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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2021
Bold foreign policy moves unlikely as Kishida bides time ahead of Upper House election
Kishida has laid out pressing foreign policy priorities — from a tougher stance on China to bolstering the U.S.-Japan alliance. But don't expect radical changes from the new leader.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2021
Nuclear-powered submarines for Australia? Maybe not so fast.
Complications could slow or sink the whole endeavor, leaving gaps in defenses and questions about security promises kept.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2021
It was a good week for ASEAN
The ASEAN meeting included talks with Japan, the U.S., Australia and China that reaffirmed the organization's “centrality” to those countries' thinking about the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2021
Kishida and India's Modi agree to work toward free and open Indo-Pacific
The two agreed to 'elevate Japan and India's special strategic and global partnership to a new level' and plan for the Japanese leader to visit India 'at an appropriate time.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2021
U.S. seeks to work with next Japanese leader on 'Quad'
A top Pentagon official shrugged off any concerns over the change in prime minister, saying Washington and Tokyo are 'quite used to shifts of power inside our democratic processes.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2021
Japan faces a rapidly changing Indo-Pacific strategic environment
Tokyo has witnessed several significant political, economic and military developments over the past month following the full withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 26, 2021
'Quad' and AUKUS put Biden's Indo-Pacific shift under microscope
The U.S. is focusing on an intensifying competition with China via 'Quad' summits and the AUKUS partnership, but the White House may need to be more clear in its regional strategy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2021
Indian military accelerates historic overhaul to counter China
A more unified Indian armed forces would make it easier for the country to link up with other militaries such as the U.S. and its allies in the event of a conflict.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2021
Suga arrives in U.S. for 'Quad' summit in final trip abroad as prime minister
The leaders are expected to affirm shared efforts to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific and ensure a stable supply of vaccines to the rest of the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2021
China's military rise could threaten Japan's economy, Suga warns ahead of Quad summit
The Japanese leader's trip to the U.S. will be the swansong of his one-year premiership
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2021
'Quad' leaders to use stronger language in opposing change to status quo in East China Sea
According to the sources, a draft of a joint leaders' statement uses tougher language than before regarding the situation in the waters where China is stepping up its territorial claims.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 14, 2021
With term set to expire, Suga looks to reaffirm Japan's role in 'Quad' at summit
Despite concerns about the outgoing prime minister's ability to contribute to the summit, the meeting will nonetheless act as a showcase for the Biden administration's priorities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2021
What does Afghanistan reveal about the Biden doctrine?
Has the Biden doctrine arrived in time to counter China's rise or did the U.S.' two decades of war in Afghanistan leave China with too much of a head start to be stopped?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2021
India, U.S., Japan and Australia to hold joint naval exercise
The planned Malabar exercise will be held in the western Pacific and is aimed at keeping China in check amid the Asian power's increasing assertiveness in regional waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 24, 2021
Top U.S. diplomat to visit India with vaccines and China in focus
On the agenda will be COVID-19, Indo-Pacific engagement and Afghanistan's future after the U.S. troop pullout.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 18, 2021
U.S. eyes September for first in-person 'Quad' summit
Biden is seeking to use the meeting to build 'a position of strength' as he directly engages with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, possibly on the sidelines of the G20 summit in late October.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2021
U.S. eyes first in-person 'Quad' summit with Japan, Australia and India
Officials are aiming to hold the event in Washington in the fall, according to the White House coordinator for the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2021
India’s suspect ‘Quad’ credentials
COVID-19 has brutally exposed the hollowness of India's pretensions to power, status and influence and boasts of being a vaccine superpower and pharmacy to the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2021
What was unsaid hovers over the Biden-Moon summit
A failure to look beyond the alliance blots what was otherwise a very successful summit and bodes ill for the evolution of this vital security partnership.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2021
Chinese envoy to Japan criticizes 'Quad' grouping as '100% outdated'
The grouping of four major Indo-Pacific democracies is widely seen as a united front against China's attempts to challenge the rules-based international order.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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