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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2018
The environment and economy have become great power pawns
The new cold war has spread far from the geopolitical arena.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 19, 2018
APEC's relevance called into question after forum fails to reach deal on communique amid Sino-American clash
The "C" in APEC stands for Cooperation. But when the two biggest members are fighting a trade war and using the forum to attack each other's policies, it was always going to be hard work delivering on that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 19, 2018
China launches probe into Australian barley imports as trade tensions simmer
China is starting an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Australian barley, sending a signal the world's top commodity buyer may be increasing scrutiny of one of its most important suppliers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 19, 2018
Yemen's Houthis halt missile attacks on Saudi coalition after foes put brakes on offensive
Yemen's Houthi movement said on Monday it was halting drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni allies, responding to a demand from the United Nations.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2018
Art of the upper hand: Entrepreneur helps China firms battle Trump's $250 billion trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump's $250 billion economic battle with China has run into a one-man obstacle. A trade-war whisperer working for the other side.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 19, 2018
New Salvadoran migrant caravan forms, swells as hundreds wait at U.S.-Mexico border
At least 150 Salvadorans set off on Sunday from their impoverished Central American country in a U.S.-bound caravan, ignoring their likely rejection at the U.S.-Mexico border where a larger caravan of mostly Hondurans has been stalled for days.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2018
44% of German firms expect growing trade strains with U.S., survey finds
Forty-four percent of German firms expect a further escalation of trade tensions between Europe and the United States, which is likely to continue to dampen new investments, the RND newspaper chain reported, citing a survey by the IW economic institute.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2018
Outflanking China, U.S. allies — including Japan — pledge to provide electricity to Papua New Guinea
The United States and three of its allies, including Japan, on Sunday unveiled a $1.7 billion plan to provide electricity and internet to much of Papua New Guinea, the first step of a plan that will counter China's "Belt and Road" spending in the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 17, 2018
Ex-German chancellor warns against demonizing China, says the two economic powers should work closely together
Weighing into Germany's debate about its ties with China, former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warned Berlin against demonizing Beijing, saying the two economic powers should work more closely together in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade threats.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2018
U.S. judge orders White House to restore press pass to CNN's Jim Acosta
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the White House to temporarily restore CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass, which was revoked after a contentious news conference last week with President Donald Trump.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2018
What Trump gets right in his spat with Macron
The U.S. president is correct that Europe could fall apart without the trans-Atlantic alliance, but he's the one who's endangering it
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 16, 2018
Saudis implicate ex-royal aide, top spy in Jamal Khashoggi killing, plan to execute five
A former Saudi royal adviser and ex-senior intelligence official played key roles in the mission that ultimately led to the killing of government critic Jamal Khashoggi, and authorities will seek the death penalty for five people who confessed to the murder, according to a top official in the kingdom....
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 16, 2018
North Korea to deport American held since October
North Korea will deport a U.S. citizen detained since October after he entered illegally from China and told his captors he was controlled by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the North Korean state news agency reported on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 16, 2018
North Korea's Kim inspects testing of newly developed 'tactical' weapon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test of a new "ultramodern tactical weapon," the North's state-run media reported Friday in the first mention of such a test in months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2018
U.S. returns 'Bells of Balangiga' to Philippines a century after clash
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday formally returned church bells to the Philippines that were taken as war trophies over a century ago following gruesome clashes, seeking to close a contentious chapter in the two allies' shared history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2018
Macron tells Trump that France is not a U.S. 'vassal state' and 'respect is due'
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday told Donald Trump that France was the United States' ally and not a vassal state after the U.S. president attacked him in a series of tweets that demonstrated how much their relationship had soured.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 15, 2018
FCC launches first U.S. high-band 5G spectrum auction
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday launched the agency's first high-band 5G spectrum auction as it works to clear space for next-generation faster networks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 15, 2018
Thousands of Shiites flee as Taliban attack Afghanistan's 'safe' districts
Thousands of members of Afghanistan's mainly Shiite Hazara ethnic minority have fled their homes in the central province of Ghazni as the Taliban have pressed into two previously safe districts, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 14, 2018
Freedom of navigation? Defiant U.S. Vice President Mike Pence flies over disputed South China Sea
Vice President Mike Pence has undertaken a kind of "freedom of navigation" operation of his own over the disputed South China Sea, an interview published Tuesday revealed ahead of Pence's visit to Singapore for a series of meetings in the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2018
1922 Einstein letter fearing German anti-Semitism fetches $32,000 at Israeli auction
A 1922 letter in which Albert Einstein confided his fears of the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany, more than a decade before the Nazis took power, sold at an Israeli auction on Tuesday for $32,000.

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