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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2021
Western Digital pitch for new Kioxia deal faces familiar hurdles
Resistance from within Japan, China and Kioxia's own management are among the challenges ahead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2021
With hopes of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban
Thousands have been evacuated, but they are far outnumbered by those who could not get out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2021
NASA taps Kyoto startup to make maps of the wind for drones
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is turning to a Japanese startup for help in creating maps of the wind.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 29, 2021
To China's chagrin, Japan-Taiwan talks could pave the way for closer ties
In recent months, the Tokyo-Taipei relationship has grown even closer as Japan became far more vocal in the public sphere about its concerns over China's assertiveness.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2021
Afghans left behind need an underground railroad
Establishing an Afghan underground railroad would be easier than during the time of U.S. slavery because today we have vastly better methods of point-to-point communication.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2021
U.S. starts troop withdrawal from Kabul and warns of more Islamic State attacks
U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another militant attack was highly likely as U.S. troops began leaving Kabul airport
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2021
As U.S. troops searched Afghans, a bomber in the crowd moved in
Officials are still piecing together the chain of events in the attack that killed scores of people, including 13 U.S. service members, outside the Kabul airport.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2021
China will soon surpass Russia as a nuclear threat, senior U.S. military official says
China's development of nuclear capabilities 'can no longer be aligned' with its claim that it wants to maintain a minimum deterrent, the U.S. Strategic Command's deputy commander said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2021
U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait after Chinese assault drills
The passage comes amid a spike in military tensions in the past two years between Taiwan and China, and follows Chinese assault drills last week near the self-ruled island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2021
U.S. intelligence community says it cannot solve COVID-19 mystery without China
'China's cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19,' U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 28, 2021
Pentagon holds talks with Chinese military for first time under Biden
Despite growing tensions, U.S. military officials have long sought to have open lines of communication with their Chinese counterparts to manage risks between the two countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2021
The coming carnage between the Taliban and their jihadist rivals
IS has argued that the Taliban's actions weren't so much a conquest as a takeover coordinated with the U.S. and that its violent path to victory over the West is the right way.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2021
Taiwan and Japan ruling parties discuss China and military cooperation
China condemned the talks last week, saying Japan should not send 'wrong signals' about Taiwan's independence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2021
Biden’s cruel summer
Democrats are hoping the Afghan debacle will be less salient to voters by November 2022. But the fall of Kabul could have a lasting effect.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2021
Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy
The sheer scale of the tragedy renewed criticism from lawmakers and allies over the withdrawal and the failure to forecast the Afghan government's rapid fall at the hands of the Taliban.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2021
U.S. braces for more Islamic State attacks after carnage at Kabul airport
The bombing at the crowded airport gates killed scores of civilians and at least 13 U.S. troops.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2021
Has nation-building in Afghanistan failed?
Experts say history has shown that Afghanistan's traditional tribal groups tend to reject central government rule, which was the case during the British, Soviet and U.S. interventions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 26, 2021
Western nations rush to complete Afghan evacuation before troops leave
Pressure to complete the evacuations has intensified amid concerns about the security situation outside the airport, where the Taliban are in control.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2021
U.S. and China are not destined for a military conflict
Throughout history, when a rising power has challenged a ruling one, such as the case with China and the U.S., war has often been the result. But there are also notable exceptions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2021
Biden's Afghanistan pullout was the right decision
The Taliban's quick takeover of Afghanistan and the near impossibility of being able to establish a functioning government in Kabul suggests Biden's withdrawal decision was the right one.

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped