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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 1, 2020

Overlooked no more: 'Malay first' Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin takes the reins in Malaysia

Long overshadowed by colorful contemporaries, the man who emerged from a week of turmoil as Malaysia's new prime minister on Sunday is a publicity-shy picture of conservatism.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 29, 2020

Kansai businesses suffer as COVID-19 alarm hurts tourism

The Japanese expression "kankodori ga naku" (literally, "the cuckoo sings") is frequently used to describe a business slump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 29, 2020

How long can coronavirus survive on surfaces?

As the new coronavirus spreads quickly around the world, U.S. health officials say they are "aggressively" assessing how long it can survive on surfaces to better understand the risk of transmission.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2020

A letter to Lionel Messi: Stop, please!

The great soccer player and humanitarian is making it hard on writers to come with new ways to compliment him.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 29, 2020

U.S. postpones summit with ASEAN leaders amid coronavirus fears

The United States has decided to postpone a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian countries it had planned to host on March 14 due to worries about the coronavirus outbreak, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2020

Abe's bold school closure move appears spurred by criticism of virus response

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's abrupt move appears aimed at containing not only the virus, but also criticism of his handling of the growing Olympic and economic threat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2020

Iran can't be trusted to deal with coronavirus

The regime's dishonesty and indifference threaten the region and the world
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2020

Xi Jinping's coronavirus crucible

The COVID-19 epidemic presents an opportunity for Japan and other countries to rebalance their bilateral relations with China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2020

Trump denies seeking or getting election help from another country despite intel report on Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that no country was trying to help him win the November election, after a top intelligence official told lawmakers Russia was interfering in the 2020 presidential vote to help Trump win a second term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 25, 2020

Can the U.S. and Japan handle cyberattacks?

The bilateral alliance faces several challenges in any joint response to a major cyberattack.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 25, 2020

Top Australian intelligence official warns of 'unprecedented' foreign espionage threat

Australia is under an "unprecedented" threat of foreign espionage and interference, one of the country's most senior intelligence chiefs said in a rare speech, citing the case of a "sleeper agent" who spent years building business links.
Japan Times
Feb 25, 2020

JR East Group Offers Vegan and Muslim-friendly Sweets!

TOKYO, February 25, 2020 – JR East Group (TOKYO:9020) operates the Shinkansen and other trains over a network of railways that cover half the main island of Japan.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 25, 2020

'He was my everything': NBA's Kobe Bryant mourned at emotional Los Angeles arena tribute

A gallery of basketball legends joined thousands of Kobe Bryant fans in Los Angeles on Monday to pay tribute to the transcendent NBA star, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month that shocked the world of sports and beyond.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2020

Rise in COVID-19 cases in Japan prompts travel advisory revisions

At least nine governments have called on their citizens to refrain from nonessential visits or to exercise increased caution during trips to Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020

Why would Trump offer a pardon to Julian Assange?

Assange had already said that Russia was not responsible for the hacked emails about the 2016 election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2020

Big data won't save you from COVID-19

In an era where everything seems quantifiable, it's unsettling that the information we've got on this deadly outbreak is approximate at best.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2020

Michi no eki: Japan's rest areas are kings of the road

This isn't your modest highway truck stop with parking, public toilets, a few vending machines and a kiosk.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 22, 2020

Japan can't run out the clock on coronavirus

Next month the Olympic torch will arrive in Japan for a four-month relay to launch the opening ceremonies for the Tokyo summer games. But rather than anticipating the sight of Olympic torchbearers, much of Japan is fixated on a different relay: hundreds of masked passengers grimly walking off the quarantined...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2020

Virus deals new blow to Cambodian city bound to China

An influx of Chinese that some Cambodians once resented for bringing noise, dust and chaos to the port of Sihanoukville is the cause of more pain now that it has gone into reverse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Feb 21, 2020

After Hokkaido backcountry skiing deaths, experts call for enforcing 'Niseko Rules'

Following two cases of backcountry skiers being killed by avalanches in Hokkaido since the beginning of this year, safety experts in the prefecture are working to fully enforce the so-called Niseko Rules to keep skiers safe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 21, 2020

Chinese coronavirus cases rise slightly ahead of G20 meeting

China reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus on Friday, although the rise in infections remained at its slowest pace since January, a downward trend that the World Health Organization has called encouraging.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2020

South Sudan to form unity government by Saturday deadline

Oil-rich South Sudan's former rebel leader and its president will form a unity government by Saturday's deadline, they announced on Thursday, quashing fears the deadline would be pushed back again.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 19, 2020

Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams and teachers amid wariness over 'separatism' risk

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would curb the practice of foreign countries sending imams and teachers to France to crack down on what he called the risk of "separatism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 18, 2020

Rare release of Xi's speech on coronavirus puzzles top China watchers

China's elite politics are a black box, and the country's leaders like to keep it that way. That's what makes the events of this weekend so perplexing — even to seasoned China watchers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2020

ICC trial in The Hague one option for Sudan's al-Bashir, says minister

Sudan could send former leader Omar al-Bashir and other suspects to The Hague for trial before the International Criminal Court, but any decision would need approval from military and civilian rulers, the information minister said on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 18, 2020

'Every scenario on the table' in China virus outbreak, says WHO chief

The latest data provided by China on people infected with coronavirus indicate a decline in new cases but "every scenario is still on the table" in terms of the epidemic's evolution, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

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