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Adam Minter
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jul 6, 2016
Video games may become China’s best cultural export
When Chinese internet giant Tencent acquired the Finnish video game developer Supercell last month for $8.6 billion, it became the world’s dominant publisher and distributor in the $100 billion gaming market. It was a blockbuster deal: No other Chinese entertainment company in any field — television,...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2016
China’s dog meat festival suggests larger problem
China’s dog meat trade offers a vivid example of why the country’s food supply problems are so persistent.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
Will Beijing dominate the ‘internet of vehicles’?
China is where the future of driverless car technology will likely be charted. In trying to compete there, foreign companies face a stark choice: Partner up or be left behind.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2016
Why China’s censors silenced a Net sensation
China’s leaders, so determined to export their culture to the world, are instead cultivating a neutered entertainment industry with their censorship.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2016
Electric cars take a back seat to SUVs in China
The Chinese government is determined to make the smog-choked country a leader in eco-friendly electric cars, but consumers prefer big gas guzzlers.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2016
Chinese firm wants to turn the world’s lights on
The idea of an electricity ‘supergrid’ that can power the world is now technically feasible and the chairman of the world’s wealthiest power company wants to make it a reality.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016
Virgin America’s vision of decency can’t compete
Virgin America is finding out the hard way that Americans prefer lower airline fares to good service.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 12, 2016
Sorry Tesla, but China wants golf carts
For a variety of reasons, ranging from affordability to size, low-speed electric vehicles are taking off in China.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2016
Why aren’t you able to repair your iPhone?
If Apple’s executives don’t ease up on their proprietary stranglehold over iPhones, lawmakers will do it for them.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2016
China’s migrants go home — and stay there
Decades of reform is finally starting to pay off for some of China’s most economically backward regions.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2016
Where to find China’s latest crop of shoppers
China’s vast number of rural consumers are starting to make themselves felt in the realm of e-commerce.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2016
Win or lose, Taiwan’s women gain a victory
If Tsai Ing-wen is elected Taiwan’s next president as expected, the achievement will stand in stark contrast with how the Chinese Communist Party keeps women out of its top posts.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2015
To see the future of electric cars, look to China
The real action on electric vehicles is happening in China, where smoggy skies and government subsidies are creating the perfect conditions for them to thrive.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2015
How China can prevent the antibiotic apocalypse
China’s millions of farmers are notorious for pumping their livestock full of antibiotics, a practice that is fueling the rise of bacteria resistant to some of the world’s most powerful ‘last resort’ antibiotics.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2015
Wrong way for China’s airline industry to take off
China’s first indigenously designed passenger jet should serve as a lesson that bottomless funding, a will to succeed and a large domestic market are not enough to create innovative products.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2015
Big science now faces big problems in China
Under the government’s heavy hand, the Chinese scientific establishment has long suffered from cronyism, corruption and pervasive fraud.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015
Beijing needs to start talking about sex now
With China ending its one-child policy, the government needs to prepare for broad public health consequences.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2015
China’s two-child policy is too little, too late
Rather than worrying about the birthrate to meet its future labor needs, China should be focusing on bringing in migrant workers, especially from South Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2015
Only India and China can end Asia’s haze
Making sustainably produced palm oil more affordable for consumers in India and China is key to clearing Southeast Asia’s smoggy skies.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015
Hey Xi, try this on your U.S. trip: visit Detroit
Chinese investment is playing a significant part in protecting Detroit from a return to the crumbling urban disaster of recent headlines.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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