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Jo Kim
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2021
Beijing¡¯s military-heavy approach to Taiwan locks the U.S. and China in a security dilemma
While the policy of ¡°strategic ambiguity¡± allows the U.S. to avoid committing to the defense of Taiwan against a Chinese invasion, China¡¯s growing military coercion behooves the it to act.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2020
With support for Black Lives Matter, China crosses a thin line
Beijing¡¯s propaganda use of the anti-racism movement risks backfiring.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2020
Why China¡¯s propaganda efforts so often backfire
An obsession with finding enemies and uniting the front makes it difficult to ¡®tell China¡¯s story well.¡±
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2020
Taiwan¡¯s success is the bane of Beijing¡¯s propaganda
Over the last few weeks, the world has observed a grand PR campaign from Beijing, an attempt to shift the global narrative in China¡¯s favor by touting its containment of COVID-19 as the successful outcome of its political model.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2011
U.S. military spending cuts have gone too far
We shouldn¡¯t gut defense. A central question of our budget debates is how much we allow growing social spending to crowd out the military and, in effect, force the United States into a dangerous, slow-motion disarmament.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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