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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 7, 2022
Blinken aims to reaffirm U.S. focus on Asia with Pacific trip
The U.S. secretary of state is due to depart on Monday for Australia, Fiji and Hawaii for meetings with key allies and to reaffirm a commitment to push back against Chinese 'coercion.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / OBITUARY
Feb 6, 2022
Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, 'the Nightingale,' dies at 92
Mangeshkar's voice has rung out of television sets and from movie theaters for most of independent India's three quarters of a century, making hers the defining voice of many generations.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2022
India's forest-planting push leaves Indigenous women out in the cold
Indigenous women are finding themselves in conflict with new Indian laws that mandate large-scale tree-planting to compensate for declines in forest cover.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2022
The COVID-19 vaccine we need now may not be a shot
Nasal vaccines may be the best way to prevent infections long term, because they provide protection exactly where it is needed to fend off the virus: the mucosal linings of the airways.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2022
Ahead of key polls, India's ruling party revives Hindu-Muslim dispute
Hindus and Muslims have argued for decades for control over a religious site Mathura, echoing other quarrels between the two groups in India that have flared into deadly riots.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2022
COVID-stunted educations dim prospects for India’s economy and its youth
Hundreds of millions of students across India have received little to no in-person instruction with schools intermittently shut down since the start of the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2022
Japan and allies look to hold 'Quad' foreign minister talks in February
Among likely agenda items for the meeting are members' cooperation in such fields as security and the economy toward realizing a 'free and open Indo-Pacific.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 23, 2022
Indian skier Arif Khan ready for date with destiny in Beijing
The alpine skier is India's sole representative at the Games, and his path to the Olympics from the snowy slopes of conflict-ridden Kashmir was far from straightforward.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 17, 2022
India’s richest more than double their fortunes during COVID crisis, Oxfam says
India, where urban unemployment climbed as high as 15% last May and food insecurity worsened, now counts more billionaires than France, Sweden and Switzerland combined.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2022
India's new COVID-19 rules aim to free up resources but come with risks
The moves will offer breathing space for health care facilities as they battle a thirty-threefold surge in infections over the past month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 11, 2022
Pacific may be most likely to see 'strategic surprise,' U.S. policymaker says
The comments by U.S. Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell were apparently in reference to possible Chinese ambitions to establish Pacific-island bases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 10, 2022
Auction of Muslim women on Indian app shows tech weaponized for abuse
The fake auctions are just the latest examples of how technology is being used to put women at risk through online abuse, theft of privacy or sexual exploitation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 9, 2022
India’s Modi braces for tough local elections amid virus surge
Indian voters will head to the polls in several states in February and March, posing a key test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2021
Women force change at Indian iPhone plant after enduring bad food and crowded dorms
Workers reached their boiling point when tainted food sickened over 250 people, leading to a protest that shut down a plant where 17,000 had been working.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2021
Stay or go? For Myanmar’s latest wave of refugees, there’s no good choice.
For Biak Tling and his family, who have left Myanmar entirely, it is a life in limbo as they struggle to adapt to a new environment, surrounded by numerous uncertainties about the future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2021
How errors and inaction sent a deadly COVID-19 variant around the world
In early 2021, flare-ups in the Indian city of Amravati were the first visible warning that the delta variant was spreading. A devastating path across the world would soon follow.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2021
Run, rebuild, repeat as floods eat away at India's indigenous land
With limited work options and a high dependence on natural resources, the Mising — like other indigenous communities around the world — often suffer the worst of the extreme weather.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2021
India to vaccinate teens and provide boosters for health workers
India has so far reported 415 cases of omicron infections from across 17 states, according to the latest data.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2021
What the Modi Twitter breach tells us about hackers
Pitching bitcoin has become the Rick Roll of the hacking community — a funny prank rather than a nasty attack.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 20, 2021
Japanese mascot Kumamon teaches hygiene to Indian kids in dance video
Kumamon, the popular black bear-like mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, is being used to teach hygiene to Indian children while dancing to a Hindi song in a video recently released by Japan's aid agency, in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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