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Prime Minister of Vanuatu Jotham Napat (left) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shake hands after signing the Nakamal agreement during the Australia-Vanuatu Leaders’ Meeting at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 29, 2026

Australia and Vanuatu agree deal after impasse over China ties

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Vanuatu counterpart, Jotham Napat, signed the Nakamal Agreement in Canberra on Monday.

Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, prepares to speak at the agency's headquarters in Canberra on Wednesday.

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 25, 2026

Australia’s spy chief warns of rising terror and cyber threats

Mike Burgess, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, has identified extremism and foreign espionage as among the threats his agency is trying to prevent.

One Nation party leader and Australian Sen. Pauline Hanson at the National Press Club in Canberra, on Wednesday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 17, 2026

Australia must be ‘monocultural,’ One Nation’s Hanson Says

Australian Sen. Pauline Hanson has said the shortage of housing and rising property prices and rents in the country are due to the increasing number of migrants.

BYD electric vehicles on display at the company's megastore in Sydney. BYD recently used one of its own car-carriers for the first time to ship almost 5,000 EVs to Australia.

BUSINESS / Companies

Jun 5, 2026

China speeds past Japan in car exports to Australia on EV bonanza

Almost 36,000 passenger cars from China arrived in Australia in April, according to government data, well ahead of the 29,000 from Japan.

An oil tanker off the shore of Singapore on March 17.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Apr 12, 2026

Australia turns to Asia for fuel and security as U.S. distracted

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his ministers have been in close contact with key Asian trading partners in order to maintain fuel shipments amid global supply disruptions.

President of the American Lawn Mower Company Mike Kersey. Even if Kersey manages to claw back the duties he paid after the Supreme Court ruling, tariff fraud is likely to keep him at a competitive disadvantage.

BUSINESS

Feb 25, 2026

China’s $112 billion cargo gap shows record U.S. tariff evasion

Trade data released Thursday showed a record $112 billion gap between what China reported exporting to the U.S. and what U.S. Customs said actually arrived last year.

A wholesale mall in Shenzhen, China. The International Monetary Fund called for a reorientation by Beijing to embrace an economic model based on domestic consumer spending.

BUSINESS / Economy

Feb 19, 2026

IMF warns China’s economic policies are causing damage to others

The fund called for a reorientation by Beijing to embrace a model based on domestic consumer spending.

Australia is looking to regain control of the Port of Darwin from Landbridge Group, a Chinese company, without jeopardizing improved relations with Beijing.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

May 29, 2025

With Port of Darwin, Australia hopes to avoid a repeat of Panama Canal

Canberra is looking to regain control of the port from a Chinese company without jeopardizing improved relations with Beijing.

The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump "has a spine of steel and will not break.”

BUSINESS / Economy

Apr 10, 2025

Trump shock pushes U.S. and China toward decoupling cliff edge

Trump’s 120% tariffs on Chinese goods and Beijing’s determination to fight back in kind mean a seismic cleavage is rapidly becoming a reality.

The captain of a port pilot boat approaches a container ship outside the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles.

WORLD / Politics

May 24, 2024

A new trade war offers no easy way back for old global order

Then-U.S. President Donald Trump fired the first shots with tariffs on China seven years ago, then President Joe Biden ushered the U.S. into the new industrial policy age.

At the State Department, an eight-person group informally known as "the firm” is taking steps to help embattled nations when China responds to political disputes with what the U.S. and its allies call "economic coercion."

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Apr 29, 2024

U.S. ‘firm’ steps in when China is seen as a bully, not a partner

At the U.S. State Department, an eight-person group is taking steps to help nations when China responds to political disputes with “economic coercion.”

Australia and China have rapidly improved their diplomatic relations since the election of the center-left Labor government in May 2022, including the restoration of high-level official meetings and the lifting of trade sanctions imposed by Beijing at the height of tensions.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Mar 20, 2024

China and Australia face difficult diplomatic road after trade spat

Hurdles exist in the form of persistent political differences and increased competition between Beijing and Canberra’s principal ally, the U.S.

Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell discussed a regional trade pact with Japan's economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura during their meeting in Osaka on Sunday.

BUSINESS / Economy

Oct 30, 2023

Australia reassures Japan on CPTPP and strength of relationship

Australian Trade Minister discussed a regional trade pact with Japan’s economy minister during their meeting in Osaka.

Japan Times

51吃瓜网 / Science & Health / FOCUS

Jun 18, 2022

How Japan achieved one of the world’s lowest COVID-19 death rates

Health experts point to continued mask wearing, extensive vaccination and an already healthy population as the core factors behind its success.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Sep 22, 2021

Taiwan applies to join Pacific trade deal just days after China

Taiwan already has free trade deals with two of the members — New Zealand and Singapore — and has been working toward joining the trade agreement for years.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Economy

Jan 19, 2018

Despite jumpy market, Bank of Japan watchers don’t expect a policy change anytime soon

Economists who follow the Bank of Japan aren’t buying the idea that the central bank is nearing the point where it will begin to normalize its ultraloose monetary policy.

Japan Times

BUSINESS

Jan 15, 2018

Japan’s loyalty cards to provide early sneak peek at company profits

When shopping in Japan, a phrase you’ll hear all the time is “Do you have a point card?” And the most common is the T-card, which can be used at hundreds of thousands of shops nationwide, from car accessory dealers to convenience stores.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Economy

Dec 27, 2017

Five years of Abenomics: The good, the bad and the sluggish

Five years since Shinzo Abe came to power, the economy is much stronger, but still falls short of the revolution he pledged to deliver.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Economy

Apr 21, 2017

Kuroda says BOJ purchase pace to continue for some time

The Bank of Japan will continue with very accommodative monetary policy and maintain the current pace of asset purchases for some time, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said in an interview.

Japan Times

BUSINESS / Economy

Mar 21, 2017

BOJ faces new challenges when stimulus measures end

While Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has underscored how much work still lies ahead, when the central bank does finally hit its inflation target and exits stimulus, it is likely to face huge balance sheet losses.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

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