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Keyu Jin
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2022
America is fueling Chinese techno-nationalism
China is pursuing its goal of bolstering its technological capabilities with an intensity unseen since Mao Zedong committed to developing nuclear weapons six decades ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 7, 2022
China bets on a common prosperity
China's leaders believe their country is on the verge of a transformation into a truly “modern socialist economy.” They're not alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 2, 2021
The shape of China’s recovery
Having matured and grown more patient, China is less impetuous about achieving short-term gains, and more invested in creating opportunities for its people over the long term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2019
China's 70 years of progress
Assuming the worst about China could have catastrophic consequences.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2017
What does China's 'chairman of everything' want?
Xi Jinping has major ambitions for China, the CCP and his legacy.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2016
China wisely taking a neutral stance for now
China isn't jumping to conclusions about future U.S. policies, much less taking premature action.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2016
Xi Jinping is no Mao Zedong
Much of the world is watching Chinese President Xi Jinping with suspicion as he re-centralizes authority and pursues a radical anti-corruption campaign that many think is a fig leaf for a political purge.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2016
Prep for China's two-child consumption engine
China's abolition of its one-child policy is going to have a profound impact on the country's economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 16, 2015
China's masses stubbornly refuse to consume
A Chinese economic 'rebalancing' — replacing investment and exports with services and domestic consumption — remains a distant prospect.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015
Job growth missing from China's economic rise
China's focus on industrialization explains why its economic miracle has created relatively few new jobs.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2015
Vested interests stalemate reforms in China
Unless and until China's top leaders overcome resistance from vested interests, progress on reform will remain sluggish.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2012
Why do nations' savings patterns differ so much?
Ever since the integration of emerging markets into the global economy began in the early 1990s, three striking trends have emerged: a divergence in private savings rates between the industrialized core and the emerging periphery (the former experiencing a sharp rise, and the latter a steady decline);...
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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