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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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2022
China has painted itself into a semiconductor corner
Lost billions, graft probes, and broken dreams are the result of over-ambitious goals to build a leading chip sector.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 15, 2022
China stages more drills near Taiwan as U.S. lawmakers visit
The de facto U.S. Embassy in Taipei said the delegation is being led by Senator Ed Markey, who is being accompanied by four House lawmakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2022
Fed minutes may reveal inclinations on size of next rate hike
Are further rate hikes likely to be of smaller incremental size, or is the door really open to something larger?

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