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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2020
Burner phones and banking apps: Meet the Chinese 'brokers' laundering Mexican drug money
Chinese money brokers based in Mexico 'have come to dominate international money laundering markets,' U.S. prosecutors have said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2020
Is Wall Street ready to work on China time?
Many of the Chinese blue-chips have secondary listings in Hong Kong so stockholders should hold on to their shares because that's how they can continue to chase the China dream.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 5, 2020
U.S. efforts on Huawei executive case may save Canada's stalled China policy
Affair shows that without the heft of its southern neighbor, Canada has no bargaining power with China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 5, 2020
Ignored and ridiculed, she wages a lonesome climate crusade
Called the Greta Thunberg of China, Ou Hongyi, 17, has been ignored, ridiculed and ostracized as well as harassed by school officials and the police for her activism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 5, 2020
China tweet that enraged Australia propelled by 'unusual' accounts, say experts
A Chinese official's tweet of an image of an Australian soldier that sparked a furious reaction from Canberra was amplified across social media by unusual accounts, of which half were likely fake, an Israeli cybersecurity firm and Australian experts said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2020
TikTok sale deadline on hold as talks with U.S. continue
A deadline set by the Trump administration for the forced sale of TikTok’s U.S. assets will come and go Friday without a final deal, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2020
Some aspects of Sino-U.S. ties 'beyond repair,' China state media warn
Relations between the world's two largest economies have sunk to their lowest point in decades over issues such as trade, technology, security, human rights and COVID-19.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2020
What Africa needs now is its own Japan or Singapore
What Africa might need is its own Japan — a pioneering country that can industrialize first, and then invest in the rest of the continent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2020
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail after fraud charge
Lai's fraud charge marks the latest crackdown on pro-democracy figures in the former British colony.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2020
China punctuates greater market freedoms with tough crackdowns
Last month alone, Beijing canned Ant Group's share sale, issued rules to root out monopolies in the internet sector and began scrutinizing investments in new energy vehicles.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 3, 2020
U.S. bans cotton imports from China producer XPCC citing Xinjiang 'slave labor'
The U.S. expanded economic pressure on China's western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, banning cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasi-military organization that it says uses the forced labor of detained Uighur Muslims.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2020
A road map for stabilizing Sino-American relations
By demonstrating a willingness to cooperate despite their fundamental differences, Biden and Xi can reassure the global community that cooler heads have prevailed in both countries.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2020
Nomura to introduce permanent flexible work for Japan staff
The firm may introduce a minimum 40% of hours to be spent in the office each month, and departments would have discretion within that limit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2020
China scores big against poverty but the poor haven’t gone away
Almost 90% of the population was below the international poverty threshold in 1981, according to the World Bank; by the 2019, that was under 1%.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 2, 2020
An America in decline and the dangers that entails
The U.S. has dealt with the question of decline more than once in the postwar era.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2020
The message of Islamist beheadings
Jihadis represent a tiny minority of the world's Muslims. But, by making clear their willingness to behave inhumanely, they have ensured that few dare defy them.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2020
Is China laying claim to kimchi, too? Some South Koreans think so.
A spat is raging this week over a Chinese state tabloid's claim that China had 'led” the development of an international standard for paocai, or pickled vegetables.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 2, 2020
China’s 'Wolf Warriors' slam Australia, winning fans at home
China's diplomatic rhetoric is increasingly driven by concerns at home, where a promise of national rejuvenation and a torrent of overseas criticism are fanning nationalistic sentiments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2020
China’s hard line against Australia is a lesson for us all
Australia is the proverbial canary in the coal mine — and wolves eat canaries in one bite.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan should produce its own AI defense solutions, Sakana AI CEO says
Sakana AI CEO David Ha speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nissan gets ‘wake-up call’ with $4.5 billion annual net loss
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa in Tokyo as the company releases its results
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.

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