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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2019
Hong Kong shuts government offices; security tight after violent protests
Hong Kong authorities have shut government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week after a day of violence over an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2019
Huawei fights to keep U.S. funds flowing to its rural mobile customers
China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the world's biggest telecom equipment maker, argued on Wednesday that Washington should scrap plans to prohibit wireless companies from using U.S. government funds to buy Huawei gear for their networks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2019
Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets as extradition bill protests turn to chaos
Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles on Wednesday as protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial descended into violent chaos.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 12, 2019
China's Senkaku Islands ambition
China aims to establish a situation of de facto co-administration of the Senkakus as a stepping stone to vying for sole administration at some point in the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2019
Should Russia hug China?
Engaging a far superior strategist in his drive against the West may be a gamble that Putin — and Russia — soon regret.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2019
Japan's largest warship joins U.S. carrier for military exercises in disputed South China Sea
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Izumo helicopter carrier has joined the United States' sole forward-deployed aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, in joint military exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the MSDF and U.S. 7th Fleet said in separate statements Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 12, 2019
Surprise gain in Japan's machinery orders masks cooling investment outlook
Machinery orders unexpectedly rose for a third straight month in April, signalling solid business investment, although analysts expect an intensifying Sino-U.S. trade war and global slowdown to hurt capital spending plans in the coming quarters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2019
Trump defends tariff strategy as China says it's 'not afraid of a trade war'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the use of tariffs as part of his trade strategy while China vowed a tough response if the United States insists on escalating trade tensions amid ongoing negotiations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2019
Chinese aircraft carrier sails between Okinawan islands
The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that China's sole operating aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, had passed through the Miyako Strait between the island of Miyako and Okinawa's main island as it ventured into the Pacific that morning.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 11, 2019
Japan must prepare as the U.S. and China dig in
Tokyo will be increasingly squeezed between demands from its ally and those from its top export market and driver of its economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 11, 2019
Beijing and Moscow want to control the 'world island'
Increasing military cooperation helps both sides now, but in the long run Beijing will rule.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 11, 2019
One year after Singapore summit, hopes fading for progress in U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks
One year after the handshakes, photo ops and circus-like fanfare of the first-ever summit between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader, hopes that Pyongyang will soon give up its nuclear weapons have all but evaporated.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 11, 2019
Hong Kong activist urges Japan to put pressure on city government to withdraw extradition bill
Tokyo should put pressure on the Hong Kong government to withdraw a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China, given Japan's strong economic ties with the former British territory and the large number of mutual visits by tourists, a high-profile pro-democracy activist told a...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Jun 11, 2019
U.S. voices 'grave concern' over proposed Hong Kong extradition law as city braces for showdown
The U.S. expressed "grave concern" over Hong Kong legislation that would for the first time allow extraditions to mainland China, raising pressure on Beijing as the city braced for a potentially historic showdown over the proposal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 10, 2019
What's not happened since May 35, 1989
The West badly misread China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square incident.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2019
Chinese president's favorite general trips up over Taiwan
If China genuinely wishes to dominate its region it will need to make rather fewer missteps.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2019
Despite an estimated 1 million at huge protest, Hong Kong vows to press ahead with extradition bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vowed Monday to push ahead with amendments to laws allowing suspects to be extradited to mainland China a day after the city's biggest protest since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2019
Giant panda cub Xiang Xiang at Tokyo's Ueno zoo to turn 2 this week
Few birthdays call for greater celebration than that of Xiang Xiang, a female giant panda cub living in Tokyo's Ueno zoo who will turn 2 years old on Wednesday.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

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