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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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May 27, 2021
Japan
Japan’s Difficult Summer
As the United States begins to see light at the end of the tunnel with COVID-19, Japan remains locked in its struggle with the pandemic. On May 24, 2021, the Biden Administration raised the travel a…
December 18, 2015
China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of December 18, 2015
Ashlyn Anderson, Rachel Brown, Ariella Rotenberg, Ayumi Teraoka, Gabriel Walker, and James West look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Canadian pastor sentenced by North Korea to life in priso…
October 9, 2015
China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of October 9, 2015
Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Sungtae “Jacky” Park, Ayumi Teraoka, and Gabriel Walker look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. Raging flames in Indonesia. Intense forest fires have been burni…
June 1, 2011
Japan
No Confidence in Tokyo?
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends a special committee on post-quake reconstruction at the lower house in Tokyo May 31, 2011. Unpopular PM Kan on Tuesday refused to step down in the face of a …
August 25, 2011
Japan
The Race to Replace Kan
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to the national flag as he arrives for a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo April 1, 2011 (Issei Kato/Courtesy Reuters). The Democratic Party of…
