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Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 2, 2021
China to hold World Cup qualifiers in UAE due to travel restrictions
China, attempting to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 2002, has yet to play at home in the final round of Asian preliminaries for Qatar 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2021
Guests locked in Shanghai Disneyland as China maintains strict COVID-19 controls
Nearly 34,000 people underwent testing, which ended close to midnight. Ferried home on 220 special buses, all were negative but are still required to isolate and retest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2021
China and Russia revive push to lift U.N. sanctions on North Korea
The sanctions on industries that Russia and China have proposed lifting previously earned North Korea hundreds of millions of dollars.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Nov 2, 2021
AUKUS has a significant part to play in the 'new Cold War' against China
The grouping of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has beefed up maritime capabilities, but has also created tension and suspicion among friends.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2021
Xi hasn’t left China in 21 months. COVID-19 may be only part of the reason.
Xi Jinping's lack of face time with world leaders signals a turn inward on domestic issues and a reluctance to compromise on the global stage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2021
Top U.S. and Chinese diplomats lock horns over Taiwan
The meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was their first in-person talks since a fiery exchange in Alaska in March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2021
Troubles in China’s ‘Christmas Town’ mean higher holiday prices
Factories are being hit by a shortage of raw materials that's raising their production costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Nov 1, 2021
China's property woes put prestige global projects in play
China's property sector woes could spell trouble for prestige mega-projects in London, New York, Sydney and other top cities as the developers behind them scramble for cash.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2021
Bold foreign policy moves unlikely as Kishida bides time ahead of Upper House election
Kishida has laid out pressing foreign policy priorities — from a tougher stance on China to bolstering the U.S.-Japan alliance. But don't expect radical changes from the new leader.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2021
Printing coupons and eating swans typify North Korea's economic and food woes
North Korea has long suffered from food insecurity, with observers saying that mismanagement of the economy is exacerbated by international sanctions over its nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 31, 2021
COP26 aims to banish coal. Asia is building hundreds of power plants to burn it.
In Asia, home to 60% of the world's population, coal's use is growing rather than shrinking as rapidly developing countries seek to meet booming demand for power.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2021
U.S. successfully tests hypersonic booster motor for weapon in Utah
The Pentagon successfully tested a booster rocket motor on Thursday designed to power a launch vehicle carrying a hypersonic weapon aloft, the U.S. Navy said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2021
China’s 'tiger moms' switch kids to sports after tutoring purge
Beijing's clampdown has sent parents scrambling to find alternative classes that give their children an advantage in the nation's intensely competitive education and labor market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2021
Isolated China is cracking under the strain of keeping COVID-19 out
The toll of the nation's tough measures on its people and economy has been so severe — with little payoff in terms of eliminating the pathogen — that some are speaking out.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2021
U.S. spy agencies say origins of COVID-19 may never be known
U.S. intelligence agencies said on Friday they may never be able to identify the origins of COVID-19, as they released a new, more detailed version of their review of whether the coronavirus came from animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 29, 2021
China trading apps tank after official calls them ‘illegal’
Some online brokerages operate in a gray area, allowing Chinese investors to evade capital controls to trade in markets like Hong Kong and New York.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2021
Nuclear-powered submarines for Australia? Maybe not so fast.
Complications could slow or sink the whole endeavor, leaving gaps in defenses and questions about security promises kept.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 29, 2021
U.S. says it’s working with Taiwan to secure chip supply chain
Global supply chains have been strained by a pair of pandemic-related problems: labor issues and a surge in demand for goods.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2021
It was a good week for ASEAN
The ASEAN meeting included talks with Japan, the U.S., Australia and China that reaffirmed the organization's “centrality” to those countries' thinking about the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2021
Deciphering Biden's remarks on defending Taiwan
Some in Tokyo are wondering if Washington changed its traditional strategic “ambiguity” policy on Taiwan to “clarity.”

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