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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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Shinzo Abe Is Assassinated With a Handmade Gun, Shocking a Nation
TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, Japan’s most influential former prime minister, was stumping on behalf of a junior politician from his…
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Stunned Japan Struggles to Make Sense of Abe Shooting
A stunned Japan grappled to make sense of the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who remained the most…
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Japan Swelters Through a Punishing Heat Wave
TOKYO — Japan is enduring one of its worst heat waves on record, raising concern about potential power shortages amid…
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Japan’s Economy Shrank 1 Percent as Consumers Fled Covid
TOKYO — Last December, after two years of stop-and-go growth, Japan’s economic engine seemed like it might finally be revving…
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