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Japan Bounces Back to Economic Growth as Coronavirus Fears Recede
TOKYO — Restaurants are full. Malls are teeming. People are traveling. And Japan’s economy has begun to grow again as…
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Japanese Photographer Blows Whistle on Treatment of ‘Comfort Women’
GWANGJU, South Korea — Since 2000, Tsukasa Yajima has taken stark, poignant portraits of former sex slaves for Japan’s World…
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U.S. Seeks to Reassure Asian Allies as China’s Military Grows Bolder
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Just a few hours after five Chinese missiles blasted into Japanese waters near Taiwan, the foreign…
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With 5 Missiles, China Sends Stark Signal to Japan and U.S. on Taiwan
TOKYO — North Korea has for years lobbed missiles into Japan’s waters without great incident. But for an increasingly powerful…
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Risks Undermining U.S. Efforts With Asian Allies
The Biden administration has spent months building an economic and diplomatic strategy in Asia to counter China, shoring up its…
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A Marauding Monkey Was Killed in Japan. Others Will Take Its Place.
TOKYO — The authorities in a western Japanese city said on Wednesday that they had killed a monkey they believe…
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The Japanese Author Behind ‘Bullet Train’ Is OK That the Film Isn’t So Japanese
SENDAI, Japan — Kotaro Isaka, one of Japan’s most popular crime thriller writers, is a self-described homebody. He rarely leaves…
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Sea Turtles Found Stabbed in Japan, but Charges Are Unlikely
TOKYO — The stabbings of endangered sea turtles on the pebbled coastline of Okinawa has shocked Japan. But it has…
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Japan’s Leader Tries to Honor Abe’s Legacy, While Building His Own
TOKYO — Fumio Kishida has spent years trying to emerge from the shadow of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister…
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Shinzo Abe’s Influence Was Still Evident Long After He Left Office
WASHINGTON — In his record-breaking run as prime minister, Shinzo Abe never achieved his goal of revising Japan’s Constitution to…
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