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China risks paying ‘high cost’ for South China Sea intimidation, Japan defense chief says
China’s attempts to change the status quo in the South China Sea by force risks provoking a stern response from the international community, Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono told CNN in an …
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The unique musical experience is the work of Yogetsu Akasaka, a Japanese musician and formally trained Buddhist monk who has become a viral phenomenon with tracks marrying religious chanting with …
Asian shares skid amid virus woes, China-US trade tensions
Asian shares are mostly lower in lackluster trading as trade tensions between the U.S. and China offset optimism about more fiscal stimulus in the U.S. Benchmarks in Japan, China and Australia fell in …
Japan’s Bonds Hold Above 0% Even As More Debt Goes Negative
Japan’s benchmark bond yield is likely to hold above 0%, even if the Treasuries equivalent continues to decline, according to market participants.The perception that the Bank of Japan is unlikely to …
Developing tropical system looms for flood-weary South Korea, Japan
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Victor Davis Hanson: 75 years ago US used atomic bomb in Japan — here are 5 alternatives Truman rejected
Each day in early August 1945 that the Japanese war machine continued its work meant that thousands of Asian civilians and Allied soldiers would die.
Shinzo Abe accused of going awol as Japan tackles Covid surge
PM acclaimed Japan’s response as a model for the world, but has been largely silent amid record case rises …
Hiroshima bomb: Japan marks 75 years since nuclear attack
Bells have tolled in Hiroshima, Japan, to mark the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the world’s first atomic bomb. But memorial events were scaled back this year because of the pandemic. On 6 …
The U.S. hid Hiroshima’s human suffering. Then John Hersey went to Japan.
Hersey rewrote history and changed American journalism when he published a 30,000-word story in The New Yorker magazine chronicling what the bomb did to six victims of the atomic bomb.