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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 1, 2022
U.S. officials order Nvidia to halt sales of top AI chips to China
The company said the ban, which affects its A100 and H100 chips designed to speed up machine learning tasks, could interfere with completion of developing the H100, the firm's flagship chip.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2022
Putin brings China and India to Russia for war games defying U.S.
More than 50,000 troops and 5,000 pieces of military equipment are due to take part in the weeklong Vostok 2022 war games that start Thursday in Russia's far east.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2022
U.N. report accuses China of ‘serious’ rights abuses in Xinjiang
In its response, included with the report's publication, the Chinese government has said that the assessment 'wantonly smears and slanders China.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 1, 2022
Japan Times 1997: Japan shocked by news of Princess Diana's death
Twenty-five years ago, news of Princess Diana's death spread to Japan. Comparisons are drawn to media coverage of the Japanese royal family, and editors explain what made her popular here.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
China's Xi to push a more 'Sinocentric' approach in third term
With little change expected in broad policy direction, key outcomes from the congress will revolve around personnel — who joins Xi on the Politburo Standing Committee.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
Schools in China face third year of disrupted schedules and demanding COVID controls
Schools in major cities and across the country have postponed classes in an effort to get virus flare-ups under control.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2022
Japan is seeking its biggest defense budget ever. This may not be as dramatic as it sounds.
The Defense Ministry is seeking u00a55.59 trillion for the next fiscal year — a figure that reflects an established trend rather than a break from the past, experts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
Solomon Islands suspends all naval visits
The country has suspended visits from all foreign navies, citing a need to review approval processes, after a U.S. Coast Guard vessel was unable to refuel at its port.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2022
China fills void as foreign brands flee Russian market during war
Moscow is rewriting rules to allow its sovereign wealth fund to invest in the currencies of China, India and Turkey, after penalties blocked euro and dollar purchases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
Taiwan shoots at Chinese drone after president warns of 'strong countermeasures'
Footage of at least two drone missions showing Taiwanese soldiers at their posts, and in one case throwing rocks at a drone, have circulated widely on Chinese social media.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 30, 2022
‘The eye of the storm’: Taiwan is caught in a great game over microchips
Taiwan is the biggest producer of the world's most advanced chips. It is also rapidly becoming one of the world's most dangerous geopolitical flashpoints.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2022
There is no ‘new normal’ in the Taiwan Strait — yet
While Beijing is certainly trying hard to push in the direction of a “new normal,” Taiwan and the United States are pushing back against that notion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2022
COVID policy, political tensions dimming U.S. firms’ confidence in China, survey shows
Only 51% of respondents expressed some degree of optimism about their five-year business outlook in the world's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2022
'It felt like my insides were crying': China COVID curbs weigh on youth mental health
Medical experts fear for teenagers and young adults, who are more vulnerable due to their age and lack of control over their lives.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 30, 2022
Badminton's 'Race to Paris' Olympic qualification to begin in China
Most international sporting events in China have been canceled since the pandemic, but at least three tournaments are scheduled there in 2023, the BWF said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2022
China dismisses Taiwan complaints on drone harassment
The government in Taipei has reported repeated flights by drones on islets it controls close to the Chinese coast.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 29, 2022
Japan defense chief says world has entered 'a new era of crisis'
Yasukazu Hamada is expected to play a key role in shepherding through some of the biggest changes in Japanese defense policy in nearly a decade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 29, 2022
No longer the exception, extreme weather events becoming the norm
The impact of human-induced climate change — from deadly floods in Pakistan and record heat waves in China to famine-causing droughts in Africa — is being felt across the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 29, 2022
TICAD 8 loses steam as Kishida attends remotely due to COVID infection
The number of top-level African officials who joined the conference fell substantially from the previous TICAD meeting.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2022
Dried-out farms from China to Iowa will pressure food prices
The latest warning flare comes out of the American Midwest, where some corn is so parched stalks are missing ears of grain and soybean pods are fewer and smaller than usual.

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