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JACINDA ARDERN

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2021
New Zealand's Auckland starts second COVID-19 lockdown this month
Exactly one year after New Zealand recorded its first coronavirus case, the country's biggest city, Auckland, woke up on Sunday to a second lockdown this month as health authorities try to rein in a cluster of the more contagious U.K. variant.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2021
New Zealand Maori leader ejected from Parliament for not wearing a necktie
Rawiri Waititi said forcing him to a Western dress code was a breach of his rights and an attempt to suppress indigenous culture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 26, 2021
New Zealand won’t open border to the world this year, PM says
New Zealand is likely to keep its border closed to the world through most of 2021 amid uncertainty over the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020
2020 in hindsight: Asia’s bad to good in the year that was
The Asian Development Bank projects COVID-19 could push 160 million more into poverty in Asia. The region's poverty rate will increase for the first time in 20 years, says the World Bank.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 16, 2020
With progressive politics on march in New Zealand, Maori minister blazes new trails
Nanaia Mahuta's excitement reflects a global desire among progressives for a shift away from the chauvinist, right-wing populism that has shaped the past four years in some countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2020
Jacinda Ardern landslide is a vote for COVID-19 competence
Shutting down New Zealand's economy at a time when there'd been just 102 cases was a political gamble, but one that's paid off.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 19, 2020
Jacinda Ardern’s stunning election victory holds lessons for U.S.
Ardern's message of empathy and kindness contrasts starkly with the divisive politics in the U.S. as Donald Trump and Joe Biden face off.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 18, 2020
Pandemic biggest hurdle for New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern after 'tectonic' election
Jacinda Ardern's landslide election win gives her a mandate for the transformational change she has been promising New Zealand for three years, but the COVID-19 pandemic may limit what she can actually do.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2020
New Zealand reports more COVID-19 cases and extends Auckland lockdown
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a lockdown in the country's biggest city on Friday in response to the first national coronavirus outbreak in months, sticking with a "go early, go hard" approach she said has proven effective.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2020
New Zealand scrambles to trace cluster, reporting 14 new coronavirus cases
New Zealand officials continued to investigate the source of an outbreak of the coronavirus Thursday, reporting 14 new cases the same day as long queues of people formed to escape a renewed lockdown in the country's biggest city or be tested for the virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 11, 2020
New Zealand locks down Auckland after first virus cases in months
New Zealand reported its first local cases of the coronavirus in more than 100 days and put its largest city Auckland into lockdown to prevent another outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 8, 2020
New Zealand ends social distancing after eliminating COVID-19
New Zealand will remove social distancing requirements after reporting zero active cases of COVID-19, indicating it has achieved its aim of eliminating the virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2020
Ardern eyes virus-free haven as New Zealand charts rapid rebuild
Strict lockdown measures combined with a robust financial picture may allow country to bounce back more quickly than others.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2020
New Zealand seeks to wipe out coronavirus after early lockdown success
When historians assess how countries approached the coronavirus pandemic, New Zealand is sure to stand out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2020
New Zealand declares national emergency to tackle coronavirus
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday declared a state of national emergency as the country prepared to go into a complete lockdown at midnight to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2019
Probes into New Zealand volcano tragedy to take months and carry criminal penalties
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that official inquiries into last week's fatal volcano eruption could take up to a year, and will carry potential criminal penalties of up to five years in jail.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2019
Disasters and downturn challenge New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern going into election year
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faces tough challenges as she heads into a general election campaign next year, with economic growth slowing, divisive referendums looming and a country reeling from disasters both natural and man-made.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2019
'No signs of life' on New Zealand volcano island after disaster 'waiting to happen'
New Zealand said on Tuesday that eight people were missing, presumed dead, a day after a volcano unexpectedly erupted off the coast of New Zealand's North Island, killing at least five people and injuring more than 30.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2019
New Zealand apologizes for 1979 Antarctic plane disaster
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern apologized on Thursday for the then-government's handling of a plane crash in Antarctica 40 years ago that took the lives of 257 people in the country's worst peacetime disaster.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2019
New Zealand marks Capt. Cook's 1769 arrival as prime minister urges 'more open' talk on history
As commemorations kicked off to mark the landing of the British explorer James Cook 250 years ago, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday called for her country to have a more open conversation about its history.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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