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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2021

China using surveillance firms to help write ethnicity-tracking specs

Concern over racial detection in facial recognition systems is growing globally.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 29, 2020

The lessons from East Asia's coronavirus successes

Japan and its neighbors have largely fared better than the West during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now have a duty to pass on their knowledge.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2020

China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet

The program mirrors the one in the western Xinjiang region that rights groups have branded coercive labor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2020

Waves of Russian and Emirati flights fuel Libyan war, U.N. finds

As war raged in Libya last winter, a dozen world leaders gathered in Berlin to talk peace. The contradictions surrounding the conference were no secret: Many of the global leaders who pledged to end foreign meddling in Libya’s conflict were themselves fueling it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2020

China pressured EU to drop COVID-19 disinformation criticism, sources say

China sought to block a European Union report alleging that Beijing was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak, according to four sources and diplomatic correspondence reviewed by Reuters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2020

Japanese response to alleged global Chinese assault on rights 'lukewarm,' rights group says

Human Rights Watch released a scathing report Wednesday slamming the Chinese government for crafting an "Orwellian high-tech surveillance state" at home and deploying its growing economic clout to silence its critics overseas, while an official with the group criticized Japan's response to alleged rights...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2019

Time for America to see the real world

America's endless political battle over Russiagate is eclipsing other important national and international matters.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 21, 2018

J. League touts star power and digital marketing developments

For fans of the J. League, there is perhaps no date more anticipated than the opening day of the season.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2018

Action needed to combat hunger

The number of people suffering from hunger is rising, in large part because of conflict and climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2017

Amazon comes knocking on remote Australia, where brick-and-mortar retailers are king

Amazon.com Inc., which has lost billions overseas trying to replicate its U.S. success, is now attempting to crack one of the biggest and most sparsely populated nations where bricks-and-mortar retailers are king.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2017

North Korea declares medium-range missile ready 'for action,' shows off apparent photos from space

North Korea said Monday that its test-firing a day earlier of a solid-fuel, medium-range missile capable of striking most of Japan was "perfect" and that the weapon was ready to be deployed "for action."
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

Kim assassination a wake-up call

North Korea is not a curiosity to ignore, it is a danger to be confronted.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 16, 2017

Japanese law for endangered wildlife set for what critics call toothless revamp

The Law on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is set to be revised once again to further improve government measures to prevent vulnerable animal and plant species from becoming extinct.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2016

U.S. institute warns Pyongyang may be 'significantly' upping nuclear bomb output

North Korea may be significantly expanding its nuclear weapons production and could have added six or more weapons to its stockpile in the last 18 months, a U.S. research institute said on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2015

U.S. downplayed evidence of abuses in Chinese detention camps

After China abolished a notorious penal system based on forced labor in December 2013, the United States rewarded Beijing by removing the world's most populous country from a global blacklist of countries that are failing to combat modern-day slavery.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2015

WHO'S dubious claims on processed meats

The WHO report classifying processed meats as a Group 1 carcinogen falls short on many levels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 8, 2015

Sincere climate pledge or 'sleight of hand'?

Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet announced Japan would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2030, based on 2013 levels. The plan will be presented to delegates at a United Nations conference on climate change in Paris this December.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2015

Japan's 'deep remorse' over war spelled out in Diplomatic Bluebook

Japan is actively contributing to world peace and stability based on the pledge of never waging war that grew out of "deep remorse" over World War II, according to the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic policy report for 2015, which was released Tuesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Feb 21, 2015

Inside the trenches of environmental rights

With the gruesome beheadings of journalists in the Middle East, an ugly truth is now common knowledge — being a reporter can be deadly.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2014

CIA torture: time to move on?

Even Sen. John McCain, who knows more about the subject of 'torture' than any other American politician since he was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, confines himself to saying that torture is not a useful instrument for yielding credible information. He avoids mentioning it is also a grave crime under international law.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2014

Panel lists steps for bypassing Article 9

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security panel proposes revising Japan's interpretation of the Constitution to circumvent Article 9 and risk war in the name of collective self-defense.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2014

U.N. accuses both sides in South Sudan conflict of crimes against humanity

The United Nations on Thursday accused both government and rebel forces in South Sudan of committing crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and other sexual violence, during almost five months of fighting that has left thousands of people dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2013

Nuke 'black box' needed: investigator

The global nuclear power industry needs to share cross-border information to prevent accidents, replicating the transparency of international air traffic control, according to the head of an investigation into the disaster at Fukushima No. 1.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 29, 2012

Tsunami lessons for Tohoku from Tamil Nadu

On Dec. 26, 2004, a massive tsunami blasted across the Indian Ocean, cutting a swath of destruction through communities in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India that claimed a staggering 230,000 lives.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 26, 2010

Who are the oldies to fault young people's various social skills?

Haragei is a word you don't hear very much anymore. Literally "belly art," haragei refers to the variety of persuasive communication that is done not with words but with the silent force of personality. Think of being stared down by a man sitting like a pot-bellied stove in front of you. But to be a...
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2010

Think tank plugs Okinawa peace training center

A Tokyo-based think tank submitted a research report Wednesday to Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, calling on Japan to turn Okinawa into a training hub for peace operations, with participants including the United States, Australia, China, South Korea and Taiwan.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2010

Plenty of sites already considered, rejected

OSAKA — With possible new locations for the Futenma air base being suggested or reported on a seemingly daily basis, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama now has very few political options to propose to the U.S.
Palestinian women stand in a window of a damaged building in Gaza in January.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2025

U.N. experts accuse Israel of genocidal acts and sexual violence in Gaza

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the report's findings, saying they were biased and antisemitic.

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