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Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021
Escalating U.S.-China solar spat threatens Biden green goals
Multiple companies have had solar components detained at U.S. ports in the aftermath of a Biden administration ban on equipment using raw materials originally from Hoshine Silicon Industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2021
Japan seafood imports may include fish from Chinese ships flagged for rights abuses
Several of the Chinese fishing vessels belonged to a company based in Dalian that was embargoed by the U.S. government in May for the use of slave labor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021
Huawei CFO awaits Canadian ruling on extradition to U.S. after hearing ends
Prosecutors in New York have charged Meng Wanzhou with fraud, claiming she lied to HSBC about Huawei's operations in Iran as part of a scheme to violate U.S. trade sanctions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2021
Japan's exports rose 37% in July on year, as virus rebound continues
Rising for the fifth month in a row, exports totaled u00a57.36 trillion ($67 billion), lifted by robust shipments of cars, auto parts semiconductors and chip-making equipment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2021
Green-push dilemma: China's steel curbs could cripple price-control efforts
Analysts say it won't be easy for China to balance emission goals and economic targets, but it will try to ease supply shortfalls and price rises with export tariffs and higher imports.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn deletes erroneous Taiwan tweet after Chinese media labels him 'dotard'
The lawmaker, a known China hawk, wrongly claimed that the United States currently has 30,000 troops stationed in self-ruled Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 17, 2021
China trumpets U.S. decline, but Asia's lessons from Afghan chaos hard to discern
Even as Chinese state media seizes on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as a signal of America's decline, the view from Beijing's halls of power is likely far more nuanced.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 17, 2021
Valuing China assets no easy task after $1 trillion regulatory wipeout
Analysts who were bullish on Chinese stocks heading into the tumult are now assessing the damage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2021
Taiwan would not collapse like Afghanistan, premier says
Premier Su Tseng-chang offered an indirect warning to powerful neighbor China not to be 'deluded' into thinking it could take the island in an invasion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2021
China’s education crackdown pushes costly tutors underground
Regulations intended to redress the balance for students could end up skewing it further, as extra assistance becomes available only to the richest.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2021
With Afghanistan’s collapse, a moment for Moscow and Beijing
The roles played by China and Russia now may well determine whether Afghanistan becomes a threat to the region and the wider world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2021
How many Olympic medals are enough?
Is the obsession with winning Olympic glory a healthy form of patriotism or an unhealthy kind of nationalism?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2021
China’s recovery weakens as delta outbreak adds new risks
China's slowdown has added to signs that the global recovery is faltering.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2021
‘Our hands and feet are tied’: Hong Kong’s opposition quits in droves
The landslide victory of pro-democracy politicians in local elections in 2019 was a stunning rebuke of Beijing. Now, fear of retaliation has driven them to quit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2021
Spring Airlines Japan bets on post-pandemic China tourism boom
Spring Airlines Co. and Japan Airlines Co. are anticipating a post-pandemic tourism boom between China and Japan for their joint-owned budget carrier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2021
Ex-regulators earn $460,000 to help firms decode China crackdown
Companies are scouring ministries and regulators for officials willing to cross over and help them navigate the moves that have upended some of the nation's most high-profile firms.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2021
As Taliban advances, China lays groundwork to accept an awkward reality
China, which has called religious extremism a destabilizing force in its western Xinjiang region, must also hews to its policy of noninterference in the internal affairs of other countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2021
Japan and South Korea tensions flare on war-end anniversary
Visits to Yasukuni Shrine by sitting members of the Cabinet are typically seen as crossing a diplomatic red line among victims of Japan's wartime aggression in South Korea and China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2021
Three Cabinet members visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, Suga sends offering
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, education minister Koichi Hagiuda and World Expo minister Shinji Inoue separately went to Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2021
Japan animation industry sales fall 1.8% in 2020, first drop in decade
Sales in Japan's animation production industry fell 1.8% on year in 2020, the first drop in a decade, as hit movies such as the record-breaking success of the film on the blockbuster "Demon Slayer" manga series failed to offset the pandemic impact, according to a credit research firm.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
Japan mostly spared in global IT meltdown despite reports of some bugs
A screen displays an error message at a self-checkout terminal of a supermarket in Sydney on Friday.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
German, French and Spanish fighter aircraft arrive in Japan for joint drills
Two Air Self-Defense Force F-15s (right) escort two German Air Force Eurofighter jets and an A330MRTT aerial tanker on their arrival in Japan Friday. The ASDF is conducting training exercises with the German, French and Spanish air forces this weekend.

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