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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. names Tibet coordinator, drawing warning from China
The United States on Monday named Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya as special coordinator for Tibet, drawing a warning from China to stay out of its internal affairs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. toughens auto-emissions standards once scorned as weak
The move will help U.S. President Joe Biden fulfill his Paris Agreement pledge to at least halve the nation's greenhouse gas releases by the end of the decade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2021
China says Taiwan is a 'wanderer' that will eventually come home
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that Beijing would not fear confrontation with the United States but would welcome cooperation if it is mutually beneficial.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2021
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin delivers potential fatal blow to Biden's $1.75 trillion spending bill
The Democratic senator backtracked on supporting Biden's signature domestic policy bill, known as Build Back Better, which aims to expand the social safety net and tackle climate change.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 18, 2021
Japan finally gets a U.S. ambassador as Senate confirms Rahm Emanuel
The U.S. Senate voted 48-21 early Saturday to confirm the 62-year-old ex-Chicago mayor, who is known to be close to President Joe Biden, giving Tokyo its first American envoy in 2u00bd years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 18, 2021
U.S. recommends approving Google and Meta undersea data cable to Asia
Around 300 subsea cables form the backbone of the internet, carrying 99% of the world's data traffic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 18, 2021
Russia lays out demands for a sweeping new security deal with NATO
The proposal, coming as Moscow masses troops on the border with Ukraine, would establish a Cold War-like security arrangement in Eastern Europe that NATO officials immediately rejected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2021
America's campaign silly season is already under way
People are far more interested in the candidates than they are in policy and they're most interested in the candidates who are already well known, whether or not they're serious contenders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 16, 2021
Armed but isolated: North Korea's Kim marks a decade in power
Although seen as inexperienced and lacking the support of key regime figures upon the death of his father, Kim has been able to cement his grip on power over the past 10 years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2021
Build Back Better would make Biden's terrible year even worse
If in 2022 the Democrats' congressional majorities enact Build Back Better, they might earn, and certainly will merit, the restfulness of the political graveyard in 2023.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2021
It will take more than a summit to protect democracy
Democracy is slow and deliberative, process oriented and, as a result, capable of manipulation by special interests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. pitches truce to Japan over Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs
The proposed truce comes as the Biden administration aims to sign what could prove a 'very powerful” economic framework agreement with Asian nations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2021
What could possibly go wrong? These are the biggest economic risks for 2022
Governments spent heavily to support workers and businesses in the pandemic. Many now want to tighten their belts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 13, 2021
The curious case of a map and a disappearing Taiwan minister at U.S. democracy summit
A video feed of Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang was cut during the summit after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 11, 2021
Biden has bought time on Ukraine but Putin wants concessions
The Kremlin understands there's virtually no chance of NATO meeting the Russian president's demands. But just what Moscow might be willing to settle for remains unclear.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2021
U.S. imposes sweeping human rights sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea
Washington imposed the first new sanctions on North Korea under President Joe Biden and targeted Myanmar military entities, among others, in action marking Human Rights Day.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2021
Biden’s warning to Putin on Ukraine has Indo-Pacific ramifications as well
No one in Japan seems to have pondered the strategic and geopolitical implications that the second Biden-Putin summit meeting may have for the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 9, 2021
Biden says U.S. will not put troops in Ukraine as tensions with Russia ease
Biden said the United States had a moral and legal obligation to defend NATO allies if they are attacked, but that obligation did not extend to Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2021
Healing Washington and Beijing’s wounded relationship
China does see a global contest with the capitalist United States on one side and socialist China on the other. And it believes that history is on its side.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 8, 2021
Why any war with Taiwan is a huge gamble for China’s Xi
For all the talk of Chinese President Xi Jinping's desire to invade Taiwan, one counterpoint is often overlooked: The domestic risks involved in starting a potentially devastating war.

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