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SOUTH ASIA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2021
Central Asia’s Afghan route to prosperity
A high-ranking Taliban delegation visited Turkmenistan on Feb. 6, promising to support the project, an indication the U.S., which backs the pipeline, may have facilitated the trip.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2021
Not just India: Developing nations see explosive rise in COVID-19 cases
The reported spread in these handful of nations has been far more rapid, and signals the dangers of allowing the novel coronavirus to go uncontrolled.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2021
India and Pakistan held secret talks in bid to break Kashmir impasse, sources say
Kashmir has long been a flashpoint between India and Pakistan, both of which claim all of the region but rule only in part.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2021
Crimes against women spur more surveillance in South Asia
Use of these technologies with no evidence that they help reduce crime, and with no data protection laws, has raised alarm among privacy experts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 22, 2021
Secret India-Pakistan peace roadmap brokered by top UAE royals
About 24 hours after military chiefs from India and Pakistan surprised the world last month with a rare joint commitment to respect a 2003 ceasefire agreement, the top diplomat of the United Arab Emirates popped over to New Delhi for a quick one-day visit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 5, 2021
As pandemic persists, Asia's hot spots simmer on
While the region continues to focus on battling COVID-19, long-running tensions around North Korea, the South China Sea, Taiwan and others have not gone away.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2020
The virus trains: How lockdown chaos spread COVID-19 across India
Special trains operated by the government to ease suffering — and to counteract a disastrous lack of lockdown planning — instead played a significant role in spreading the coronavirus.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2020
China and India agree yet again to ease tension on Himalayan border
The stand off has been ongoing since May, with additional troops having been brought to both sides of the boundary.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 10, 2020
South Asian migrants seek justice as wage theft worsens in pandemic
Migrants face difficulty seeking justice when things go wrong — as they have for large numbers in recent months as the pandemic has closed borders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2020
India’s tense borders threaten plan to ban some weapons imports
The country is committed to manufacturing its own defense equipment.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2020
Japan to impose stricter re-entry procedures for travelers from four countries
Controls will be imposed for Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines and Peru after higher numbers of COVID-19 cases were found in arrivals from those countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2020
With heavy hand, India rides out Kashmir's year of disquiet
Local politicians warn that anger is rife with young men still picking up stones and arms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2020
Indian soldiers unarmed and caught by surprise in China clash, families say
Twenty Indian soldiers died in the June 15 fighting on the de facto border separating the two armies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 3, 2020
First China, now Pakistan: How India is battling neighbors on two fronts
The Indian military has been talking about a two-front war with neighbors Pakistan and China for decades to keep politicians focused on defense spending. Now that scenario is looking ever more realistic, with conflicts flaring on both its disputed borders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 26, 2020
Unilever faces calls to pull skin lightening products in South Asia
Fair & Lovely products are sold across Asia, but the brand has long been criticized as perpetuating negative racial stereotypes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2020
U.S. offers condolences to India over soldiers killed in clash with China
The United States offered condolences to India on Friday over the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers killed in vicious hand-to-hand combat with Chinese troops during a clash on the two Asian giants disputed mountainous border earlier this week.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2020
Living on the edge, Pakistani Hindus still feel safer in India
Seven years ago, Dharamveer Solanki, a Hindu, left his home in Pakistan’s Hyderabad city, never to return. When his train crossed the border into India, Solanki said he felt happier than ever before.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2020
Cyclone leaves trail of devastation along coast of east India and Bangladesh
Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India and Bangladesh a day after the most powerful cyclone in over a decade devastated coastal villages, destroying mud houses, ripping out electricity poles and washing away bridges.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2020
South Asian rivals prepare for bloody summer in disputed Kashmir
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took control of the disputed Kashmir region last August, he said it would bring India’s only Muslim-majority state closer to the rest of the country and improve economic conditions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 1, 2020
India and Pakistan nuclear procurement networks larger than thought
Hundreds of foreign companies are actively procuring components for India and Pakistan’s nuclear programs, taking advantage of gaps in the global regulation of the industry, according to a report by a U.S.-based research group.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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