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2015
Germany, Turkey and Italy will keep troops in Afghanistan, NATO officials say
Germany, Turkey and Italy are set to keep their deployments in Afghanistan at current levels, senior NATO officials said Monday after the U.S. government decided to prolong its 14-year-long military presence there.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2015
Beyond India's beef with beef, new hatreds grow
Religious extremism in South Asia is symptomatic of a larger phenomenon: the shattering of the postcolonial order under the stresses of a massive economic and demographic transition.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2015
Only India and China can end Asia's haze
Making sustainably produced palm oil more affordable for consumers in India and China is key to clearing Southeast Asia's smoggy skies.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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