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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2022

China moves Xinjiang police boss to top PLA role in Hong Kong

Maj. Gen. Peng Jingtang will work to 'firmly safeguard” the stability of Hong Kong, raising fears that Beijing is taking an increasingly hard line on security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2022

Philippines urges Indonesia to lift coal export ban

The Philippines' move follows similar requests from other Asian governments such as Japan and South Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 9, 2022

Reopening the world and ourselves

What have we learned about nationalism and globalization that we can carry into a post-pandemic future?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2022

Trial looms after seaside gathering of Chinese activists

Once commonplace, get-togethers among Chinese rights campaigners have become increasingly risky under Xi Jinping's hard-line rule.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2022

U.S. details costs of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Biden administration and its allies are developing new possible sanctions ahead of a series of meetings to defuse the crisis with Moscow.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 8, 2022

T.J. Watt and Cooper Kupp chasing NFL records during final week

The Steelers' Watt and the Rams' Kupp could make history in Week 18.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 8, 2022

Putin sends message to the West as his troops turn tide in Kazakhstan

Ahead of high-stakes security talks with the U.S., it also sent a reminder of just how determined the Russian president is to defend what he sees as his own neighborhood.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 8, 2022

Exciting translations and books about Japan to bookmark for 2022

From Yoko Tawada's “Scattered All Over the Earth” to Sayaka Murata's “Life Ceremony,” this year's new releases are sure to brighten up your 2022.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 7, 2022

Taiwan’s 2021 exports soar to new record on tech demand

The island saw double-digit growth for a tenth month, with 2021 shipments reaching $446 billion due to soaring demand for technology products and components.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 7, 2022

China bets on a common prosperity

China's leaders believe their country is on the verge of a transformation into a truly “modern socialist economy.” They're not alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2022

The Jan. 6 riot and the possessive white male

In the grand scheme of things, it is tempting to interpret the far-right's rage now and on Jan. 6 as a sign that things ultimately are changing for the better as theirs is a losing battle.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2022

Hong Kong: Where East and West no longer meet

The Hong Kong legislature's willingness to give the government a free pass means liberty is under threat.
Japan Times
SUMO
Jan 7, 2022

Terunofuji enters New Year Basho with few serious challengers to throne

Anything other than a third straight championship for the Isegahama stable man at the upcoming January tournament would be a surprise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2022

New York Times to buy the Athletic in $550 million deal

While the purchase will add to revenue growth immediately, the Times expects the acquisition to reduce its operating profit for about three years.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Jan 7, 2022

“Integrating sustainability through local and global strategies” with Gavin Dixon

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director, Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events broadcasted in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 7, 2022

Debt-for-climate swaps make sense

The suitability of conditional debt relief as a financing tool for low-income countries to tackle climate change is not always obvious.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2022

Debate emerges over how to shrink Fed’s $8 trillion bond pile

Federal Reserve officials have begun debating how to approach shrinking a stockpile of more than $8 trillion of bonds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2022

Japan's security role and Taiwan seen in focus at 'two-plus-two' talks with U.S.

Tension over democratically ruled Taiwan has risen over the past two years as China steps up military and diplomatic pressure to assert its sovereignty over the island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 6, 2022

Hair-loss treatment for votes? South Korea's hairy debate

The Democratic Party presidential candidate has divided opinion with his proposal to allow public health care insurance to cover hair-loss treatment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2022

City of London policy chief says COVID is masking Brexit's hit to finance hub

The U.K.'s financial sector lost most of its access to the European Union — which had been its single biggest export customer — after completing its exit from the bloc a year ago.
Japan Times
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Jan 6, 2022

Antonio Brown points finger at Buccaneers over controversial exit

'Coach was telling me that if I didn't play hurt, then I was done with the Bucs. 'I didn't quit. I was cut. I didn't walk away from my brothers. I was thrown out.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2022

Russia sends troops to Kazakhstan to put down deadly uprising

Russia sent paratroopers into Kazakhstan on Thursday to help put down a countrywide uprising after deadly violence spread across the tightly controlled former Soviet state.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 5, 2022

Behind Brazil's 'green' charcoal industry, illegal deforestation and workers' misery

This year, 66 workers were found in slavery-like conditions at just one site, according to the head of the Brazil's anti-slavery authority.

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