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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2016
Pakistan military blankets area as China port construction underway
A heavy police presence, guarded convoys, new checkpoints and troop reinforcements have turned parts of the southern port city of Gwadar into a fortress, as Pakistan's powerful military seeks to protect billions of dollars of Chinese investment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2016
Stop ignoring North Korea
The lesson of Pyongyang's latest nuclear test is that talking to North Korea offers a better hope of success than ignoring it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 7, 2016
China faces diplomatic crisis over missing Hong Kong booksellers
For years Gui Minhai, a China-born publisher of tabloid books on China's leaders, had believed he could live and work overseas on a Swedish passport without fear of persecution by Chinese authorities, which ban such works on the mainland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 7, 2016
Some unpaid Chinese workers skip Lunar New Year holidays to protest
This year, laborer Fan Fu and 20 or so colleagues working on the Zixia Garden apartment complex in Hebei province have not joined China's legion of migrant workers returning home to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2016
China filming its own version of 'The Big Short'
The second biggest economy has $23 billion of potential junk debt. A rash of downgrades could trigger the next bout of turmoil in global markets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2016
China's new role as a Middle East peacemaker
Can China's impact on the Middle East be more constructive than that of the United States?
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2016
China says U.S. looking for excuses to raise defense budget
China said on Wednesday the United States was just looking for excuses to pump taxpayers' money into its military, after U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter named China as a reason for seeking a $582.7 billion defense budget next year.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2016
China's migrants go home — and stay there
Decades of reform is finally starting to pay off for some of China's most economically backward regions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2016
U.S. says open to patrols with Philippines in waters disputed with China
The United States is open to the possibility of joint naval patrols with the Philippines in the South China Sea, a U.S. diplomat said Wednesday, stressing it would continue to exercise "freedom of navigation" in the disputed waters.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2016
China reduces 11 Xinjiang jail sentences, calls de-radicalization a success
Authorities in China's unruly far-western region of Xinjiang have reduced the sentences of 11 people jailed for threatening state security after declaring the success of a re-radicalization programme, state Xinhua News Agency reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2016
Carter says U.S. reacting to China's isles moves, including in defense budget
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter listed a rising China and North Korea's nuclear programs as among the challenges facing the United States as he called Tuesday for defense outlays in fiscal 2017 to be maintained at current levels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2016
Kansai airport braces for record-high 54,900 daily Lunar New Year travelers
The average number of people who will use Kansai International Airport during the Lunar New Year holiday season is expected to be about 54,900 a day, more than 53,520, the record high reported last summer, its operator said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2016
Taiwan's balancer-in-chief
Tsai's election demonstrates that, while many Taiwanese want good relations with China, they are opposed to Beijing's 'One China' policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2016
Nippon Steel to buy Nisshin Steel to gird against fallout from China slump
Japan's biggest steel maker, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. says it will buy rival Nisshin Steel Co. in an attempt to withstand deteriorating conditions in the industry triggered by China's economic slowdown.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2016
Here we go again with North Korea
The international community should agree upon the consequences of the next North Korean provocation, so that the next action brings it together rather than provides yet another opportunity for Pyongyang to divide and conquer.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2016
China says U.S. seeks 'hegemony' after South China Sea sailing
China accused the United States on Monday of seeking maritime hegemony in the name of freedom of navigation after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2016
'China shock' for U.S. workers was avoidable
What policy steps could the U.S. and other industrialized countries have taken to blunt the worst effects of free trade with China?
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 1, 2016
U.S. risks credibility gap by swatting China with international treaty it has never ratified
In the wake of Washington's second "freedom of navigation" operation near Beijing's man-made islets in the South China Sea, an often overlooked fact remains: The set of laws governing global maritime behavior that the U.S. has been touting has never been ratified by the Senate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2016
U.S. urged Japan to consult with China before 2012 Senkakus purchase
The United States urged Japan to hold discussions with China before its provocative Senkaku Islands purchase in 2012, a declassified email reveals.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2016
China's new era of diplomacy: engaging in Syria
China's involvement in the Syrian peace process is based on a mix of geostrategic interests and a desire to be seen as an influential actor on the state of global diplomacy.
Cutting ties with JCP not easy for CDP despite Renho's defeat
When Renho (center) announced her candidacy for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on May 27, the head of the Japanese Communist Party's secretariat, Akira Koike (far left), was also in attendance.
Japan soccer player Sano arrested for alleged sexual assault
Professional soccer player Kaishu Sano has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in her 30s at a Tokyo hotel.
Taro Kono says central bank needs to raise rates to lift yen
Taro Kono, Japan's digital transformation minister, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Trump says Taiwan should pay for defense, sending TSMC stock down
Shares in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple and Nvidia supplier, closed 2.4% lower on Wednesday.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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