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CHINA JAPAN RELATIONS

JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 16, 2020
Suga expected to take back seat in shaping Japan's foreign policy
A dearth of diplomatic experience means he'll be relying heavily on key Cabinet ministers and his predecessor's playbook.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2020
Meet the ‘shadow shogun’ behind the making of Japan’s next prime minister
Yoshihide Suga's rise to pole position in the race to succeed Shinzo Abe is largely the making of political operator Toshihiro Nikai.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2020
China looking to double nuclear stockpile in next decade, Pentagon says
The United States' congressionally mandated report said China currently possesses a stockpile “estimated to be in the low 200s.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2020
With eye on China, U.S. aims to 'formalize' four-nation 'Quad' security grouping
The move comes as Japan, Australia, India and U.S. increasingly take a hard line on Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 27, 2020
China fires missiles into South China Sea as U.S. sanctions Beijing
Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo has been watching Beijing's recent moves in the South China Sea 'with concern.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2020
Japan's take on a most unconventional Democratic convention
The reaction in Tokyo was mostly even-handed, if a little less enthusiastic than the coverage in the U.S. media.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2020
Japan, India and Australia eye 'supply chain pact' to counter China
The intensifying U.S.-China conflict and worsening diplomatic relations across Asia are forcing companies to rethink their prospects in China.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2020
Japan and U.S. militaries complete multiple joint air and sea exercises
Earlier this week, Defense Minister Taro Kono also met with China's ambassador to Japan, Kong Xuanyou, regarding intrusions into Japanese waters near the Senkakus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 17, 2020
Long arm of China's security law alarms Hong Kongers in Japan
While other countries have loosened visa restrictions, offered routes to refugee status or sanctioned Chinese officials, efforts by Japan have focused on economic gains.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2020
Japan sticks to well-worn diplomatic language after latest Hong Kong crackdown
The government's top spokesman did not directly address the arrests in which Beijing deployed a new security law to target 'black hands' behind pro-democracy protests.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2020
Japan’s legal response in the gray zone
China's tactics around the Senkaku Islands are even more dangerous than similar moves in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2020
China warns Japan a TikTok ban would affect relations: report
A group of of ruling party lawmakers will reportedly push to restrict the app in the name of data security, but the government says it isn't considering a ban.
Chinese buyer of Okinawa Island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
TikTok’s fate rests on Trump after U.S. Supreme Court upholds law
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s potential role in any plan to save TikTok remains both intriguing and complicated. The ban is set to take effect just one day before his inauguration, and while it has been reported that President Joe Biden won’t enforce the ban on day one, the decision on what to do long-term will become Trump’s problem almost immediately.
Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signs with Dodgers
Roki Sasaki pitches for Japan during the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome on March 11, 2023.
Major Japanese firms pay record winter bonuses
The average figure of winter bonuses agreed on by labor unions and employers stood 4.93% higher than a year earlier.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.
A slow dive into ‘a moment and an eternity’ with Ryuichi Sakamoto
From the mid-2000s onward, Ryuichi Sakamoto created a number of installation works, often in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, of multimedia art collective Dumb Type.
The efforts to bridge the disaster information gap, 30 years on
Roxana Oshiro and her husband gather their belongings in front of their house in Furukawacho, in Kobe's Suma Ward, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
Japan looks to up the ante with more money and partners in military aid program
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo hold a joint news conference in Taguig City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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