Food & Beverage
Disaster in New York's Chinatown: No Tsingtao beer
Shipping crisis means supplies of China's best-known brew are running low
North America
International relations
Japan, U.S. ministers meet over steel, aluminum tariffs
Tokyo pushes commerce secretary to lift steel tariffs imposed by Trump
Opinion
We must limit Facebook's ability to damage democracy
Information technology is changing the world much faster than global warming
Sports
Ohtani says he can raise his game following stellar MLB season
Angels pitcher-slugger feels 'honored' to be compared to Babe Ruth
Education
International students to U.S. rebound only 4% after COVID-hit year
Japan saw biggest drop of 32% in 2020-21 as nondegree language programs closed
Society
Japan's ex-princess Mako and husband begin new life in U.S.
Kei Komuro works at a law firm in New York
Opinion
Growth in Asian emissions will make cuts elsewhere irrelevant
A climate-based trade war is now likely if not probable
COP26
Nations strike climate deal after India-led compromise on coal
Last-minute drama switches wording from 'phase out' to 'phase down'
Opinion
Japan should be admitted to the Five Eyes network
Difficulty adding new members demands a new type of intelligence sharing coalition
International relations
Blinken and Japan's Hayashi agree on early U.S. visit by Kishida
Tokyo's new foreign minister reaffirms importance of free and open Indo-Pacific
Companies
J&J to spin off consumer products and focus on pharmaceuticals
Move by world's largest health products company follows Toshiba, GE and rivals
Life
Japanese sci-fi finds a receptive audience in Brooklyn
Low-budget take on familiar sci-fi themes are connecting with US audiences
COP26
Marathon COP26 talks extend into Saturday 'to find right balance'
Rules for carbon offsets prove sticking point at Glasgow conference
US-China tensions
Biden and Xi set 1st virtual summit for early next week
2 leaders will discuss ways to 'responsibly manage the competition'
Comment
Toshiba and GE breakups signal start of 'great carbon reset'
Conglomerates take on inefficiencies as climate fears upend old industrial order
Opinion
Inflation the key monetary policy variable in wake of COVID-19
With government debt continuing to mount, inflation is the critical variable
Energy
Australia approves $7bn sale of AusNet to Canada's Brookfield
No objection from foreign investment board in 1st review under new security rules
Opinion
Xi Jinping's stay-at-home diplomacy is working for now
Pushback against Beijing's muscle-flexing may soon force a rethink
Comment
Asia must examine costs of involvement if China invades Taiwan
Cool analysis of consequences needed for countries to make correct moves