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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2021
Japan defense official warns Myanmar coup could increase China's influence
Myanmar's army seized power Monday, declaring a state of emergency, and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with other government officials.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 2, 2021
Wuhan or Wu-Tang? Canadian diplomat's T-shirt logo angers China
Canada said it regretted a "misunderstanding" after China lodged a formal complaint over a diplomat's order of a custom T-shirt displaying the word Wuhan, the city where the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, over the emblem of hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 2, 2021
China’s top diplomat warns Biden not to touch internal affairs
In China's most high-profile remarks to a U.S. audience since Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration, Yang Jiechi says Washington must not cross Beijing's 'red line.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2021
Hong Kong threatens to knock down doors to force COVID-19 tests
Government targeting those who don't respond to authorities conducting mandatory-testing blitzes as the city tries to end a persistent winter wave of coronavirus cases.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2021
China helps Serbia get ahead on vaccines as Europe faces delays
Serbia's history of balancing its geopolitical interests is paying off at a critical time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2021
On China, Biden should be like Trump
The contrast with President Donald Trump's divisive, isolationist rhetoric could not be sharper. But adopting a different tone is easier than reversing America's relative decline.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2021
India-Japan cyber cooperation: From strength to strength
In India, defense experts fear allowing Huawei and ZTE's 5G technology in India would seriously compromise the entire command and communication structure of the Indian military.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2021
Push to go electric could wipe out Japan’s cheap microcars
Electrification can add u00a51 million to u00a52 million to the price tag of a smaller kei vehicle, potentially doubling its price.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2021
With Kuaishou, ex-Googler turns virtual gifts into a $61 billion business
The ByteDance Ltd. rival has become the biggest livestreaming platform for virtual gifts, with more paying monthly users than any other in the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2021
China gene firm providing worldwide COVID-19 tests worked with Chinese military
BGI Group's links to the People's Liberation Army, which have not been previously reported, include research with China's top military supercomputing experts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2021
China arrivals to offset any exodus to U.K., Hong Kong aide says
On Jan. 31, the U.K. will begin accepting visa applications for as many as 2.9 million eligible Hong Kong residents and 2.3 million additional dependents.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2021
U.S. slams Chinese warplanes' flights, but says carrier wasn't at risk
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command silent on reported simulated attack but lambastes Chinese military moves as the latest 'aggressive and destabilizing actions” designed 'to intimidate or coerce.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 29, 2021
WHO team in Wuhan visits hospital that treated early COVID-19 cases
The mission to look at COVID-19's origins has been plagued by delays, concern over access and bickering between China and the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 29, 2021
Will Biden’s emphasis on alliances go anywhere?
Even if allies strike a deal with the current U.S. administration, there is always the fear that it may be overturned in four years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2021
Alibaba investors still uneasy after crackdown on Jack Ma’s empire
The Chinese giant is projected to unveil its slowest pace of third-quarter sales growth in five years on Tuesday, while confronting potentially the biggest crisis of its two-decade existence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Jan 28, 2021
'Japan’s Marine Corps': The nation's first responders for remote island defense
The Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade was established in 2018 to respond to security situations that require faster mobilization of land, sea, and air forces.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2021
Why some in Japan are unsettled about Biden
There is a strong undercurrent of nostalgia for some of the more combative elements of the Trump administration among a swath of both Japan officialdom and the public.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2021
With Biden, Washington returns to normalcy: But 'strategic patience' with China?
If the Biden administration applied the abortive “strategic patience” concept to China, many in Tokyo would indeed be concerned.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
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.

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