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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2021

China expected to favor green tech over coal in new five-year plan

China is today the world's largest emitter of planet-heating gases, responsible for about 28% of total global emissions.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2021

Elite bureaucrat's resignation takes the wind out of Suga's sails

Makiko Yamada's scandal-linked resignation jeopardizes attempts by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to rally support following his heavily criticized handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 1, 2021

Yuki Kawamura vows to use disappointing season as fuel for future success

The 19-year-old phenomenon remains determined to learn from players he felt bested him this year and achieve his long-standing goal of playing on the national team.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 1, 2021

Collin Morikawa wins Workday Championship, pays tribute to injured Tiger Woods

Collin Morikawa continued to solidify his place among the next generation of golf by winning for the third time in eight months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 1, 2021

Australian Parliament rocked by historic rape allegation against minister

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is under pressure to address what's described as a toxic culture in Canberra. The alleged victim in the latest case killed herself last June.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2021

The five places where food prices are getting people worried

Global food prices are at the highest in more than six years because of demand from China, vulnerable supply chains and adverse weather.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2021

Japan's Mizuho halts service at card-eating ATMs

Japan's Mizuho Bank stopped service at some of its automated teller machines (ATMs) on Sunday after the machines devoured customers' cash cards and bank books.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2021

Vaccine fears are crippling China’s COVID-19 fight

The country has so far managed to administer just 2.89 doses per 100 people (or 40.5 million shots), far behind the 19.33 doses for every 100 people in the United States.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2021

U.S. signals it will implement tough rule curbing China tech threats

The Trump-era rule would give the Commerce Department broad authority to prohibit transactions involving 'foreign adversaries.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2021

Biden's trade nominee Katherine Tai vows to end 'race to the bottom'

At her Senate confirmation hearing to become U.S. trade representative, Tai called for a revamp of global trade rules to eliminate what she called 'gray areas' exploited by China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2021

U.S. conducts airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia in Syria

A U.S. official said the strikes were meant to send a signal that while the United States wanted to punish the militias, it did not want the situation to spiral into a bigger conflict.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2021

Biden and Saudi King Salman talk by phone ahead of Khashoggi report

The Saudi journalist and U.S. resident was lured to the Saudi mission in Istanbul in 2018 then killed and dismembered by agents linked to the Saudi crown prince.
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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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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 26, 2021

Mori’s resignation highlights changing gender norms

Yoshiro Mori reportedly decided to resign immediately after the remarks. It was the secretariat of the organizing committee who strongly pleaded with him to stay in his position.
Japan Times
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
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2021

LGBTQ Americans inch closer to 'freedom' as House passes Equality Act

By a vote of 224 to 206, the House passed the landmark Equality Act, which amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 25, 2021

'No other option': Deadly India floods bare conflicts from hydropower boom

Experts say rampant construction is adding to the burden weighing on rural communities across the Himalayas.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 25, 2021

For Tracy Hyde balances idyllic nostalgia with political unease on ‘Ethernity’

Guitarist Azusa Suga based part of the sound for the Tokyo rock band's new album “Ethernity” on American suburbia and pop culture from the 1990s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 25, 2021

‘Heisei no Oto’: A sonic trip to the golden age of CDs

Osaka record store owners Eiji Taniguchi and Norio Sato have unearthed some musical treasures from 1989-96 for this bright and buoyant compilation.

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