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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2023
Japan's financial regulator sounds out top banks about China risks
The Financial Services Agency has asked whether they have plans in place if Sino-Western tensions escalate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 19, 2023
Blinken meets Xi as U.S. and China look to rein in soaring tensions
The U.S. secretary of state's meeting with Xi came just hours after China’s top diplomat said Washington and Beijing must choose between “cooperation or conflict.”
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2023
Alibaba founder Jack Ma gives first seminar in Tokyo as professor
Ma addressed students as part of an event for the University of Tokyo's Tokyo College about entrepreneurship and the future, conducting a two-hour seminar.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2023
Their parents made China the world's factory. Can the children save the family business?
Tens of thousands of young Chinese are inheriting businesses that can no longer rely on labor-intensive models that made China the world's largest exporter.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 19, 2023
Amid U.S.-China rivalry, a landmark science deal faces new scrutiny
A debate is underway within the U.S. government about whether to let the U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement expire later this year or to renegotiate the deal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2023
Top U.S. diplomat meets Chinese foreign minister in bid to tamp down soaring tensions
The bar for a successful two-day meeting will be low for both Washington and Beijing as they look to at least prevent ties from bottoming out.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2023
Canada’s snap retreat from China bank shows divided world
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced it would halt all activities with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank while the government conducts a review.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2023
Taiwan seeks closer EU ties in return for chip investment
European countries should strengthen relations with Taiwan if they want continued Taiwanese investment in semiconductor production, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2023
Hong Kong student indicted over social media posts made from Japan
The case adds to fears over a sweeping national security law that is being deployed beyond Hong Kong's borders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2023
Tesla's China expansion hits speed bump amid industry overcapacity
Tesla's ambitious plan to boost auto production in Shanghai, its most valuable plant globally, hinges on China's approvals to develop 70 hectares of former farmland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 17, 2023
The top U.S. envoy is bound for China with a low bar for a successful visit
Experts agree that few, if any, concrete deliverables are likely to emerge from Antony Blinken's trip. But, some say, that shouldn’t get in the way of talking.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2023
Japan, U.S. and Philippine national security chiefs hold first meeting
The senior officials are looking to expand cooperation in the face of China's military threats in the East and South China Seas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2023
U.S. chip giant Micron to invest $600 million in China plant despite Beijing crackdown
In a statement, the firm said it would invest the funds over the next few years in its plant in the city of Xi'an to acquire equipment and add a new factory at the facility.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2023
Xi tells Bill Gates he hopes for cooperation with the U.S.
Gates, who arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, told Xi that he was 'honored' to have the chance to meet after the Chinese leader halted travel abroad during the pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2023
China’s spying in Cuba picks up where the Soviet Union left off
Beijing’s reported efforts at surveillance from Cuba are reminiscent of Lourdes, a Soviet-built listening post just south of Havana.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2023
Why East Asia’s stroller brands have started chasing fur babies too
As birthrates decline across much of the region, baby goods firms in these markets are increasingly turning their attention to the pet business.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2023
Chinese man arrested in Japan over alleged tech leak.
The 59-year-old man, who worked at a Japanese research institute, has been held on suspicion of violating unfair competition laws, a police spokesman said. 
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 15, 2023
Seoul holds firm as Beijing slams South Korea for moving closer to U.S.
Long wary of alienating China, the push by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to build closer security and economic ties with Washington and Tokyo has raised concern in Beijing.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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