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How Japanese does that bowl of ramen need to be?

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Howard Chua-Eoan

Nuclear tests and a legacy of harm in the Asia-Pacific

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Maxime Polleri

A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant

Japan is a country where everything has a recognizable mascot, from tourist sites to the Tokyo police force. But one of the most beloved is soon to...

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Gearoid Reidy

Xi’s balancing act: Competition abroad and discipline at home

Beijing’s calculated use of rare-earth export controls has again become a key instrument in its competition with Washington. By imposing licensing...

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Naoko Eto

How Takaichi can make 'Abenomics 2.0' succeed

“We’re doing God’s work.” This was how former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein once tried to justify the record high bonuses he and his fellow...

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Jesper Koll

Zohran Mamdani’s win redefines U.S. politics

Emancipatory movements around the world rightly rejoiced at Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race. Clearly, today’s populist...

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Slavoj Žižek

How Takaichi should navigate Beijing’s diplomatic threats

The recent threat by Chinese Consul-General Xue Jian to “cut off that dirty neck without a second of hesitation” is not just an isolated diplomatic...

13.11.2025 4

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Stephen R. Nagy

ASEAN hedges as the South China Sea bubbles over

Lucky me. The week after my column on the need for the United States and China to find some modus vivendi to stabilize their relationship, I...

13.11.2025 4

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Brad Glosserman

How Taiwan’s ‘nonred’ supply chain might work

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is calling for the creation of a global “nonred” supply chain among democratic nations to “deter the expansion of...

13.11.2025 2

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Akhil Ramesh

Takaichi and a shift in 'strategic ambiguity' over Taiwan

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi certainly ruffled some feathers when she said on Nov. 7 that a Chinese naval blockade of Taiwan would directly...

13.11.2025 10

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Kuni Miyake

What if the COVID-19 vaccine could save cancer patients too?

A stunning new study offers early evidence that COVID-19 vaccines might have a secret superpower: a precisely timed mRNA shot could help many...

12.11.2025 5

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Lisa Jarvis

How accurate are U.S. crime statistics?

The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly launched an investigation into whether the Washington police have been manipulating data to show...

12.11.2025 5

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Justin Fox