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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 19, 2022
China’s reaction to Pelosi's Taiwan visit has air of deja vu
Beijing's Taiwan outbursts over Pelosi visit have been seen before, such as in the central government's purchase of the Senkakus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2022
In the West, China is a rival. But for others, a new study says, Beijing is a partner.
Attitudes toward China and Sino-U.S. tensions in eight countries included in the report diverged widely from the mainstream narratives in developed liberal democracies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2022
U.S. judge says he leans toward releasing some evidence for Trump search
News outlets appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach to persuade the judge that the public interest in the evidence outweighs the benefits of keeping it sealed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2022
U.S. warns it will deploy ‘strategic assets’ to South Korea if Pyongyang conducts nuke test
It's unclear which strategic assets Washington might deploy, but the term could cover anything from nuclear-powered submarines, strategic bombers or even tactical nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2022
U.S.-India drills near Chinese border highlight potential for two-front conflict
The timing and location of the joint drills, analysts say, are intended to send a strong message to the Chinese Communist Party.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 18, 2022
Fed says more U.S. rate hikes coming, but pace will slow 'at some point'
The central bank has raised the benchmark borrowing rate four times this year, including two massive three-quarter-point increases in June and July.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2022
U.S. and Taiwan begin formal negotiations on trade initiative
The first round of trade talks is set to take place 'early this fall,” the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in a statement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2022
China snipes at Biden’s big climate win: ‘Can the U.S. deliver?’
Diplomats for the world's two biggest climate polluters are sparring on Twitter, underscoring the tensions threatening global efforts to curb rising temperatures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2022
The Afghan abyss: One year after the U.S. pullout
The Taliban regime is behaving as expected, turning the country into a breeding ground for international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and mass migration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2022
What Southeast Asian nations want from Washington
Southeast Asia wants the U.S. to remain deeply engaged in regional affairs but not exacerbate tensions with China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2022
North Korea fires two cruise missiles as U.S. and South Korea prepare for military drills
The move comes after leader Kim Jong Un declared victory in his country's battle against COVID-19, a pronouncement that could clear a path to more weapons tests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2022
How to win friends and drain Russia’s war machine
By establishing a buyers' cartel to impose a price cap on Russian crude, the West could achieve its goal of defunding Russia's war machine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2022
Liz Cheney loses Wyoming race, but vows to keep Trump from the White House
Cheney, who has served three terms in Wyoming's sole U.S. House seat, lost to conservative lawyer Harriet Hageman.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 17, 2022
Biden signs major climate change and health care law
The law, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, was touted by the White House as the biggest commitment to mitigating climate change in U.S. history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2022
Japan's Mizuho Securities looking at opportunities for U.S. growth
Its U.S. business, which is mainly investment banking and trading, accounts for roughly a third of the Japanese brokerage's profit.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2022
Assange lawyers sue CIA for spying on them
The attorneys, along with two journalists joining the suit, are Americans and allege that the CIA violated their U.S. constitutional protections.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2022
Singapore’s next prime minister warns U.S. and China may ‘sleepwalk into conflict’
Lawrence Wong said the relationship between the world's biggest economies was on a 'very worrying” trajectory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2022
Even with biggest-ever climate bill, U.S. lags China’s green spending
Many countries have passed climate regulations and invested in green infrastructure, but the scale of the Inflation Reduction Act has few parallels.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2022
Congress forces Biden toward risky face-off with China over Taiwan
More hawkish moves by Congress could leave the U.S. president with a choice of whether he would rather look weak in Washington or in Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2022
Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy
In June 2020, California's employment regulator sued Cisco Systems on behalf of a low-caste engineer who accused two higher-caste bosses of blocking his career.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
At Ginza’s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) — a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.

Podcast

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

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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