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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 27, 2022
Attention turns to presidential poll after Taiwan ruling party thrashing
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as DPP chairwoman after the defeat, the worst showing in the party's history, highlighted that its focus on China had backfired with voters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 27, 2022
Taiwan president quits as party head after China threat bet fails to win votes
The main opposition party, the Kuomintang, was leading or claimed victory in 13 of the 21 city mayor and county chief seats up for grabs, including the capital Taipei.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2022
Deadly Xinjiang fire stirs anger at China's 'COVID-zero' policy
A deadly fire in China's Xinjiang region has spurred an outpouring of anger at the country's hard-line approach to containing the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2022
Xi tells Kim China willing to work with North Korea for 'world peace'
The message from Chinese leader Xi Jinping came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its most powerful tests yet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2022
In Washington, Macron to seek relief for Europe Inc. amid China competition
The elephant in the Oval Room will be the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. Europeans say the massive subsidy package to U.S. manufacturers could deal a lethal blow to their industries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2022
China finalizes Japanese man's indefinite prison term for drug smuggling
The Guangdong High People's Court rejected an appeal filed by the man, Takuma Sakuragi, a former member of the city assembly of Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2022
America should rethink its economic war on China
The peaceful economic relationship between the U.S. and China of the past 30 years may not have been perfect, but it is certainly better than what will come from zero-sum rivalry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2022
China’s daily COVID tally tops 30,000 for first time as curbs spread
Amid the rise in cases, officials are having to reconcile twin imperatives of being less disruptive with their restrictions while also continuing to suppress the virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2022
In a challenge to Beijing, unrest over COVID lockdowns spreads
Protests have broken out in Guangzhou and at an iPhone factory in central China, while online many have raged at authorities after the death of a girl was blamed on COVID-19 restrictions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 25, 2022
U.K. government formally discourages use of Chinese surveillance cameras
Firms subject to the new order are those required by Chinese law to share intelligence with Beijing's security services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2022
41% of Japan firms foresee lower profits in China
The survey also showed that the proportion of Japanese firms that believe their operations in India, Vietnam and Indonesia will improve stood at 63.2%, 47.6% and 47%, respectively.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2022
Outbreaks test China’s efforts to limit the cost of ‘COVID zero'
China wants to fine-tune its stringent pandemic restrictions to reduce the disruption to daily life caused by lockdowns. But officials are still taking few chances.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Nov 24, 2022
China’s grandparents are done babysitting and ready to go viral
Rapping grannies, crooning 70-year-olds and gamers in their 80s are challenging traditional Chinese views about aging and what it means to have a long and happy life.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2022
Will China prove the doomsayers wrong?
Investors seem convinced that China's new leadership lacks the know-how and independence to mount an effective response to the profound economic challenges the country faces.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2022
Violent protests erupt at Apple’s biggest iPhone plant in China
Tensions boiled over at the plant after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2022
Beijing is fixing its foul air. Why can’t New Delhi?
The return of smog season in India's capital has again left residents asking why nothing has changed. The answer may be largely political.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
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

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