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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2019
Surge in arrests of foreign teachers reported as China pushes to clean up education system
Arrests and deportations of foreign teachers in China have soared this year, lawyers, schools and teachers say, amid a broad crackdown defined by new police tactics and Beijing's push for a "cleaner," more patriotic education system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 13, 2019
Wall Street slides on geopolitical and recession fears
U.S. stocks dipped in a broad sell-off on Monday as rising geopolitical tensions spooked investors away from equities and the extended U.S.-China trade war stoked fears of impending global recession.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2019
Hong Kong airport cancels all flights as thousands of protesters crowd into departure hall
Hong Kong International Airport canceled all flights later Monday, with authorities blaming demonstrators for the disruption of one of the world's busiest terminals, a dramatic escalation of anti-government protests that have roiled the Asian financial hub.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2019
Australia's Morrison says nation will spend $340 million on improving special forces' capabilities
Australia will spend 500 million Australian dollars ($340 million) to improve the capability of its special forces troops, the first stage of a AU$3 billion, 20-year plan that the government said Monday will enable a better response to security threats at home and abroad.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2019
U.S. adviser John Bolton to urge tougher U.K. stance on Iran and China's Huawei
John Bolton, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, arrived in London on Sunday for talks at which he is expected to urge Britain to toughen its stance on Iran and Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 12, 2019
Fed remains a target as economy falls short of Trump's ambitious goals
It has become a jarring and frequent contradiction. President Donald Trump blames the Federal Reserve for putting the U.S. economy at risk while data show an economy in "reasonably good" shape, as the head of the central bank recently said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2019
Versace apologizes after T-shirt labeling Hong Kong and Macao as countries inflames China
Italian luxury label Versace and its artistic director Donatella Versace apologized on Sunday after one of the company's T-shirts was widely criticized on social media in China for identifying the Chinese-controlled territories of Hong Kong and Macao as countries.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 11, 2019
Chinese startup LinkSpace revs up for boom in reusable rockets
Chinese startup LinkSpace on Saturday completed its third test of a reusable rocket in five months, stepping up the pace in China's race to develop a technology key to cheap space launches in an expected global boom in satellite deployment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 11, 2019
Myanmar politicians take advantage of China's junket tours
The National League for Democracy was forged in an uprising against one-party rule. Its activists spent years in jail under Myanmar's military junta. But since taking power three years ago, the party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has found an unlikely ally — the Chinese Communist Party.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2019
China paid for positive news coverage, using Taiwan media to win hearts and minds on island
The articles on the website of the leading Taiwan newspaper were gushing about a new Chinese government program to lure Taiwanese entrepreneurs to the mainland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2019
Chinese reports on U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong 'have gone from irresponsible to dangerous,' State Department says
Official Chinese media reports about a U.S. diplomat who met with student leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement "have gone from irresponsible to dangerous" and must stop, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 9, 2019
The Mideast has oil, China has rare earths
China has a powerful trade-war weapon: an overwhelming dominance in the production of rare earths.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2019
Huge Pakistan mine shows the power of coal
In the flat scrubland of Pakistan's scorching Thar Desert, hundreds of workers have been toiling for two years in the vast open pit of the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Co. Taking three-hour breaks during the hottest part of the day and living in a makeshift village of shipping containers, they are digging...
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 9, 2019
U.S. calls China 'thuggish regime' for leaking personal info of diplomat who met Hong Kong protesters
The U.S. State Department's spokeswoman called China a "thuggish regime" for releasing personal information on an American diplomat who met with opposition protesters in Hong Kong, escalating a war of words over protests that have wracked the territory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2019
Taiwan might save the day for Hong Kong
Beijing will be wary of overreacting to protests because of the effect that would have on its biggest goal: reunification with the 'renegade province.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 8, 2019
As loved ones in China disappear amid crackdown, Uyghurs in Japan speak out
As the global outcry over China's crackdown on the Uyghurs grows, members of the same ethnic minority in Japan are calling for help out of desperation to discover what has happened to their families back home.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘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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