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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2018
Majority of Japanese have favorable feelings toward Taiwan: poll
A majority of Japanese have a strong affinity for Taiwan and think bilateral relations will further develop, according to the results of a survey conducted by Taiwan's de facto embassy in Tokyo that was released Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 28, 2018
Chinese police detain students protesting crackdown on Marxist group
Chinese police detained a group of students on Friday who were protesting against a crackdown on a campus Marxist society, whose former head was held by police on the 125th birthday of the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2018
Behind the myth of China's great technology grab
The issue of forced transfers is overstated. Carmakers know how to safeguard their most advanced know-how.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2018
White House mum as trade war slaughters hog industry worldwide
Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2018
Alleged leader of China consulate attack in Pakistan reported killed in Afghanistan
One of the alleged masterminds of an attack by a Pakistani separatist group on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi last month has been killed in Afghanistan along with five associates, the insurgent group that claimed the attack said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2018
How Beijing risks trashing its amazing growth story
There already are some signs that the country is making mistakes that will hobble economic growth.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2018
Leading Chinese Marxist student taken away by police on Mao's birthday
Chinese police detained a well-known Marxist at a top university on Wednesday, a witness said, on the sensitive anniversary of the 125th birthday of the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, whose legacy remains deeply contested.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2018
World economy to feel the delayed trade war pain in 2019, data shows
While 2018 was the year trade wars broke out, 2019 will be the year the global economy feels the pain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018
China would be unwise to follow the U.S. and turn inward
While both countries may be tempted to turn inward, there are five reasons why they would be wise not to.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2018
China would do well to remember its friends
By taking all the credit for the country's stunning economic rise, the Communist Party is threatening its continued prosperity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 24, 2018
Christmas calm eludes emerging markets as loose-cannon Trump spooks investors
If emerging markets had their way, this Christmas week would be like any other: quiet, with just a handful of economic releases and low trading volumes. But political dramas playing out in the U.S. are keeping investors on tenterhooks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 24, 2018
Huawei gear pulled from $3 billion U.K. police phone network
Huawei Technologies Co. gear will be ripped out of the core part of a U.K. communications network for police and other emergency responders by the company delivering the £2.3 billion ($3 billion) project, BT Group PLC.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 23, 2018
Japan to sink to third-largest contributor to U.N. as China rises
Japan will fall from being the second-largest contributor to the United Nations' general budget to third place starting next year as China gets set to surpass it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2018
Japan-U.S. trade war holds clues to China spat
If Trump revisited that '80s battle he wouldn't find the big win he's looking for today.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2018
China's 40 extraordinary years
Forty years ago, Beijin embarked on an economic program that has transformed the China and the world.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2018
Furniture retailer Otsuka Kagu agrees to tie up with Chinese firm
Struggling furniture retailer Otsuka Kagu Ltd. said Friday it has agreed to a business tie-up with a Chinese company in the same sector, as it looks to boost sales in the world's second-largest economy and turn its fortunes around.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2018
Indonesian Muslims protest against China's treatment of Uighurs
Hundreds of Muslims held a rally outside the Chinese Embassy in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on Friday to protest against the treatment of members of the mostly Muslim ethnic Uighur minority in China's far western Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 21, 2018
Japan lodges protest after South Korean warship locks targeting radar on MSDF plane
The Defense Ministry in Tokyo “strongly protests” to Seoul after a South Korean destroyer allegedly locked its targeting radar on a Japanese surveillance plane.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2018
China's warning to the democratic world
Instead of trying to divide the U.S. from its allies, Beijing is taking hostages.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2018
Japan slams alleged China-based hackers after cyberattacks on government, firms and colleges
Japan on Friday criticized an alleged China-based hacking group over cyberattacks targeting its government, companies and academic institutions and urged Beijing to take "responsible" actions.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
Japan mostly spared in global IT meltdown despite reports of some bugs
A screen displays an error message at a self-checkout terminal of a supermarket in Sydney on Friday.
'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman' is an immersive journey into Murakami's world
“Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” incorporates six Murakami short stories from three books into a single intertwined narrative that centers on a trio of lonely Tokyoites.
CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
The CrowdStrike offices in Sunnyvale, California, on Friday
U.S.-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component snag
Self-Defense Forces soldiers walk past a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in Tokyo in October 2017.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
German, French and Spanish fighter aircraft arrive in Japan for joint drills
Two Air Self-Defense Force F-15s (right) escort two German Air Force Eurofighter jets and an A330MRTT aerial tanker on their arrival in Japan Friday. The ASDF is conducting training exercises with the German, French and Spanish air forces this weekend.

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