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CHINA

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2023
Macron to visit China as he urges Beijing to push Moscow to end war
The French president said Saturday he would visit China in 'early April' and urged Beijing to help 'put pressure' on Russia to end the war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2023
Top U.S. envoy eyes inroads in Central Asia as Ukraine rattles nerves
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in Kazakhstan and then Uzbekistan and meet jointly with foreign ministers of all five ex-Soviet Central Asian states.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2023
War in Ukraine deepens divide among major economies at G20 gathering
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged her counterparts at a summit in India to condemn Russia’s actions, and she defended the cost of supplying aid to Kyiv.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 25, 2023
Japanese anime sees challenge from China at Berlin film festival
'Suzume' director Makoto Shinkai was asked to comment on Chinese animation at the Berlinale festival, where Liu Jian's 'Art College 1994' is also in competition.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2023
Ukrainians mourn and vow to fight on a year after Russia invaded
At a ceremony in Kyiv's St. Sophia Square, a visibly emotional President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bestowed medals on soldiers, one on crutches, and the mother of one killed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2023
Taiwan and lessons that can be learned from the Ukraine conflict
The events unfolding in the Ukraine war demonstrate that the response by Taiwan and the United States to Chinese aggression will be a very important factor in determining the end result.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2023
China’s peace proposal for Ukraine war light on details
The paper, which outlines broad principles rather than a specific peace proposal, reiterates many of the points China has raised in recent months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2023
U.S. to bolster its small force on Taiwan in a signal to China
The U.S. military presence in Taiwan will grow to between 100 and 200 troops, up from about 30 a year ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2023
Washington’s concern grows as Beijing steps up diplomatic initiatives with Moscow
China's diplomatic push comes as it plans to unveil its own peace plan for the Ukraine conflict to mark the first anniversary of the invasion.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2023
U.S. spy plane pilot snaps high-altitude selfie with China balloon
The photo, taken Feb. 3 from the cockpit of a U-2 spy plane, quickly blazed across social media platforms.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 23, 2023
Putin's nuclear treaty move raises stakes over China's growing arsenal
China's nuclear arsenal is growing in size and sophistication — an expansion that the United States recently noted is now gathering pace.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2023
Putin says Russia and China have reached ‘new milestones’ on cooperation
Cooperation between Russia and China is 'very important for stabilizing the international situation,” Putin told Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi at talks in Moscow.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2023
Two dead, more than 50 missing in China mine collapse, state media reports
Eight rescue teams comprising more than 330 personnel have been dispatched to the site, along with over 100 pieces of rescue equipment, state-affiliated outlet The Paper reported.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 22, 2023
Defending Japan with better Pacific Island diplomacy
By improving its diplomatic efforts and listening to the Pacific Islanders, Japan will spend less money and achieve more security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2023
Sole U.S. rare earth producer will ship to Japan in new deal that skips China
Output from the Mountain Pass mine in California has typically gone to China for processing, with Japanese companies purchasing from there.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2023
Hong Kong revokes visa of scientist jailed for creating first gene-edited babies
He Jiankui was imprisoned in 2019 for experimenting on human embryos, in a controversial exercise that saw twin girls born with genes he altered while trying to confer immunity to HIV.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2023
China decoupling debate misses the most important point
The decoupling of China and Western economies will be very expensive, but there are other needs to be considered.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Feb 21, 2023
Why pharmaceuticals are a key issue in the ongoing U.S.-China conflict
Beijing has control over the chokepoints — active pharmaceutical ingredients and raw materials — of pharmaceutical supply chains.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2023
Nuclear submarine plan shows fragility of nascent China-Australia reset
Ties between Australia and China have improved quickly since Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took power last year, but Canberra’s plans for a new submarine may test that goodwill.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2023
Inside the hunt for UFOs at the end of the world
As quickly as the national craziness over downed objects began, the United States called off the search, leaving answers encased in Arctic ice and under the whitecaps of Lake Huron.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Jesse Kirkwood: ‘Languages are entire cultural universes with all sorts of baggage’
Jesse Kirkwood is part of a vibrant field of translators who have nurtured what might be called a “post-Murakami era of Japanese literature and translation,” one book at a time.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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