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YI WEN

Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2021
Taiwan’s trade deal application sets up showdown with China
Taiwan's request to join the TPP, coming just days after China's submitted its own bid, presents the member nations with a difficult choice: admit one, both or neither?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2021
Taiwan cites 'risk' to its Trans-Pacific trade pact application if China joins first
The original 12-member agreement was seen as an important economic counterweight to China's growing influence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2021
Taiwan applies to join Pacific trade deal just days after China
Taiwan already has free trade deals with two of the members — New Zealand and Singapore — and has been working toward joining the trade agreement for years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 21, 2021
LDP leadership contender Sanae Takaichi holds rare talks with Taiwan president
Tsai Ing-wen joined the meeting with the conservative LDP politician, who is known for her hawkish views on China, in her capacity as head of Taiwan's ruling DPP.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2021
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen leads way with first domestic COVID-19 shot
The president gave her personal stamp of approval as the island began rolling out the contested shot, which critics say had a rushed approval.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2021
'Forces for good will prevail': Taiwan welcomes massive U.S. vaccine aid
Taiwan reacted with an outpouring of thanks to the United States for shipping 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / EXPLAINER
Jun 6, 2021
What's behind surging tensions in the Taiwan Strait?
In recent months, China has ramped up its military activities near the island as the threat of conflict in a dispute with a long and complicated history grows.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2021
Taiwan says China blocked deal with BioNTech for COVID-19 shots
While Taiwan has previously said it had been unable to sign a final contract with BioNTech, it had only implied that Chinese pressure was to blame.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2021
Taiwan mobilizes diplomats to seek out COVID-19 shots
The effort has become more urgent since a sudden rise in domestic cases hit the island, which has vaccinated less than 1% of its population.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 20, 2021
China censors article by former premier amid tightening internet controls
It was unclear what prompted the act of censorship against a senior member of the ruling Communist Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2021
Taiwan’s push for better Japan ties harmed by Fukushima water release
Japan's decision generated opposition in Taiwan and criticism of Tsai Ing-wen's government as the island seeks to foster better relations with Tokyo amid China's rise.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 15, 2021
Taiwan tells Biden emissaries it will counter China's 'adventurous maneuvers' with U.S.
Taiwan has complained over the last few months about almost daily missions by China's air force near its air defense identification zone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2021
China’s Taiwan conundrum: Will use of force to unite be followed by new division?
If Taiwan doesn't agree to be absorbed peacefully, it will be forced to do so. Beijing now feels that there is little likelihood of peaceful unification.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2021
Taiwan wishes China happy new year, but says it won't yield to pressure
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen wished China a happy Lunar New Year on Tuesday, but said she will not yield to Chinese pressure and reiterated a call for dialogue to resume with Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2021
On Taiwan’s new passport, the incredible shrinking ‘Republic of China’
The self-governing island's official name, Republic of China, has been downsized, although it remains on the cover in Chinese characters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020
2020 in hindsight: Asia’s bad to good in the year that was
The Asian Development Bank projects COVID-19 could push 160 million more into poverty in Asia. The region's poverty rate will increase for the first time in 20 years, says the World Bank.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2020
How China is trying to subdue Taiwan with 'gray-zone' warfare
Beijing is conducting waves of threatening forays from the air while ratcheting up pressure tactics to erode Taiwan's will to resist, say current and former Taiwan military officers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 19, 2020
Taiwan shuts pro-China TV channel in battle over press freedom
Taiwan’s broadcast regulator has ordered the closure of one of the island’s most ardently pro-China cable news networks following a monthslong battle over journalistic standards and freedom of the press.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 15, 2020
Taiwan hopes for close U.S. cooperation in call with Biden adviser
Taiwan hopes to continue its close cooperation with the United States, the island's de facto U.S. ambassador told Antony Blinken, a longtime confidant of President-elect Joe Biden, as Taiwan moves to shore up ties with the new administration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 12, 2020
China’s insistence that Taiwan isn’t a country starts backfiring
The more China tells the world that Taiwan isn’t a country, the more Beijing’s adversaries are starting to treat it like one.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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