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Jenny Leonard
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2021
Biden balances climate need with human rights in Chinese solar product ban
The intersection of the solar supply chain with alleged human rights abuses creates a conflict between the president’s environmental and human rights agendas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
U.S. to block some solar goods made in Xinjiang region
The move is one of the Biden administration’s biggest steps yet to counter alleged human rights abuses against China’s ethnic Uyghur Muslim minority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 17, 2021
Biden builds out China team with staff who reflect tougher tone
It wasn’t always clear that the administration — many of whose officials worked to foster close, cordial ties with China during the Obama era — would press a tough line.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2020
Trump’s China scorecard shows many defeats, and one big change
American companies cite much the same concerns — and the same growth objectives — with regard to China today as they did when Trump took office.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 29, 2020
Biden set to carve own brand of tough-on-China policy if elected
Biden advisers have honed in on questions about the world’s second largest economy — anticipating attacks from President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 11, 2020
Trump’s 2016 China-bashing playbook risks flopping against Biden
U.S. President Donald Trump is reviving tactics from his 2016 campaign playbook on attacking China, but running as the incumbent means defending a record of only limited success in rewriting the economic relationship with Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 24, 2020
Davos sees Trump’s China love as short-term affair
Donald Trump tried hard to convince the world’s elite this week that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping have left their trade war behind them and they’ve moved on to a brighter future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 6, 2019
Trump’s trade threat leaves Beijing stalling as hopes for trade deal dim
Talks between the U.S. and China to resolve their yearlong trade standoff appeared to be on life support Monday, with Beijing struggling to respond to a pair of tweets by President Donald Trump that threaten an escalation of tariffs by the end of the week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 5, 2019
U.S. trade hawks quietly seethe as fears grow of Trump falling short in row with China
One of Donald Trump’s most persistent economic promises as president has been to rewrite the U.S. relationship with China. Yet as he approaches a potential deal, some of the very hawks who have cheered on his trade war already fear he may end up falling short.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019
U.S.-China trade talks making scant progress on make-or-break intellectual property problem
Ever since negotiators from the United States and China sat down in Beijing after a Christmas meltdown in global markets, Donald Trump has sought to calm investors and claim his trade talks are making great strides. But that glosses over a more uncomfortable reality.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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