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(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Satellite photos suggest China training to attack Japan's aircraft BTS agency Hybe looks to churn out more K-pop idols (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Fast-charging Tesla and Hyundai leave Japanese EVs in the dust 現代自、EV充電5分200キロ

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Finland to decide on possible NATO membership application in May: PM Japan weighs welcoming foreign tourists as early as June (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Inflation kills 100-yen sushi at Japanese chain Sushiroスシロー「一皿100円」終了

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Weak yen and oil rally to cost Japanese families $460 this year Marriage phobia: More Chinese women opt for single life (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : No e-deliveries: Japan's Workman opts for in-store pickup only ワークマン、EC宅配全廃

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Russia's woes make China search for Plan B on Taiwan Nissan and Toyota roll into metaverse with virtual experiences (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : JX Nippon Mining to dig for lithium in old batteries JX金属、リチウム再利用

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: From Sony to 7-Eleven, Shanghai lockdown hits companies hard Japan asks Google, Meta to register headquarters, toughens oversight (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Global EV sales overtake hybrid cars for first time in 2021EV世界販売、初のHV超え

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: From McDonald's to IKEA, Western brands' Russia exit breeds copycats Yen second only to ruble as worst-performing major currency (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Mitsubishi Heavy taps U.S. partner for $2bn hydrogen project三菱重工、米国でクリーン水素

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Divorces in China nearly halve under contentious 'cooling-off' law Faster Southeast Asian inflation puts rate hike outlook in focus (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japanese rice overcomes price barrier to log record exports コメ輸出、過去最高に

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: China opens wallet to keep trans-Eurasian express movingTesla, BYD raise electric car prices on nickel turmoil (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Kirin to export Fuji whisky to China, Australia in Aprilキリン、ウイスキー輸出を拡大

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Despite incentives, Chinese demand for homes not recovering BTS cashes in on worldwide concert streaming, earning $90m in 3 days (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Kishida speaks with Yoon as Japan-South Korea ties remain chilly日韓「安保協力を先行」探る

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: No easy exit for Japan from Russia's Sakhalin-2 LNG projectSouth Korea's angry young men help propel Yoon to victory (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Rakuten doubles down on global export of low-cost 5G technology楽天、5G技術輸出を本格化

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Vladimir Putin will fail at subduing Ukraine: Francis FukuyamaRussia's top bank must be hit with sanctions: Ukrainian minister (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Hyatt Regency Tokyo for sale by Odakyu, seeking $870m in deal小田急、「ハイアット東京」売却へ

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: New sanctions bite Russia but stop short of 'nuclear' option SWIFT banSony chases Amazon's platform growth while Toshiba shrinks (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Flying-car startup Joby lands partnership with Japan's ANAANA、空飛ぶタクシー参入

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: 'Cruel Japan': Closed borders ignite furor from those shut outAbandoned houses in Japan face a visit from the taxman (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Xi declares Beijing Winter Olympics open, shrugging off boycott北京冬季五輪が開幕

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Japan auto giants accelerate electric minicar rollout 7-Eleven parent to sell Sogo & Seibu department store business (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Farewell, Tokyo: More residents move out as telework takes hold東京離れ、テレワークで加速

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Toyota leads global auto sales for 2nd year, navigating chip crunch Retail mogul's anti-communist Instagram posts roil South Korea (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Toyota plans to make record 11m cars in fiscal year starting Aprilトヨタ世界生産 最高の1100万台

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Yen's lost decades: Japanese buying power sinks to near 50-year low Japan's tough entry restrictions stand out as WHO urges easing (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan's defense industry on the ropes amid growing threats日本の防衛産業、土俵際に

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Japan set to develop railguns to counter hypersonic missiles Japan misses foreign talent as companies seek strong linguists (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Asahi overhauls Super Dry recipe to put fizz back in beer salesスーパードライを全面刷新

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: China's zero-COVID policy tops risk list for 2022: Eurasia Group (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Anime industry launches global fight against piracy海賊版、民間連携で抑止

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Russia and China won't be 'best friends forever' Tea leaves for oil -- Sri Lanka struggles with runaway inflation (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Tokyo plans to extend subway network, eyeing return of tourists南北線・有楽町線を延伸

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Genetic factor may soften COVID blow for Japanese: study The new wagyu? Japan acquires taste for game meat (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Toyota aims to sell 3.5m EVs in 2030, shedding laggard imageトヨタ、EV投資4兆円 世界販売目標8割増350万台

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Toyota and Honda hit with patent infringement suits Fitch declares Evergrande and Kaisa to be in 'restricted default' (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Myanmar cuts Suu Kyi's sentence to 2 years from 4 スーチー氏有罪判決 ミャンマー国軍が減刑

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Japan's unicorns gain foothold from AI to materials: Nikkei survey India's electric motorcycle market ready for takeoff (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Alibaba market cap sinks by half in a year since Ant IPO shelved

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: India, Israel aim to boost ties through defense tech and trade China pushes private schools to turn public in 'fairness' lesson (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japanese apparel makers join boycott of China's Xinjiang cottonアパレル大手、新疆綿使わず

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Japan weighs opening immigration door wider amid labor crunch 'Turkic world' wants a voice in the new global order (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan's Sushiro to triple overseas shops, taking bigger bite of Chinaスシロー、海外3倍の200店に

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Chinese Communist Party woos next generation with comics U.S. and China make surprise climate pledge to step up cooperation (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Is Mount Fuji dormant? Companies prepare for X-Day 企業、「富士山噴火」対策急ぐ

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Japan lender turns to green bonds to meet climate finance demandBattle for performance pushes component prices skyward (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japanese hotels offer railroad rooms to attract train spottersホテルに「鉄道ルーム」広がる

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Xi Jinping's plan to rule for life is coming together Over 370,000 foreigners waiting to enter Japan due to COVID curbs (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : China power crunch hits GDP growth 中国、4.9%成長に減速

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Japan's 30-year wage slump hangs over distribution debateAlibaba and Tencent start dismantling 'walled gardens' (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Hitachi to use quasi-quantum tech to optimize train operations量子技術で鉄道ダイヤ 日立、数日の作業を自動化

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: University of Tokyo to set up $536m fund for school-born startupsEvergrande debt crisis shines light on China real estate bubble (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : New Japan PM Kishida skeptical China will qualify to join CPTPP 岸田内閣が発足

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Japan's ubiquitous utility poles find new role as AI beacons Hong Kong's central bank burnishes green finance credentials (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan's Asahi Kasei enters tie-up to tap China's renewables boom旭化成、中国で蓄電池部材

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: China and U.S. share tech in ASEAN for vaccine diplomacy edgeMazda, Toyota and Denso join new cost-cutting auto design alliance (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Expat children in Japan risk falling behind in Japanese lessons日本語指導、地域で格差

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: China's CPTPP bid greeted with skepticism and cautionExpat children in Japan risk falling behind in Japanese lessons (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : FamilyMart preps 1,000 unmanned stores in Japan by 2024ファミマ、無人店1000店

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Poll shows 27% favor Kono as Japan's next ruling party leaderJapan business lobby wants quarantine exemption for the vaccinated (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Honda and GM to share EV platform for lower-cost North American modelsホンダとGM、EV共通化

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Japan launches agency to undo 'digital defeat': 5 things to know China's media stars caught in harsh spotlight of inequality drive (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Geothermal hunt heats up in Japan, from ski country to hot spring areas地熱、国立公園で本格調査

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Alibaba squeezed by crackdown as JD.com and Pinduoduo pounce ASEAN supply chain woes drive up food prices in Japan (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Tokyo Paralympics open as Japan struggles to curb COVID surgeパラリンピックが開幕

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Taliban triumph: anatomy of a disaster in Afghanistan Toyota to cut global output 40% in September on ASEAN outbreaks (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan sours as premium grape widely copied in China, South Korea日本発ブドウ、中韓が攻勢

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: TikTok overtakes Facebook as world's most downloaded app English out, Xi Jinping Thought in at Shanghai schools (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Post-Olympic venues confront fate as white elephants 五輪後の会場、収支が課題

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: China's cram schools scramble out of tutoring as crackdown looms Artificial rain eases Asia's droughts but heats up tensions (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Tokyo's severe cases of COVID shift to those in their 40s and 50s 重症者、40～50代中心に

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: China backs state-owned enterprises with $32bn in rescue funds US, China and Russia plan Arctic research to regulate fishing (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Tokyo's Olympic flame burns at last after subdued ceremony 東京五輪 開幕

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: COVID measures to make Tokyo Olympics costliest ever A 40-degree fever and splitting headaches: The delta variant up close (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan PM apologizes over COVID point man Nishimura's booze ban row酒取引停止の依頼で陳謝

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: APEC leaders vow to boost vaccine output as delta variant rages China and Russia vow aid to Afghanistan as extremist threat rises (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan bans Olympics spectators at Tokyo area venues五輪、東京など無観客に

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Chinese Communist Party's 100-year history from the viewpoint of GDP:Rule supported by economic growth China to put overseas-listed tech companies on shorter leash (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Debris slows search for Japan mudslide victims swept out to sea海の捜索、がれきで難航

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: China outspends US in ASEAN investment blitz Japan shochu makers fight 1950s edict as new markets beckon (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Inflation finally catches up to Japan, via Netflix and Apple世界一律価格、日本へ 「ネトフリ」値上げ率、米の1.6倍

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Inflation finally catches up to Japan, via Netflix and Apple Global ESG bond issuance triples under decarbonization drive (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Kanpai! Japanese bars cheer return of booze酒類提供、条件付き再開

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Line in the sand: Chinese dredgers are stealing Taiwan, bit by bit Toshiba colluded with government against investor, probe finds (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : G-7 ends, touting unity on Taiwan, COVID and climate changeG7宣言「台湾海峡」明記 対中警戒強く

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: China military flybys near Taiwan plunge after US-Japan statementBusiness of K-pop: Inside the pandemic-proof empire of BTS (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan takes aim at China-backed Confucius Institutes「孔子学院」の実態調査へ

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Ready or not, new forces push Big Oil into low-carbon futureCrypto crash dashes dreams of South Korea's lost generation (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan's April jobless rate rises to 2.8% under COVID cloud失業率、2.8%に悪化

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Value of 10 Chinese tech majors fall over $800bn since FebruaryJapan's 'ghost houses' given second life as rural towns fight blight (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan births fall 4.7% on COVID baby bust少子化、コロナで加速 昨年度出生数4.7%減

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Ford and Toyota top self-driving technology league table GoTo sets up three-way battle for Southeast Asian tech dominance (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Japan GDP shrinks annualized 5.1% in Q1GDP、年率5.1%減

(1) 「Nikkei Asia - Headlines」: Eyeing US, China wields $33bn subsidies to bolster chips, defenseMyanmar junta goes big on giant Buddha statue in midst of crisis (2) 「Nikkei Asia 今週のニュース」 : Drug use up, burglary down as Japan's COVID crisis changes crimeコロナ禍で犯罪減少