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SOUTH ASIA

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.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
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 Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 29, 2020
'Should I buy a mask or food?': South Asia's poor face stark choice
Buy a mask and let his family go hungry, or buy food and go out into the crowded city without one — that is the stark choice facing Hayatullah Khan, an Afghan labourer whose daily earnings have fallen below $1.50 during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 29, 2020
Children in South Asia at risk as coronavirus disrupts immunization drive
Disruptions to immunization programs across South Asia due to the coronavirus pandemic are upending attempts to vaccinate millions of children against deadly diseases, UNICEF has warned.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 29, 2020
Alcohol fight highlights battle between Indian states and Narendra Modi
In the tug-of-war between India’s states and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s federal government for cash to fight the coronavirus outbreak, liquor has become the latest battleground.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2020
Poorer nations least prepared for pandemic lockdowns
As countries around the globe try to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, nowhere is the task more challenging and the risk greater than in the developing world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2020
Where India fits in Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy
The South Asia giant has grown increasingly prominent in Japan's regional strategy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 14, 2020
Toward an Indo-Pacific concert of democracies
If democratic powers leverage their bilateral and trilateral partnerships to generate progress toward such a concert of democracies, the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific may be achievable in the years ahead.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2019
Scrabble casts spell over Asia with Welsh hugs and mustard seeds
Malaysian teenage Scrabble protege Tengku Ariff Shah can spell more English words than most adults in the Western world, but he doesn't always know what they mean.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 17, 2019
RCEP without India isn't to Japan's liking
In Japan's view, India's participation in the RCEP is crucial to prevent it from becoming a China-led trade block.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 13, 2019
Scientists home in on potential treatments for deadly Nipah virus
Scientists working on how to combat a highly infectious and deadly virus called Nipah, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, say they have found around a dozen potential drugs that might be developed to block the disease.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2019
The Japan-Bangladesh partnership for development
Japan and Bangladesh have long enjoyed a close relationship based on mutual trust and cooperation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 20, 2018
Migration due to climate to surge by 2050 unless emissions are curbed: World Bank
More than 140 million people in Africa, Latin America and South Asia could move to another part of their country by 2050 to escape the worsening impacts of climate change — unless urgent action is taken to curb global warming and help people adapt, the World Bank said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 12, 2017
The unfinished business of Indian partition
The nightmarish horrors of India's partition by the British 70 years ago on Aug. 15, 1947, cast a long shadow into the 21st century.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2017
Pakistan tests new nuclear-capable, multiple-warhead ballistic missile
Pakistan on Tuesday tested a missile capable of delivering multiple warheads to a target up to 2,200 km away, the Defense Ministry said.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Japan's labor crunch persists despite slight improvement
Over 300 companies went out of business in fiscal 2023 due to labor shortages, according to Teikoku Databank.
Excitement returns to tourist spots in Japan one year on
On May 2, the streets of Arashiyama, a well-known tourist destination in Kyoto, were filled with tourists, including many from abroad, ahead of the four-day weekend.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
Pentagon reveals drone types for Replicator program to counter China
A U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operator fires a Switchblade 300 loitering munition during training exercises in Fallon, Nevada, last July. The U.S. Defense Department plans to use small drones — known in the Pentagon as “all-domain attritable autonomous systems” — to help counter Chinese military systems and tactics.

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