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COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 5, 2022

COVID-19 and the rise of digital capitalism

The pandemic has allowed the dominant players in digital industries to conduct a full-scale experiment regarding the virtual world's assimilation of the physical one.
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BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2022

Tesla opens showroom in China’s Xinjiang region, cited by U.S. as genocide hub

The move comes just over a week after U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill requiring firms to prove their activities in Xinjiang don't involve forced labor.
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BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2022

The epic rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes

In Silicon Valley, where the line between talk and achievement is often vague, there is finally a limit to faking it.
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SOCCER / J. League / From the Spot
Jan 4, 2022

Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou taps J. League experience in blockbuster triple-signing

The three are now bound for Celtic, the legendary Scottish club that has experienced a revival under the former F. Marinos boss.
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BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2022

The rise and fall of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes: A timeline

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, 37, was accused of defrauding investors and patients with her claims of revolutionizing lab testing with a machine that used a single drop of blood.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 4, 2022

Fast-spreading omicron to test Beijing Winter Games bubble

Core to the planning is the rigidly-enforced closed loop that physically separates Games-related personnel from the local population.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 4, 2022

Germany’s post-Merkel checklist

Although the outgoing chancellor managed to avert multiple catastrophes, her caution may have exacerbated a number of other problems, including the Greek financial crisis.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 3, 2022

Former Facebook executive pushes to open social media’s ‘black boxes’

His project could accurately track what Facebook users paid the most attention to — and that irritated his bosses.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2022

U.S. Capitol riot panel faces difficult questions as anniversary approaches

Thursday marks a year since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building, leading to deaths, injuries and a traumatized nation.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 3, 2022

China moves to overhaul protections for women’s rights, sort of

The Chinese government is set to change its law governing women's rights for the first time in decades, but the obvious contradictions have left many women feeling skeptical.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 3, 2022

America’s struggle at home

America's politics have become an insider's game to favor the super-rich and corporate lobbies at the expense of the overwhelming majority of citizens.
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 2, 2022

John Madden endures as larger-than-life face of gaming empire

'You won't see Bill Belichick Football in 40 years,” EA's Donny Moore said. 'It is unique in video games. It is unique in sports how one person's name transcends the sport itself.”
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 2, 2022

The new political cry in South Korea: ‘Out with man haters’

The gender wars have infused the South Korean presidential race, largely seen as a contest for young voters.
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OLYMPICS
Jan 2, 2022

Team Canada CEO admits being worried about Beijing Games

With just over a month until the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said he is increasingly concerned if the Games can go ahead as planned.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 1, 2022

In New Year's speech, Taiwan president warns China against 'military adventurism'

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen marked the new year with a message for China: military conflict is not the answer.
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jan 1, 2022

Roger Dahl on Japan's immigration obstacles in 2022

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WORLD
Jan 1, 2022

Studies suggest why omicron is less severe: It spares the lungs

Compared with earlier variants, omicron may cause less damage to the lungs, new animal research suggests.
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JAPAN / Politics / Outlook 2022
Dec 31, 2021

2022 will offer key tests of Kishida's ability to grow into PM role

An upcoming Upper House poll and the omicron variant are among the things that will test the prime minister's capacity to build on successes and lessons from 2021.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2021

Expect more turbulent years ahead for the oil producers

The next five years may be no smoother for oil producers than its first five have been.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2021

South Korea presidential candidate pushes for nuclear-powered submarines

Lee Jae-myung also pledged to put aside 'strategic ambiguity' in the face of an intensifying Sino-U.S. rivalry, vowing pragmatic diplomacy instead.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2021

Stay or go? For Myanmar’s latest wave of refugees, there’s no good choice.

For Biak Tling and his family, who have left Myanmar entirely, it is a life in limbo as they struggle to adapt to a new environment, surrounded by numerous uncertainties about the future.
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WORLD
Dec 30, 2021

Images of 2021: COVID-19

Despite a burst of optimism as vaccinations were rolled out, the emergence of the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19 meant that life in general remained stuck in limbo in 2021.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2021

From Kabul to Kentucky: Afghans put down roots in refugee haven

The city of Bowling Green has welcomed waves of refugees over four decades, beginning with the Cambodians in the 1980s.

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