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U.S.

Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2021
White House backs Pfizer’s move to begin vaccine exports
Early U.S. production wasn't subject to an export ban but was gobbled up entirely by the government, which used wartime powers to prioritize its orders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2021
The trust gap between winning and losing sides in elections
A gap between the winning and losing sides' willingness to accept the outcome of a presidential contest is nothing new.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 3, 2021
Top U.S. diplomat says China acting 'more aggressively abroad'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview that aired Sunday that China had recently acted 'more aggressively abroad' and was behaving 'increasingly in adversarial ways.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2021
NGOs call on Asian Development Bank to end fossil fuel loans
The international lender holds its annual meeting this week with a focus on a green economic recovery.
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.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person