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  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
    News in-depthChinese trade
    China must win over Canada and Australia before trade pact talks can start

    Beijing says application to join the CPTPP shows commitment to financial reform but hurdles await

  • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
    US foreign policy
    China lashes out at Australia, UK and US over security pact

    Canberra scraps French submarine programme to sign deal with Washington and London

  • Friday, 10 September, 2021
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    When is a market bubble not a bubble?

    Working out how much speculative excess there is in a market, whether housing or stocks, is tough

  • Friday, 3 September, 2021
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    Japan’s PM Suga to resign after failing to control Covid outbreak

    Tokyo stocks hit 30-year high as investors bet next leader will increase economic stimulus

  • Friday, 3 September, 2021
    Instant InsightJapanese politics & policy
    Suga’s abrupt exit threatens return of volatility to Japan politics

    Ruling Liberal Democratic party needs candidate with popular appeal and policy vision

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    Global Economy
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    In Japan, an ageing population has had an unexpected influence on inflation and wages

  • Sunday, 29 August, 2021
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    Regional partners reject claims that chaotic withdrawal from Kabul has shaken defence ties

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    Tokyo says its own security and economy will be affected by whatever happens in Taiwan

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    Rather than a tutoring crackdown, China and Japan should overhaul systems that make one child’s gain another’s loss

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  • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
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    Tokyo hands Olympic flame to Paris after pandemic-stricken Games

    Late medals surge leaves US at top of table, narrowly beating China

  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
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    Olympics bubble prevents spread of Covid by athletes and officials

    Restrictions have worked even as cases surge among wider public, says doctor leading Japan’s response

  • Sunday, 1 August, 2021
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    Japan calls for greater attention to ‘survival of Taiwan’

    Defence minister’s remarks follow Tokyo’s decision to link Taipei’s security to its own

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  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
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    Tokyo Olympics open with moving spectacle played to arena quieted by Covid

    Games under way after year’s delay, with stunning drone display and tennis player Naomi Osaka lighting the flame

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
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    Japan faces heat over Bangladesh’s coal power

    Funding commitment for Matarbari scheme sits awkwardly with carbon pledges

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
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    Suga’s net-zero pledge sparks fierce debate

    The prime minister’s surprise declaration is forcing Japan to rethink its energy strategy

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
    Why Japan’s whalers are an endangered species

    Changing consumer tastes could spell the end of a controversial industry

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    Safety blunders fuel Japan’s mistrust of nuclear power

    But keeping most reactors shut down in the wake of Fukushima is hampering efforts to cut carbon emissions

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    High costs dog Tokyo’s hydrogen buses

    Economic realities threaten a bold experiment in green public transport

  • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
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    Tokyo Olympics sacks opening ceremony director over Holocaust joke

    Latest scandal comes as ex-PM Shinzo Abe says he will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony

  • Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
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    Olympic quarantine orders rile Tokyo athletes and delegates

    Anxiety over strict rules requiring self-isolation after contact with Covid-infected person

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    The Japanese star who beat cancer to swim in the Olympics

    Organisers hope Rikako Ikee will generate enthusiasm for the games bogged down by Covid controversy

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