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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2013
Nissan's new car to test mood in China
After protests erupted across China last year over the Senkaku Islands, sales of Japanese-branded cars there plummeted. Nissan Motor Co.'s prescription for winning back Chinese drivers: a quieter ride and better gas mileage.
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2013
Japan surpasses China as holder of U.S. securities
Japan's purchases of U.S. Treasuries helped it overtake China last June as the largest foreign holder of American securities, including equities, asset-backed paper and U.S. government debt, Treasury Department figures show.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2013
Beware a revanchist China
In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Feb. 22, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe informed the audience of officials, experts and journalists that Japan is "back" and will not stand down in its ongoing sovereignty dispute with China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2013
China's televised death march of foreign killers sparks debate
In an unusual action that quickly sparked debate online, Chinese authorities showed a live broadcast Friday of four foreign drug smugglers in their last hours before execution for killing 13 fishermen.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2013
High stakes in cyberspace
As China catches up with the West in technology and relies increasingly on cyberspace for business and security, it may seek a cyberspace detente.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2013
For China's Catholics, new pope is a cause for hope
Of the long list of problems the next pope will inherit once the white smoke rises in Rome, few on the diplomatic front can rival the bitter, intractable relationship between the Vatican and the Chinese government.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 25, 2013
China and Japan: vital ties
Japan and China should reconfirm pledges made in the 1978 friendship treaty and set up a forum for dialogue to prevent ties from declining further.
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2013
China's pollution problem
Japan should provide whatever technical assistance it can to a China now facing air pollution problems that have unleashed strong public criticism.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2013
China's Gwadar plunge could constrain India
Chinese development of Pakistan's Gwadar port and other facilities around India into viable strategic outposts would limit India's options significantly.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2013
Senkaku showdown taxing forces
The past few months have put the Japan Coast Guard and Air Self-Defense Force to the test, as they defend the nation's territorial waters and airspace around the Senkaku islets in the East China Sea, a flash point for potential military clashes with China.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 22, 2013
Abe shows a flair for pragmatism and survival
China is walking a fence. It blames the U.S. for North Korea's ambitions, yet works to avoid being seen as the enabler of the North's nuclear program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2013
Abe: China stirs up rows to build support at home
China has a 'deeply ingrained' need to spar with neighbors over territory, because the Communist Party uses the disputes to maintain strong domestic support, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 21, 2013
Raising the Senkaku stakes?
One question that typically has received little attention in the Japan-China dispute over the Senkaku Islands is, what's in it for the parties involved?
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 20, 2013
Chinese struggle in 'airpocalypse'
China's toxic air pollution is exacting a toll, as more people suffer coughing attacks and are forced to stay indoors, especially anywhere near Beijing.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2013
China's greater water wall
The Chinese government's recent decision to build an array of new dams on rivers flowing to other nations is set to roil inter-riparian relations in Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2013
The Chinese people have an alternative dream
Last month's controversy at China's Southern Weekly appeared to be about censorship. At a deeper level, it was about alternative national dreams.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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