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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. [1]

TOKYO -- Japanese trading company Itochu announced on Thursday that it is promoting Yoshihisa Suzuki, its senior managing executive officer, to president and chief operating officer, effective April 1. [2]

In the aftermath of World War II, lignite (brown coal) was mined in and around the northeastern city of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. The low-grade coal was used to heat homes in the winter, and its peculiar smell shrouded the whole city. [3]

PHUKET, Thailand—Staying at a hotel on the Thai island of Koh Samui in 2015, Meghan Kerrigan noticed the four bottles of water she was given every day were clogging her bin with plastic. Outside her door, Chaweng beach was smothered in rubbish. [4]

TOKYO -- Kent Calder, an American scholar and director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), discussed the U.S. [5]

KENAI, Alaska -- With the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, hopes are rising that a long-delayed $44 billion liquefied natural gas project in the far northern state of Alaska will finally get off the ground and supply gas to Japan, though costs... [7]

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[1] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-25 · 65% match

EU-India Free Trade Agreement: Deal Of Democracies

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-01-18 · 35% match

Itochu to appoint tech-savvy officer as president and COO

TOKYO -- Japanese trading company Itochu announced on Thursday that it is promoting Yoshihisa Suzuki, its senior managing executive officer, to president and chief operating officer, effective April 1.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-07-22 · 34% match

Shoichiro Toyoda (7): An introduction to business

In the aftermath of World War II, lignite (brown coal) was mined in and around the northeastern city of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. The low-grade coal was used to heat homes in the winter, and its peculiar smell shrouded the whole city.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-02-06 · 33% match

‘Water from Air’ Aims to Turn Back Thailand’s Tide of Plastic

PHUKET, Thailand—Staying at a hotel on the Thai island of Koh Samui in 2015, Meghan Kerrigan noticed the four bottles of water she was given every day were clogging her bin with plastic. Outside her door, Chaweng beach was smothered in rubbish.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-01-22 · 31% match

Nikkei podcast looks at Trump's rising support with U.S. voters

TOKYO -- Kent Calder, an American scholar and director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), discussed the U.S.

[6] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 36% match

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[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-02-18 · 30% match

Trump breathes new life into $44bn Japan-Alaska LNG project

KENAI, Alaska -- With the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, hopes are rising that a long-delayed $44 billion liquefied natural gas project in the far northern state of Alaska will finally get off the ground and supply gas to Japan, though costs

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