Political Series
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International Organizations / NGOs Gather Evidence to Put Onus on Russia for War Crimes
This is the fourth installment of a series examining how international organizations are at a critic...
July 20, 2023
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International Organizations / Prevalence of Disinformation Has Japan Fighting Back
Reuters file photoRafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency,...
July 19, 2023
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International Organizations / China Ambitious to Set Global Telecommunications Standards
This is the second installment in a series of a series in which The Yomiuri Shimbun examines how int...
July 19, 2023
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International Organizations / Russian Invasion Leads to Yearlong Vacuum on U.N. Council
Since the end of World War II, international organizations have contributed greatly to world order, ...
July 18, 2023
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Future world order: Economic tug-of-war / Nations move away from “coexistence and co-prosperity” regarding semiconductors
The post-Cold War global structure has collapsed amid the confrontation between the United States an...
January 13, 2023
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Future world order: Economic tug-of-war / Japan losing ground in competition to buy chicken
In the city of Cascavel, Parana State, in southern Brazil, more than 26,000 chickens were crowded to...
January 11, 2023
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Future world order: Economic tug-of-war / Global competition for energy puts small countries in a bind
The invasion of Ukraine by resource-rich Russia is forcing a restructuring of the world energy order...
January 10, 2023
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Future world order: Economic tug-of-war / China targets cosmetics makers amid fears of technology transfer
The post-Cold War global structure has collapsed amid the confrontation between the United States an...
January 10, 2023
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Future world order: Economic tug-of-war / Biotech serves as next front of U.S.-China tensions
A senior official of the U.S. National Security Council and a senior official of Japan’s Economy, Tr...
January 8, 2023
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Defense Perspective: Forward Reconnaissance / Details on tax hikes to fund defense spending still undecided
Japan has come to a turning point with the approval of three defense- and security-related documents...
December 25, 2022
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Defense Perspective: Forward Reconnaissance / Include industry, academia and Coast Guard in all-hands approach
Japan has come to a turning point with the approval of three defense and security-related documents,...
December 25, 2022
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Defense Perspective: Forward Reconnaissance / Self-Defense Forces to be transformed into ‘fighting force’
“The target date is ... in fiscal 2027.” The year 2027 appears everywhere in the three defense and ...
December 24, 2022
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Defense Perspective: In the field / Govt accelerates work on civil protection system
After the sound of a wailing siren, an announcement from a fire department’s loudspeaker echoed over...
December 16, 2022
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Defense Perspective: In the field / JCG, MSDF cooperating more closely to protect Japanese waters
With China Coast Guard ships repeatedly sailing through waters near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa P...
December 15, 2022
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Defense Perspective: In the field / Public-private cooperation will determine future of Japan’s defense industry
In a corner of a factory complex facing Osaka Bay, there is an old assembly plant that has been oper...
December 15, 2022
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