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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2022

Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across the U.S.

Amazon plans to use much of the real estate for a new generation of towering fulfillment centers that can store a wide variety of products close to customers in populous areas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2022

As China rattles sabers, Taiwan asks: Are we ready for war?

Ukraine's stubborn resistance to invasion, and the help that has poured in as a result, has both inspired Taiwan and made it rethink its own military strategy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2022

Kishida gets the credit for Abe’s work

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe transformed Japanese thinking about security policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2022

Food export bans in Asia prompt fears of more protectionism

The bans risk hurting farmers and producers, and one concern is that the current cycle of protectionism could lead to restrictions on other food exports — including rice
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 13, 2022

FIFA confident about semi-automated VAR for World Cup

The body that regulates the sport's rules has ratified, as expected, the use of five substitutes into the Laws of the Game.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2022

Wall Street's China problems multiply with warning on banker pay

Don't reward your top people too lavishly, Chinese regulators warned banks this year in meetings in Shanghai and Beijing, or you might run afoul of the Communist Party.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 13, 2022

Kurdish tensions stymie Iraqi region's gas export ambitions

The impasse could also undermine stability in Iraq's north, where ruling families have their own security forces.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2022

What the Ukraine war should teach China

Russia's military has performed far worse than expected in Ukraine. This does not bode well for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which shares many of the same weaknesses.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 13, 2022

How fashion giants recast plastic as good for the planet

An explosion in the use of inexpensive, petroleum-based materials has transformed the fashion industry, aided by the successful rebranding of synthetic materials into hip alternatives.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2022

They inhabited separate worlds in Taiwan. Decades later, they collided in a California church.

David Chou — armed with two guns, four Molotov cocktails and a deep-seated rage against Taiwanese people — opened fire inside the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Southern California.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2022

U.S. gun deal is less than Democrats wanted, but more than they expected

Though the compromise does not go as far as many would have preferred, it is still seen as a serious step that could save lives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2022

Fears for China's economic future in 'miracle' city Shenzhen

Shenzhen posted overall economic growth of only 2% in the first quarter of this year, the lowest-ever figure for the city, aside from the first quarter of 2020 when the coronavirus hit.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 12, 2022

Director Werner Herzog finally finds his medium

The filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “Fitzcarraldo” makes a late-career foray into fiction with “The Twilight World,” a new book about a real-life Japanese intelligence officer.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

‘Dead cities’ become the flash point for the fierce war in the east

The Ukrainian military and government are now making no secret of the challenges they face in the east, 3u00bd months after Russia invaded.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

Trump is depicted as a would-be autocrat willing to hang onto power at all costs

Whether the Jan. 6 panel can change public views of the events of that day remains unclear, but many political strategists and analysts consider it unlikely.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2022

Chinese pilots sent a message. U.S. allies said they went too far.

China has been increasingly assertive in the Asia Pacific, from building military infrastructure in the South China Sea to sending ships and aircraft near disputed islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2022

Japan's Lower House rejects no-confidence motions against PM and speaker

While the outcome was never in doubt, the votes may indicate a larger split between the opposition parties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 9, 2022

COVID booster effective in preventing infection for 70% of population, Japan study says

Their findings came as U.S. biotech giant Moderna announced a new vaccine under development that targets the omicron variant.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2022

Why does the West refuse to call Putin’s Russia fascist?

Many in the West have pumped their assets into the Kremlin's mafia-capitalist system and have been corrupted in return.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2022

Donald Trump’s MAGA movement isn’t all about him

The midterm primaries are revealing that the former president's brash brand of politics, more than the man himself, is driving many Republican voters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2022

How a global food crises will unfold

The disruption to this year's harvest because of the Ukraine conflict means that the global food crisis will become even more acute in the fall and winter.
Japan Times
SPORTS / INSIDE SUMO
Jun 8, 2022

The return of degeiko training may herald more competitive sumo

That 2020 edict to ban degeiko was put in place to lower the risk of COVID-19 infection for wrestlers at a time when one rikishi had died, and the virus was raging.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2022

How Australia revived the political middle

The outcome of Australia's federal election in May should help to dispel the cynicism that leads many to think that politics never changes anything.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2022

Tumbling yen spells inflation opportunity for Bank of Japan

The cost-push inflation the weaker yen is amplifying likely offers Japan its best chance to secure stable inflation in years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2022

Global growth will be choked amid inflation and war, World Bank says

The World Bank said the war in Ukraine, supply chain chokeholds, COVID-19 lockdowns in China, and rises in energy and food prices are exacting a growing toll on economies.

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