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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2021
How the best and brightest fail in times of crisis
Without a new approach to crisis solving that captures the true complexity of our world, we will continue to be blindsided by systemic failures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2021
EU’s guidelines on U.S. visitors is sounding like trade war diplomacy
Europeans have been more pragmatic than the Americans. These latest travel curbs are nonbinding recommendations that will likely only affect the unvaccinated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2021
After dragging its heels, the Biden administration finally embarks on Southeast Asia charm offensive
Against the backdrop of the debacle in Afghanistan, the incidental timing of the U.S. visits to Southeast Asia also helped soothe lingering anxieties over American commitment to the region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2021
Defiant Biden rejects criticism of Afghanistan exit
Biden offered a sweeping defense of his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, saying he inherited an unstable situation from Trump and that the 20-year war 'should have ended long ago.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. withdrawal leaves Afghanistan in crisis and uncertainty
The fate of tens of thousands of Afghans who couldn't flee — civil society workers, women and girls, minorities — is in the balance as the Taliban moves to cement control.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2021
NATO has a responsibility to save Afghans
Just as Albania has offered shelter to thousands of refugees fleeing the Taliban, all NATO members must recognize their responsibility as well.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war
The chaotic withdrawal concluded two decades of American involvement touched off by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2021
North Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor, presenting fresh challenge to Biden
The restart of the plutonium-producing reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear site has been described as 'deeply troubling' by the U.N. atomic agency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2021
Western Digital pitch for new Kioxia deal faces familiar hurdles
Resistance from within Japan, China and Kioxia's own management are among the challenges ahead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2021
With hopes of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban
Thousands have been evacuated, but they are far outnumbered by those who could not get out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2021
NASA taps Kyoto startup to make maps of the wind for drones
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is turning to a Japanese startup for help in creating maps of the wind.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 29, 2021
To China's chagrin, Japan-Taiwan talks could pave the way for closer ties
In recent months, the Tokyo-Taipei relationship has grown even closer as Japan became far more vocal in the public sphere about its concerns over China's assertiveness.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2021
Afghans left behind need an underground railroad
Establishing an Afghan underground railroad would be easier than during the time of U.S. slavery because today we have vastly better methods of point-to-point communication.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2021
U.S. starts troop withdrawal from Kabul and warns of more Islamic State attacks
U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another militant attack was highly likely as U.S. troops began leaving Kabul airport
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2021
As U.S. troops searched Afghans, a bomber in the crowd moved in
Officials are still piecing together the chain of events in the attack that killed scores of people, including 13 U.S. service members, outside the Kabul airport.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2021
China will soon surpass Russia as a nuclear threat, senior U.S. military official says
China's development of nuclear capabilities 'can no longer be aligned' with its claim that it wants to maintain a minimum deterrent, the U.S. Strategic Command's deputy commander said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2021
U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait after Chinese assault drills
The passage comes amid a spike in military tensions in the past two years between Taiwan and China, and follows Chinese assault drills last week near the self-ruled island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2021
U.S. intelligence community says it cannot solve COVID-19 mystery without China
'China's cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19,' U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 28, 2021
Pentagon holds talks with Chinese military for first time under Biden
Despite growing tensions, U.S. military officials have long sought to have open lines of communication with their Chinese counterparts to manage risks between the two countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2021
The coming carnage between the Taliban and their jihadist rivals
IS has argued that the Taliban's actions weren't so much a conquest as a takeover coordinated with the U.S. and that its violent path to victory over the West is the right way.

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped