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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2016
Site of missing MH370 may be lost forever
The man leading the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is showing the strain after almost two years of fruitless toil.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2016
By the numbers: The hunt for MH370
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in March 2014 sparked a search mission that has spanned thousands of square kilometers of seabed and absorbed millions of dollars. But the team hunting for the missing aircraft and its 239 passengers and crew has come up with few clues as to what happened....
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 20, 2016
Vietnam protests China missile deployment, Australia, New Zealand urge restraint
Vietnam protested to China on Friday at a "serious violation" of its sovereignty over Beijing's apparent deployment of an advanced missile system on a disputed South China Sea island, while Australia and New Zealand urged Chinese restraint.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2016
China raps Australia foreign minister ahead of Beijing trip
China rapped Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Tuesday ahead of her visit to Beijing after she said Australia recognize the Philippines' right to seek arbitration in its dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2016
Australia to ask China if others will get access to reclaimed South China Sea islands
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tuesday she will seek clarification from China about how it intends to use reclaimed islands in the South China Sea, including whether Beijing intends to grant access to other countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 15, 2016
Australian leader Turnbull loses shine ahead of elections
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's honeymoon period may be ending, with economists and political analysts blaming a lack of new policies for a drop in poll numbers that has reignited speculation of an early election.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 12, 2016
Australia's new deputy prime minister elected unopposed
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has inherited a hard-right climate-change skeptic for his deputy after the retirement of his current No. 2 on Thursday, an appointment that could block any revamp of an emissions trading scheme.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 11, 2016
Australian cuts to climate change research may hit drive into Asia
Funding and job cuts at Australia's climate change research body could undermine the country's goal of dominating the Asian premium food market by placing farmers at a disadvantage to U.S. and European competitors.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 9, 2016
Record number of shark attacks in 2015, researchers find
Sharks attacked people 98 times in 2015, a spike in unprovoked attacks that set a new record as human and shark populations rise, researchers found in an annual global tally released on Monday.
WORLD
Feb 6, 2016
Australian state premier offers 267 asylum seekers refuge
The premier of an Australian state offered on Saturday to look after a group of asylum seekers facing repatriation to a camp on a remote Pacific island, adding to opposition to the federal government's policy of offshore detention.
WORLD
Feb 6, 2016
Australia to step up Zika testing as two new cases reported
Australia will intensify testing for the Zika virus in Queensland state where Aedes mosquitoes are found, authorities said on Saturday, adding that two new cases among local residents were the result of travel to affected countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2016
Zika poses Asia, Oceania, South Europe threat; Sanofi joins race for viable vaccine
The Zika virus could spread to Africa, Asia and Southern Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as major French drugmaker Sanofi SA and others joined the race to create a vaccine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 31, 2016
'Humans caused extinction' of huge bird 50,000 years ago
The mystery behind the extinction of a huge flightless bird called Genyornis that flourished in the grasslands and woodlands of prehistoric Australia may have been solved, with burned eggshells as the clue and people as the culprits.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 25, 2016
Ousted Australian leader Abbott announces he will seek another term in parliament
Ousted Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he'll seek another parliamentary term in this year's elections — creating a potential rallying point for conservative lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Party and a headache for his successor, Malcolm Turnbull.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2016
Australian submarine tender narrows to Japanese and French bids: sources
The competition for a 50 billion Australian dollar ($34.55 billion) contract to build Australia's next submarine fleet is narrowing to a race between Japan and France as a bid from Germany's Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has lost ground over technical concerns, multiple sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 20, 2016
Century-old artifacts left by pioneer Antarctic explorers uncovered
Conservationists in Australia's oldest Antarctic outpost have scraped away a hundred years of snow and ice to find items, from bullets to a bowl of peas, that reveal the harsh conditions battled by early explorer Douglas Mawson and his team.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jan 16, 2016
Close ... but no cigar
Which part of the United States are you from?
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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