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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 2, 2020

China’s central bank is signaling peak of easing has passed

Gov. Yi Gang has urged markets to start thinking about an 'exit” from the looser financial policies of earlier this year despite its historic first-quarter slump.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 1, 2020

Japan's new plastic bag charge: What it means for consumers and the environment

The new rule is aimed at reducing the amount of plastic that ends up in the country's rivers, forests, streams and, ultimately, surrounding oceans.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2020

Japan's return to state of emergency an option, but only in 'worst-case scenario'

Remarks by the government's top spokesman came before Tokyo confirmed 67 COVID-19 cases — the highest daily figure since 87 were reported on May 4.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2020

Secession, subversion, terrorism: China unveils Hong Kong's national security laws

New Hong Kong security laws came into effect on Wednesday that will punish crimes of secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison, heralding a more authoritarian era for China's freest city.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2020

Young blood may not be enough to curb Japan’s support for coal power

New language in a high-profile policy review shifting focus toward renewables is expected to be largely be symbolic, said sources familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 29, 2020

Washington, Seoul and Bolton’s bombshell memoir

On June 24, South Korea and the United States commemorated the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. The two nations’ defense chiefs reaffirmed their commitment to the bilateral alliance, which “is built on mutual trust and shared values of freedom, democracy, human rights, and the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 27, 2020

Daiichi Sankyo in talks with AstraZeneca on virus vaccine supply in Japan

Daiichi Sankyo Co. is in discussions to provide supplies of a potential coronavirus vaccine now being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and the University of Oxford for use in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 26, 2020

Japan’s structural problems exposed by COVID-19 crisis

A crisis exposes the contradiction inherent in a society in various forms. That is an important lesson from history. The confusion caused by the COVID-19 crisis has brought various problems of Japanese society into focus. But that also means an opportunity to drastically reform society in one go. It...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2020

Survey shows Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests may be losing steam

Support for yearlong pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has slipped, now getting the backing of a slim majority, as the city braces for the imposition of Beijing-drafted national security legislation, a survey conducted for Reuters showed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2020

Japan's retailers gain as sales data hints at post-outbreak rebound

Nitori same-store sales jumped 47 percent in June from the same month the previous year, the most on record in data going back to 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 23, 2020

Japan says U.S. hasn't requested more money to host American troops

The United States has not asked Tokyo to pay more to keep its troops in the country, Japan's defense minister said Tuesday, after former national security adviser John Bolton wrote in his tell-all memoir that he had conveyed President Donald Trump's demand for an $8 billion annual payment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2020

Trump demanded Japan cough up $8 billion for U.S. troops — or risk pullout, Bolton says

Ex-top U.S. official writes that the president told him the best way to get allies like Japan to pay for substantial increases is 'to threaten to withdraw all U.S. forces.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2020

Great expectations: Has Koike delivered on parenting, gender and climate?

Some believe support from the marginalized voices that christened Koike's first victory may no longer be present during the upcoming vote.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jun 18, 2020

Millions of abandoned oil wells leaking methane, becoming climate menace

Leaks from abandoned wells have long been recognized as an environmental problem, a health hazard and a public nuisance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 16, 2020

Japan's long-term foreign policy: building resilience

Japan's domestic political flux coincides with a deterioration in its geopolitical environment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 16, 2020

Is sudden decision to 'suspend' Aegis Ashore deployment a setback or a calculated retreat?

With Trump distracted by domestic issues, Abe may have judged the timing as ripe for halting the U.S.-made missile system without facing too much of a backlash.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 16, 2020

Carrie Lam says opponents of security law are 'enemy of the people'

Law to curtail 'troublemakers,' not freedoms according to Carrie Lam
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2020

Tokyo reports 24 new COVID-19 cases as capital sees 20-plus infections for third straight day

Tokyo reported 24 new cases of novel coronavirus infections Saturday, a level slightly lower than the 25 logged the previous day but the third straight day that the capital saw at least 20 cases.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

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