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Japan Times
WORLD
May 20, 2022
Biden has little to entice Kim Jong Un to stop weapons tests
The U.S. push to isolate Russia over the war in Ukraine, coupled with increasing animosity toward China, has allowed Kim to boost his nuclear deterrent without fear of more U.N. sanctions.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 20, 2022
Boeing's Starliner space capsule launched on key test flight to ISS
If all goes as planned, the capsule will gradually raise its orbit as it continues en route to the space station, arriving after about 24 hours to dock with the research outpost.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2022
Kishida to give keynote address at Shangri-La security summit
Sources said Kishida has confirmed his participation, marking the first time a Japanese prime minister will attend since Shinzo Abe's appearance in 2014.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
May 19, 2022
North Korea's Kim looks to rocket himself to top of Biden-Yoon summit agenda
Officials in the U.S. and South Korea say that Pyongyang could stage a nuclear test, intercontinental ballistic missile launch or both around Biden's visit.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 19, 2022
U.S. midterm stakes grow clearer: Election deniers will be on many ballots
Fomenting doubts about Biden's victory is often the table stakes of Republican primaries that can tilt hard to the right. Candidates who avoid the subject risk losing their base.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2022
China warns U.S. that a ‘dangerous situation’ is forming over Taiwan
'If the U.S. side insists on playing the Taiwan card and goes further and further down the wrong road, it will certainly lead the situation to a dangerous point,” a top diplomat said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 19, 2022
U.S. picks negotiators for Biden’s Indo-Pacific economic plan
Sharon Yuan has been hired to oversee staff work on the main points of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 18, 2022
China and U.S. race to make billions from mining the moon's minerals
The countries' inability to cooperate on space risks not only an arms race, but also clashes over resources on the moon and elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2022
UFO sightings aren’t for ‘kooks’ anymore, U.S. lawmaker says
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday held the first congressional hearing into UFOs since the 1960s.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2022
Finland and Sweden formally ask to join NATO, in potentially its biggest expansion in two decades
If both are admitted, it would mark NATO's most significant expansion in nearly two decades, increasing the organization's membership to 32 nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2022
To fight inflation, fight protectionism
Surging inflation has made it much more difficult for U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to justify a continuation of Donald Trump's protectionist policies.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 18, 2022
U.S. seeks to wean India from Russian weapons with arms-aid package
The package under consideration would include foreign military financing of as much as $500 million.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 17, 2022
North Korean nuclear test could serve as 'wake-up call' for Biden and allies
Recent satellite imagery has captured work at the Punggye-ri test site to restore at least one tunnel, likely for North Korea's next nuclear test.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2022
What do most mass shooters have in common? They bought their guns legally.
From 1966 to 2019, 77% of mass shooters obtained the weapons they used in their crimes through legal purchases.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 17, 2022
Buffalo shooter suspect laid out plans on Discord app for months
The record of his conversations indicate that the alleged shooter had typed out plans to commit a rampage fueled by his white supremacist beliefs for months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 16, 2022
South Korean president to support Biden’s new economic grouping
New leader Yoon Suk-yeol told parliament Monday he wanted to discuss how his government can contribute to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
May 16, 2022
'Copycat' mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack
One way to try and combat the rise in such hate crimes is for the media to avoid publishing details of the shooters' personal lives, one expert says
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2022
‘Straw owner’ hides $1 billion worth of Russian yachts, U.S. says
In the race to seize assets from sanctioned Russian billionaires, U.S. authorities believe two yachts are being sheltered from scrutiny — including one linked to Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2022
U.S. gunman kills 10 in racially motivated shooting at New York market
An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three others at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 15, 2022
U.S. abortion rights advocates fuming over Biden's response to looming threat
Galvanized by the prospect of losing abortion rights, protesters marched across the country on Saturday in the start of what organizers said would be a 'summer of rage.'

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