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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2021

U.S. seeks to put Saudi crown prince in his place — for now

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have been spared direct punishment after a U.S. intelligence report implicated him in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but he has not emerged unscathed.
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CULTURE / Books
Feb 27, 2021

'The Committed': Viet Thanh Nguyen writes unreliable narrators because he is one, too

Like his Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, 'The Sympathizer,” Viet Thanh Nguyen's new novel, 'The Committed,” hinges on questions about individual and collective identity and memory.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 27, 2021

Hunting for a giant black hole, astronomers found a nest of darkness

No Gargantua dwells at the heart of stellar cluster NGC 6397. Instead, a few dozen smaller black holes seem to be swarming around in there, throwing their considerable masses around.
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JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021

An ‘old men’s club’ dominates Japan. The young just put them on notice.

Change may come slowly in Japanese society, but social media has offered an outlet for a younger generation stifled by a rigid hierarchy.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2021

China punishes those who question ‘martyrs.’ A sleuth keeps track.

An online spreadsheet with an anonymous minder tabulates Xi Jinping's crackdown on speech.
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WORLD
Feb 26, 2021

India beats China at its own game in vaccine diplomacy fight

India's pharmaceutical industry had already made the South Asian nation the main supplier of essential medicines to the developing world.
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BASKETBALL
Feb 26, 2021

New Zealand pulls out of Olympic basketball qualifiers

New Zealand's men's basketball team has withdrawn from Olympic qualifiers in Serbia due to costs associated with COVID-19 protocols and international travel, the country's governing body (BBNZ) said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2021

Australia’s face-off with Facebook is of global import

In one clumsy strike, Facebook unified the entire Australian political spectrum, alienated its users and underlined just why tech giants require enforceable regulation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2021

Twitter’s moment in the sun won’t last

Does Twitter deserve the benefit of the doubt? They may see something to cheer but, at least for now, I don't.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 26, 2021

Pandemic likely made 2020 'another devastating year' for world's forests

The spread of the virus weakened environmental regulations, cut funding for protection work and forced city migrants back to rural areas.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2021

China vows five-year plan dedicated to climate, but growth and security concerns weigh

Experts say Beijing is still likely to give regions leeway to focus on growth and build new coal-fired power stations to head off energy shortages.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 26, 2021

Boisterous children and noisy neighbors put on the map in Japan

A new website is pledging to help house hunters avoid neighborhoods inhabited by 'stupid parents who let their children play on roads and parking lots.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Feb 25, 2021

Japan's ties with Myanmar put to the test after military coup

Tokyo has been cautious about implementing sanctions on the Myanmar regime to avoid jeopardizing the relationship it has built with military leaders over decades.
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BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2021

Apple partner Foxconn to develop electric vehicles in tie-up with Fisker

In October, Foxconn introduced its first-ever EV chassis and software platform, and has two light vehicles and a bus planned for around the fourth quarter.
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WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 25, 2021

In Brazil, Indigenous leader proves unlikely ally in Bolsonaro's mining drive

Irisnaide Silva leads one of two main Indigenous groups in the Amazonian state of Roraima. Many see her as a traitor manipulated by intruders keen to grab lands and resources.
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JAPAN
Feb 25, 2021

Deaths in Japan fall for the first time in more than a decade

The health ministry reported that the number of deaths across the nation dropped by more than 9,300 in 2020 to around 1.4 million.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021

Germany’s empty pipeline logic

The pipeline across the Baltic has pitted the United States and the European Union against Germany, and a swelling chorus of domestic critics against German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2021

The Russia strategy Europe needs

Europe no longer has any illusions that Russia is on a trajectory toward liberal democracy that could be accelerated through engagement.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2021

Antony Blinken, without leaving U.S., tries to mend fences with allies abroad

As part of his effort to re-energize American alliances frayed by the Donald Trump years, Blinken has spoken with dozens of his counterparts around the world but has yet to leave the U.S.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2021

A digital firewall in Myanmar, built with guns and wire cutters

The military has repeatedly shut off the internet, isolating a country that had only in the past few years linked to the outside world.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 24, 2021

As pandemic took hold, suicide rose among Japanese women

In Japan, 6,976 women took their lives last year, nearly 15% more than in 2019. It was the first year-over-year increase in more than a decade.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 24, 2021

Tiger Woods suffers serious leg injuries in car wreck

Golfing champion Tiger Woods was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday with severe leg injuries suffered when his car swerved off a road and rolled down a steep hillside, requiring rescue crews to pry him from the wreckage.
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CULTURE / Books
Feb 24, 2021

Beat Generation beacon Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at age 101

Poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, whose City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco became a West Coast literary haven for Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, has died at the age of 101.
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 23, 2021

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen: The latest podcast duo

Former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are liberal icons, vacationing friends and rhapsodists about the dreams and travails of everyday Americans.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 22, 2021

J. League and NPB hopeful current attendance limits will be eased

The members of the Nippon Professional Baseball and J. League joint COVD-19 task force feel their knowledge about the virus and the data they’ve collected has grown exponentially as they enter the body's second year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2021

The COVID-19 Revolution

The pandemic, it turns out, is not only a scourge but also a source of revelation.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2021

Strike grips Myanmar as anti-coup protesters defy junta's lethal warning

Three weeks after seizing power, the junta has failed to stop daily protests and a civil disobedience movement calling for the reversal of the Feb. 1 coup.

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