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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 1, 2021
Suga denies plan to dissolve Diet and postpone LDP leadership race
By Satoshi Sugiyama
Oct. 17 is now viewed as the likeliest election day, as it could go ahead without disrupting the LDP vote or creating a political vacuum by shortening lawmakers' terms.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2021
Japan launches Digital Agency to push ahead with long-overdue reforms
By Kazuaki Nagata
The government is hoping employees hired from the private sector will boost the agency's impact, with an ex-McKinsey manager being given a top post.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2021
It's back to school in Japan, but COVID-19 is keeping some children at home
By Tomohiro Osaki
Some parents have taken the rare step of stopping their children from going to school due to fears over classroom infections and their own close contacts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2021
Youth clobbered, elderly spared in Japan’s worst-ever COVID-19 wave
By Lisa Du
The makeup of serious patients is now mostly those in middle age and younger — very different from the January spike, which saw very few serious cases in their 20s and 30s.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2021
Japan finds another Moderna vial suspected to contain foreign substance
Kanagawa Prefecture said it had put the suspected lot of the firm's COVID-19 vaccine on hold after about 3,790 people had already received shots from the same lot.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2021
Suga to dissolve Diet mid-September and delay LDP race, report says
By Antoni Slodkowski and Leika Kihara
The PM decided to shunt back the LDP race as he has struggled to solidify support in the party and opponents were likely to gather votes in the coming weeks, the Mainichi reports.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2021
Taiwan says China can 'paralyze' its defenses — and threat is worsening
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said in its annual report on China's armed forces that Beijing is able to fully monitor the island's military deployments.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2021
China beats Taiwan to the punch in announcing new vaccine delivery
China announced the delivery timetable for a highly politicized order of COVID-19 vaccines from BioNTech SE , saying the first 932,000 shots would arrive on the island Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2021
Thailand's older people lag behind in COVID-19 vaccination drive, data shows
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Vaccination planning shifted from an age-based priority system to a geographically-based one after an outbreak in Bangkok in April.

WORLD

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WORLD
Sep 1, 2021
Weather disasters becoming more frequent and costly, U.N. agency says
By Emma Farge
The World Meteorological Organization attributed the growing frequency to both climate change and improved disaster reporting.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2021
In call before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to ‘change perception’
By Aram Roston and Nandita Bose
During the conversation on July 23, neither Biden nor Ashraf Ghani appeared aware of or prepared for the immediate danger of the entire country falling to insurgents.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2021
Moderna's shot makes twice as many antibodies as Pfizer's, study says
By Jason Gale and Robert Langreth
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine generated more than double the antibodies of a similar shot made by Pfizer and BioNTech in research that compared immune responses evoked by the two inoculations.
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.'

BUSINESS

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BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2021
Xi tests ‘common prosperity’ policies in Alibaba’s home province
The wealthy province of Zhejiang is home to 65 million people and some of China's most successful private companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 1, 2021
Nomura tells staff not to smoke cigarettes while working from home
By Takako Taniguchi and Takashi Nakamichi
The company has said it doesn't plan to monitor whether employees working remotely are following the guidelines.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2021
Japan stimulus likely to continue whoever wins election, former BOJ exec says
By Sumio Ito and Toru Fujioka
'You would be risking a big market reaction by touching monetary policy,” said Kazuo Momma, former head of monetary policy at the central bank.

Opinion

COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 1, 2021
SDF quietly breaks new ground in Afghanistan withdrawal
By Michael MacArthur Bosack
What makes the dispatch of the SDF to facilitate evacuations in Afghanistan notable is not the scale of the operations, but that they are taking place at all.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2021
How the best and brightest fail in times of crisis
By Xiao Geng and Andrew Sheng
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
Trudeau’s populist pose could hurt Canada’s economy
By Michael R. Strain
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's populist panderings are being compared to Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, and if acted upon, could hurt the economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2021
EU’s guidelines on U.S. visitors is sounding like trade war diplomacy
By Lionel Laurent
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 / Japan
Sep 1, 2021
Japan should develop strike capabilities to augment its defense
By Bruce Klingner
Placing an enemy's military assets at risk increases the price of any attack on Japan, thereby enhancing deterrence while degrading an opponent's attempts at coercion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2021
After dragging its heels, the Biden administration finally embarks on Southeast Asia charm offensive
By Richard Javad Heydarian
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.

Sports

Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 1, 2021
Shohei Ohtani steals home as Angels send Yankees to fourth straight loss
The hero of the night for the Angels was journeyman reliever Jake Petricka, whose eighth-inning performance helped Los Angeles hang on victory.
The real-life violence that inspired South Korea's 'Squid Game'
Riot police march in front of the main building of Ssangyong Motor in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on Aug. 6, 2009.
Family registers to incorporate phonetic readings of names from end-May
A birth notification document issued by Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Family registers, which record and certify citizens' familial relationships from birth to death, currently do not include the phonetic readings of names.
FBI probes New Orleans truck ramming as IS-inspired terrorist attack
Police investigators surround a white truck in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday.
Emperor wishes for peaceful year for those affected by disaster
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a New Year ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Wednesday.
Japan's ¥10 trillion startup investment target more improbable than ever
Yasushi Dozen, chief investment officer at Kepple
Sumo’s brotherhood gets latest inductee
Chugo Saito at Isenoumi stable on Friday. Saito has joined his older brother, Seigo, at the stable.
A year after a deadly earthquake, Noto Peninsula still faces long road to recovery
Photos taken from the same place but at different times in the Noto Peninsula towns of Wajima (left) and Suzu illustrate the progress made following the devastating earthquake that hit these areas of Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 1, 2024.
A newcomer’s guide to the Hakone Ekiden experience
The start of the 2024 Hakone Ekiden in Tokyo's Otemachi district. Every year on Jan. 2 and 3, Hakone Ekiden brings millions of fans across Japan to a standstill.
Japan’s go-slow approach to selling high-speed rail globally
At 60, the shinkansen has been mostly stuck in Japan, with only one system ever sold overseas.
Japan defense spending goals hit by inflation, weak yen and political uncertainty
Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a military drill next to an anti-ship missile unit on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.
Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake
By Kathryn Wortley

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