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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2016
Indian-U.S. defense ties grow with eye on China
The Modi government has rightly concluded that strong defense ties with the U.S. enhance Indian strategic autonomy rather than constrain it.
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2016
End of Uzbekistan's Karimov era
Islam Karimov had little regard for legal niceties, but his ability to keep keep Islamic radicals under control made him a critical figure for governments outside Central Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2016
A legacy of repression, slavery and kleptocracy
Uzbekistan's founding president has plenty of atrocities to his name.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2016
Japan and South Korea account for 17 of top 20 Asia universities, poll shows
China and India have the biggest populations in the Asia-Pacific region, and the economic news coming out of both countries usually dominates world headlines.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2016
Why Central Asia is less stable than it appears
Kept relatively peaceful by a handful of aging authoritarian leaders, the region is a ticking time bomb.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2016
Singapore confirms first case of locally transmitted Zika virus
Singapore has confirmed its first case of a locally-transmitted Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in Brazil, the health ministry said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2016
How Pakistan betrayed its founding father's vision
Until Pakistan decides whether it wishes to operate as a Muslim theocracy or as the liberal and progressive state that its founder intended, it will remain gripped in a battle between competing forces.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2016
Reducing U.S.-Sino tensions in the South China Sea
How to help ease tensions in what is often called the world's most important bilateral relationship.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2016
Building the foundations of Pacific stability
At a time when six of the world's 10 largest armies are located in the Pacific theater of operations, and 22 of the region's 27 countries have army officers as their defense chiefs, the need to invest in the U.S. Army's mission in the region is clear.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2016
Gunmen storm American University in Kabul, kill guard, wound at least 21
Afghan security forces killed two gunmen who attacked the American University in Kabul, police said early on Thursday, ending an assault on the compound that killed at least one person and sent hundreds of students fleeing in panic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2016
Pillaged cultural assets returned to Afghanistan with help of Japan
Some 102 cultural assets taken illegally from conflict-torn Afghanistan have been returned to the South Asian country with the help of a Japanese nonprofit organization.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 15, 2016
Special Mitsubishi Electric plant focuses on custom lifts for Asian venues
Made-to-order people movers, including spiral escalators and elevators with doors bearing elegant Islamic designs made at Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s Inazawa Works, are becoming popular in Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2016
Islamic State faces uphill 'branding war' in Afghanistan, Pakistan
The U.S. drone strike that killed the Islamic State group's commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement's ambitions to expand into a region where the long-established Taliban remain the dominant Islamist force.
WORLD
Aug 13, 2016
Drone kills Islamic State leader for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. says
The leader of the Islamic State group's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2016
Taliban tightens grip on Helmand province as Kabul focuses on Islamic State
The Taliban are tightening their noose around the capital of disputed Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, which has seen sustained fighting, residents and local officials say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2016
Pakistani chopper goes down in Afghanistan; occupants feared held by Taliban
A Pakistani government helicopter crash-landed in Taliban-held territory in neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday and all passengers and crew are feared to have been captured by the insurgents, officials said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2016
'Trumpetings' mean trouble for Japan and Asia
The last thing this region needs is more tension and conflict, which is what would come with a Trump presidency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2016
Kishida to visit Laos for talks with ASEAN peers before UNSC meet
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Laos from Sunday to Tuesday to attend a series of regional foreign ministerial meetings involving the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2016
China's 'might makes right' strategy vs. international law
Unless China is made to realize that its future lies in cooperation and not confrontation, a systemic risk to Asian stability and prosperity is bound to arise, with far-reaching implications for the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2016
Tensions ratchet up in Asia
If peace is based around consensus, the direction of travel in Asia this year seems to be entirely the wrong way.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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