Early evidence suggests that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, when given shortly before cancer immunotherapy, may significantly boost survival rates by activating the immune system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/12/world/can-covid-19-vaccine-save-cancer-patients/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #mrna #covid19 #vaccines #health #medicine #cancer

Japan and its allies need a coordinated response that resists China's “wolf warrior” threats and subsequent charm offensives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/11/japan/navigating-beijings-latest-diplomatic-threats/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #wolfwarriordiplomacy

Taiwan is advocating for a "nonred" supply chain initiative among democratic nations to reduce reliance on China and secure critical manufacturing sectors like semiconductors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/11/world/how-taiwans-supply-chain-might-work/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #taiwan #laichingte #china #india #mexico #us #tsmc #tokyoelectron #foxconn #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #biden #supplychains #semiconductors

Early evidence suggests that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, when given shortly before cancer immunotherapy, may significantly boost survival rates by activating the immune system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/12/world/can-covid-19-vaccine-save-cancer-patients/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #mrna #covid19 #vaccines #health #medicine #cancer

While flaws and inconsistencies in crime data persist, multiple sources suggest that violent crime in the U.S. is genuinely declining, though skepticism remains warranted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/12/world/the-accuracy-of-crime-statistics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #crime #washington #donaldtrump #police #fbi #cdc

Venus Williams’s candid admission that she returned to tennis for health insurance spotlights the deep flaws in America’s employer-based system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/11/world/all-that-is-wrong-with-health-insurance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #venuswilliams #healthcare #medicine #healthinsurance #cobra

A Japanese nuclear-weapons program would unavoidably serve as proliferation kindling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/11/japan/japan-should-resist-going-nuclear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #nuclearweapons #defense #sdf #us #china #russia #northkorea

From surveilling and repressing Chinese citizens to firing and prosecuting potential rivals, Chinese President Xi Jinping seems able to rule only through fear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/11/world/xi-jinpings-purges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #xijinping #china #chinesecommunistparty

China may yet find itself ensnared in a kind of economic Thucydides trap: attempting to surpass an incumbent hegemon bent on keeping it down — and never quite succeeding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/11/world/can-chinas-economy-catch-up-to-the-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #chineseeconomy #useconomy #trade #tariffs

Women live longer than men due to factors like menopause timing and ovarian aging, with research into anti-aging drugs and sex-based biology seeking to explain the difference. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/09/world/women-key-to-unlocking-longer-life/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #aging #health #medicine #women039sissues

Japan is addressing challenges with tourism congestion, foreign real estate purchases and visa and other exploitation by nonresidents, which has become a hot-button political issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/11/japan/roots-of-japans-foreign-national-problem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #expats #foreignworkers #immigration #sanaetakaichi

Autonomies: **Raúl Zibechi: Gaza is Rio de Janeiro. Gaza is the whole world**

https://autonomies.org/2025/11/raul-zibechi-gaza-is-rio-de-janeiro-gaza-is-the-whole-world/

From Redes Libertarias (07/11/2025) There are no words to describe the horror we feel at the massacre of more than 130 poor black youths killed by the Rio de Janeiro police, under the pretext of attacking drug trafficking. It was … Continue reading →

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Autonomies: **Raúl Zibechi: Gaza is Rio de Janeiro. Gaza is the whole world**

https://autonomies.org/2025/11/raul-zibechi-gaza-is-rio-de-janeiro-gaza-is-the-whole-world/

From Redes Libertarias (07/11/2025) There are no words to describe the horror we feel at the massacre of more than 130 poor black youths killed by the Rio de Janeiro police, under the pretext of attacking drug trafficking. It was … Continue reading →

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Autonomies: **How Everyday Organizing Stopped Trump’s Bay Area ICE Surge**

https://autonomies.org/2025/11/how-everyday-organizing-stopped-trumps-bay-area-ice-surge/

In this article a member of Black Rose/Rosa Negra’s California Bay Area Local reflects on the organizing that made recent mobilizations to oppose a “surge” of federal agents in their region both possible and successful. (06/11/2025) Juan Verala Luz Between … Continue reading →

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With COP30 upon us, surveys show increasing climate disengagement, especially among younger generations in Japan, despite rising awareness and education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/10/world/time-to-fight-climate-fatigue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #sanaetakaichi #shigeruishiba #cop30 #cop29 #climatechange #carbonemissions #greenenergy

There are signs that while AI may be reducing entry-level roles, expertise is becoming more valuable — for now. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/06/world/experience-better-in-jobs-markets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #jobs #artificialintelligence #ai

The second Trump administration has challenged the EU’s hard-won market indispensability and forced it into a defensive posture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/07/world/trump-diminishes-eus-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #eu #europe #us #europeancentralbank #eueconomy #us #donaldtrump #euusrelations

Modern farming and government support have dramatically increased crop productivity, especially in rice, helping the world avoid food shortages despite climate challenges and opposition to technology like GMOs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/06/world/rice-can-feed-the-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #rice #grain #agriculture #hunger #gmos #food