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ARTICLES BY JASON DOUGLAS

China's President Xi Jinping delivering a speech ahead of the New Year's eve celebrations in Beijing on December 31, 2025. Xi said on December 31 that reunification with Taiwan is unstoppable. (Photo: AFP)

China ramps up dispute with Japan

2 min read . 06 Jan 2026

Rising rates in Japan, which would tend to lead to a strengthening currency, make that so-called carry trade less attractive. (REUTERS)

Why you should care about the Bank of Japan

3 min read . 19 Dec 2025

A US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber and two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets conducting a joint exercise over the Sea of Japan. (Photo by Handout / Japan's Ministry of Defense/AFP)

US flies bombers in high-profile show of support for Japan

3 min read . 11 Dec 2025

Chinese factories produced more than ever this year, despite U.S. tariffs. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News

China’s manufacturing is booming despite Trump’s tariffs

5 min read . 09 Dec 2025

The trade truce with China and the issue of Taiwan have become inextricably linked, as the president and Xi prepare for several meetings next year. (AFP)

Trump, after call with China’s Xi, told Japan to lower the volume on Taiwan

4 min read . 27 Nov 2025

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. (File Photo: AP/Pool)

Japan’s new leader infuriated Beijing. She isn’t backing down.

4 min read . 24 Nov 2025

Japan is thronged with tourists but not every place feels it is getting its fair share. (AFP)

Japan is overrun with tourists. This city wants more.

5 min read . 04 Nov 2025

On Sunday, Trump won some momentum by winning tariff agreements with a handful of Southeast Asian nations. (AP Photo)

Trump’s big tariff task in Asia is to close the deal

4 min read . 28 Oct 2025

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with members of her cabinet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Pool via Reuters)

Japan gets its first female leader

3 min read . 21 Oct 2025

An epidural is an invasive procedure in which an anesthetic is delivered into the body via a catheter inserted into the lower back.

To tackle a baby shortage, Tokyo tries easing the pain of childbirth

6 min read . 12 Oct 2025

The pirate standard associated with a Japanese pop-culture icon appeared at protests in Indonesia.

Gen Z’s new symbol of resistance: a cartoon Jolly Roger

3 min read . 24 Sept 2025

Takaichi, who once dreamed of becoming a rock musician, is the figure who many in Abe’s old faction within the LDP believe has a shot at winning back right-leaning voters. (via REUTERS)

Japan’s ruling party seeks leader with Trump appeal

4 min read . 09 Sept 2025

Suntory Holdings former CEO Takeshi Niinami, who has resigned from the beverage group following a police investigation into his purchase of a supplement that may have breached the country's strict drug laws. (Photo: Reuters)

How jet lag cost the global face of Japan Inc his job

3 min read . 03 Sept 2025

VW cars inside the car storage tower at the Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant in Germany. Volkswagen has said that tariffs imposed by the US President had cost it 1.3 billion euros in the first half of the year as it reported falling profit. (File Photo: AFP)

US allies still waiting for tariff relief on autos and steel

5 min read . 20 Aug 2025

U.S. Trading Partners Race to Secure Exemptions From Trump’s Tariffs

US trading partners race to secure exemptions from Trump’s tariffs

4 min read . 07 Aug 2025

Supporters of Japan’s Sanseito party at a rally in Tokyo on Monday.

A populist party that began on YouTube helped disrupt Japan’s ruling coalition

4 min read . 22 Jul 2025

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, center, said he would strike an agreement that protects Japan’s national interests. Photo: str/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

US’s biggest Asian allies ready last-ditch trade appeal to Trump

3 min read . 08 Jul 2025

Vietnam was one of the main beneficiaries of the reordering of global supply chains. Photo: Linh Pham/Bloomberg News

Vietnam trade deal takes aim at back door for Chinese goods

4 min read . 03 Jul 2025

Semiconductor technology played a role in the recent trade standoff. (AFP)

Supply chains become new battleground in the global trade war

5 min read . 12 Jun 2025

The ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ term refers to the president’s tendency to announce tough policies only to backtrack on those threats later. (AFP)

Tariff ruling is a setback for Trump but doesn’t end trade war

5 min read . 29 May 2025