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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2020
Biden should look to Obama's Asia-Pacific trade strategies
As president-elect Joe Biden prepares for his inauguration, the international community is anticipating how the incoming administration will approach free trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2020
Google’s legal peril grows in face of third antitrust suit in U.S.
The cascade of lawsuits against Google, which the company says it will fight in court, are indicative of the growing backlash against the largest tech companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. trade czar's advice for Biden on China: 'Hold their feet to the fire'
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should keep pressing China to stick to the phase one trade deal and use tariffs as leverage, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said, adding that Beijing has done a "reasonably good job" at implementing parts of the deal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 17, 2020
Biden likely to keep using sanctions weapon but with sharper aim
Biden is expected to make clear that sanctions will remain a central instrument of U.S. power — although it will no longer be deployed with the 'America First” bravado.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2020
Mitch McConnell recognizes Biden as U.S president-elect after holdout
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election the day after the Electoral College confirmed his victory — a pivotal moment that further cements President Donald Trump’s defeat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2020
A letter from 9 million U.S. expats to Janet Yellen
This change would align American taxation of individuals with the systems of all other developed countries. It would free us expats to live, earn, save and invest as other people do.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2020
COVID-19 is killing people in more ways than one
If the forgone care is having adverse health consequences, then it would be fair to consider them indirect costs of the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 16, 2020
As negotiations stall, how much does Japan actually pay to host U.S. forces?
With Trump having lost the election and time running out to strike a deal, the Japanese government is looking at a one-year extension of the current agreement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 15, 2020
Who were those Trumpists marching in Tokyo?
There were at least two demonstrations organized by Trump supporters in Tokyo last month. The question is who organized the events.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2020
Psychedelics replace cannabis as the new favorite edgy investment
Early stage investors are predicting substances such as psilocybin and Ibogaine have an even better shot than cannabis at disrupting the $70 billion market for mental health.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 15, 2020
A weapon to ‘win the war’: U.S. hospitals get initial coronavirus shots
The arrival of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine offers a glimmer of hope amid a pandemic that has already seen almost 300,000 Americans die.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2020
Biden wins Electoral College to cement victory and rebuff Trump
The formal vote capped a tumultuous period sparked by Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge he lost — with the help of Republicans willing to support his unsubstantiated claims.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 14, 2020
China’s combative nationalists see a world turning their way
China's Communist Party, under its leader, Xi Jinping, has promoted the idea that the country is on a trajectory to power past Western rivals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2020
Chinese dams under U.S. scrutiny in Mekong rivalry
Beijing has dismissed U.S. research saying Chinese dams have retained water to the detriment of downstream nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2020
Don’t let Iran get away with hostage-taking
When the old hostages are sent home, the regime simply arrests new ones to replenish its stock of political pawns. The vicious circle is repeated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2020
What happens when a superspreader event keeps spreading?
A new analysis of a conference at a Boston hotel has concluded that the coronavirus strains loosed at the meeting have since migrated worldwide and sickened about 245,000 Americans.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2020
For Biden’s economic team, an early focus on climate
One issue that could distinguish Biden's core economic team from its predecessors? Climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2020
The vaccines are coming. A divided and distrustful America awaits.
As the Lopez family of Truckee, California, gathered to prepare dinner on a recent evening, one subject dominated the conversation: the coronavirus vaccine that will soon be shipped out across the country, giving Americans the first concrete hope that the pandemic will eventually end.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2020
Volunteer sleuths crack 'Zodiac' serial killer's coded message
A team of volunteer codebreakers has cracked a mysterious cipher sent more than 50 years ago to a newspaper by the San Francisco serial killer who called himself the Zodiac, the FBI said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2020
The expectations of Joe Biden's administration differ from country to country
The U.S., Japan and their allies must compete with China, not each other.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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