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U.S.

Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 2, 2021
Asian American groups push for socio-political clout with funding surge
Asian Americans are the country's fastest growing ethnic group, yet have long been overlooked in national discussions about diversity and racial equity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 2, 2021
'We're back': Biden uses first 100 days in office to send message to Asian allies
Officials in Tokyo have breathed a sigh of relief at the White House's renewed attention to the region, with some lauding Washington's renewed Asia focus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2021
Indian diaspora struggles to help homeland ‘gasping for air’
The diaspora is collecting funds, lobbying governments in countries where they reside and making pledges to shuttle essential supplies and equipment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2021
North Korea vows response after saying Biden policy shows hostile U.S. intent
In one statement, a Foreign Ministry spokesman accused Washington of insulting the dignity of the country's supreme leadership by criticizing North Korea's human rights situation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2021
La Nina gives a turbocharge boost to already high food prices around the world
Global prices for food and crops in much of the world are at multi-year highs and there's a culprit far larger than human commerce: La Nina.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2021
Biden bans most travel to U.S. from India to limit COVID-19 spread
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday imposed new travel restrictions on India in light of the COVID-19 epidemic, barring most non-U.S. citizens from entering the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2021
Next major war will be 'very different,' U.S. defense secretary says
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for harnessing technological advances and better integrating military operations globally to 'understand faster, decide faster and act faster.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2021
Mizuho Securities sued over alleged racism and stereotyping
Mizuho Securities USA underpaid nonwhite employees based in part on performance reviews 'replete with thinly disguised racial stereotyping,” a lawsuit filed by four former executives said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 1, 2021
Biden administration sets new North Korea policy of 'practical' diplomacy
The Biden policy attempts to strike a middle ground between the policy pursued by Biden's most recent predecessors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2021
Biden’s great tax rebalancing act
With U.S. government spending likely to remain high after the COVID-19 pandemic, tax revenues must increase, because additional borrowing can finance only so much.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Apr 30, 2021
How ICE’s mishandling of COVID-19 fueled outbreaks around the U.S.
To date, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reported over 12,000 virus cases. The New York Times investigation found that the impact of infection extended beyond U.S. detention centers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 30, 2021
Vexed but vulnerable, Erdogan avoids escalating genocide dispute with Biden
The response is consistent with Turkey's broader goal since late last year of mending frayed international ties after years of military interventions and assertive foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2021
After three U.S. strikeouts, will Afghanistan be the fourth?
A primary concern is the withdrawal could make the region far more unstable than it was previously — a pattern that the world has seen before.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2021
There's no easy way back to the Iran nuclear deal
Even if Iran does get rid of its new stockpiles and downgrade its enrichment activities, its nuclear threat will not recede to the level achieved by the 2015 deal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2021
As rivals made fortunes, Exxon retreated from oil trading amid pandemic
'They were careful with capital during a period of time when they maybe shouldn't have,' one trader who left Exxon in the last year said of its management.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2021
Biden sees U.S. ‘rising anew’ in call for huge investment
The U.S. president warns corporations and wealthy Americans that he expects them to carry more of the burden of financing the nation's advancements.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 29, 2021
Rudy Giuliani's home searched as probe of former Trump lawyer intensifies
Federal agents on Wednesday searched Rudolph Giuliani's Manhattan apartment and office, escalating their investigation into the Ukrainian business dealings of the onetime personal lawyer of former President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2021
The Cold War playbook won’t help Alexei Navalny
That Navalny ended his hunger strike and his life isn't in imminent danger — for now — doesn't remove the underlying issue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2021
India’s COVID-19 tsunami
Now, with more than 300,000 new cases a day and the death toll evidently much higher than reported, India is no one's idea of a global leader.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2021
Kick Russia out of the Iran nuclear talks
Zarif says that Russia 'put all its weight” against the deal because, as the Times dryly explains, 'it was not in Moscow's interests for Iran to normalize relations with the West.”

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