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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2020
25 days that changed the world: How COVID-19 slipped China’s grasp
China's delayed initial response unleashed the virus on the world and foreshadowed battles between scientists and political leaders that would play out across continents.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2020
America can't compete with Chinese tech by walling itself off
As China approaches technological parity with the U.S. in a variety of high-value industries, the U.S. has acted to maintain supremacy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2020
Wuhan’s COVID-19 cases may have been 10 times higher, study shows
The scale of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan early this year may have been nearly 10 times the recorded tally, a study conducted by China’s public health authorities indicates, leaving the city where the coronavirus first took hold still well short of the immunity required to protect against a potential...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 29, 2020
'I won’t take it': China struggles to get the world to trust its vaccines
That uncertainty presents another roadblock in China's efforts to extend its political influence across Asia, Africa and South America.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2020
China should join the Paris Club
The problem is that China, the largest sovereign lender in the world, is not a member, because other leading creditors complain that its loans and lending conditions are not transparent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 28, 2020
China’s fateful year, from Wuhan to Hong Kong
In 2020, relations with the West swung back toward mutual distrust and hostility, with the COVID-19 pandemic and Hong Kong national-security law playing decisive roles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 28, 2020
Xi Jinping’s strategic overreach in the Himalayas
China's ability to pursue its geopolitical ambitions is diminishing rapidly. Nowhere is this more apparent than in its relations with India.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 28, 2020
With money and waste, China fights for chip independence
In every corner of the country, investors, entrepreneurs and local officials are in a frenzy to build up semiconductor abilities, responding to a call from Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 28, 2020
Ant turning from windfall to nightmare for global investors
From a mild hit to a nightmare, here are some of the scenarios from investors and analysts on what a regulator-forced restructuring could look like.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 28, 2020
China curbs lending and wealth management services at Ant
Authorities also blasted Ant for subpar corporate governance, disdain toward regulatory requirements and participation in regulatory arbitrage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2020
Japan's appeal as hub hindered by taxes, language and lackluster growth
China's crackdown on Hong Kong has raised hopes Tokyo may be able to compete as a financial hub, but the numbers still don't work in Japan's favor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2020
Hydro-hegemony: Will China turn off Asia’s tap?
As long as the Communist Party of China remains in power, the country will most likely continue to wage stealthy water wars that no one can win.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2020
She chronicled China’s crisis. Now she is accused of spreading lies.
Woman who became a symbol of Beijing's efforts to deny its early failings in the pandemic set for first known trial of a chronicler of China's coronavirus crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 26, 2020
Biden expected to expand U.S.-India relationship while stressing rights
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has significantly invested in its relationship with India over the past four years, seeing the country as a crucial partner in counterbalancing the rise of China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2020
China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028, report says
China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think tank said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 25, 2020
Japan official, calling Taiwan 'red line,' urges Biden to 'be strong'
In an interview, Yasuhide Nakayama, the state minister for defense, urged Biden to take a similar line on Taiwan as outgoing President Donald Trump.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 25, 2020
Remembering a mentor: Ezra Vogel's big vision on Asia
There are many scholars who are well-versed in matters related to Japan and China, but Vogel was simply in his own league in terms of his academic work.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2020
China’s green gambit and climate change
In President Xi's view, China may be able to use the promise to cooperate on climate change as a source of leverage with which to thwart Joe Biden's containment strategy
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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