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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2018
Top South Korean presidential adviser says joint U.S. military drills to start early April: report
South Korea and the United States will start in early April a joint military exercise postponed until after the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, a top South Korean presidential security adviser was quoted as saying.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 28, 2018
In Tokyo, Tibetan leader urges pressure on China to free his homeland
Japan and the international community should pressure China to find a peaceful solution to its long-standing conflict with Tibet, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile told The Japan Times in a recent interview in Tokyo.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2018
South Korea complains to Chinese ambassador over military jet's flight through air defense identification zone
South Korea summoned the Chinese ambassador on Tuesday to lodge a complaint over a Chinese military aircraft entering the South's air defense identification zone (KADIZ), the second such incident this year, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2018
Why 'Emperor Xi' should worry
China will learn that totalitarian states have short-term advantages but they don't end well.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 27, 2018
Japan weighs deploying anti-ship missile unit to Okinawa's main island as China maritime assertiveness grows
The government is considering a fresh deployment to Okinawa's main island of a surface-to-ship missile unit as part of a bid to beef up defenses in response to Chinese maritime assertiveness, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 27, 2018
With eye on U.S., China to revamp top tier of diplomats, sources say
China is expected to announce a reshuffle of its top diplomats at an annual meeting of parliament in March, aiming to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's growing suspicion of Beijing, several sources familiar with the plan said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 27, 2018
U.S. State Department's point man on North Korea to step down this week
In a stunning development that will leave an already depleted U.S. diplomatic corps in even further disarray, the State Department's top diplomat in charge of North Korea policy has announced that he will step down from his post at the end of the week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 27, 2018
Trump says U.S. can talk with North Korea but 'only under right conditions'
U.S. President Donald Trump has weighed in on the prospect of talks with nuclear-armed North Korea, saying Monday that such a move would come "only under the right conditions," a refrain that came just a day after a top official from the North said for the second time that Pyongyang was open to dialogue...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2018
China pushes back against criticism of plan for Xi to stay in power
China's plan for President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely has sparked social media opposition, drawing comparisons to North Korea's ruling dynasty and charges of creating a dictator by a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 26, 2018
Xi's move to erase term limits puts Chinese president on collision course with Japan's Abe
China has set the stage for President Xi Jinping to stay in his post indefinitely in a position some have compared to that of an “emperor” — a move that could put the Asian powerhouse on a collision course with Japan and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2018
South Korea's Moon urges U.S. and North to lower threshold for talks
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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2018
Japan wants U.S. and South Korea to help surveil Pyongyang-linked sanctions evaders in East China Sea
Japan is the only country currently watching over ship-to-ship transfers extensively involving North Korean vessels.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 25, 2018
China to scrap term limits for president, paving way for Xi to stay at helm
In a move likely to pave the way for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to stay at the country's helm beyond his second five-year term, the ruling Communist Party's Central Committee has proposed to remove term limits for the president and vice president.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 25, 2018
Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising rights concerns
When Apple Inc. begins hosting Chinese users' iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities will have far easier access to text messages, email and other data stored in the cloud.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2018
NSC chief Shotaro Yachi and China's Yang Jiechi unite on denuclearizing North Korea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's national security adviser, Shotaro Yachi, and China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, have agreed to work together toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, the Foreign Ministry said amid an apparent warming in inter-Korean ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2018
U.S. prepares high-seas crackdown on North Korea sanctions evaders, sources say
The Trump administration and key Asian allies are preparing to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea, a plan that could include deploying U.S. Coast Guard forces to stop and search vessels in Asia-Pacific waters, senior U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 24, 2018
'Peace Games' are no game-changer for South Koreans
South Korea's self-styled "Peace Games" have been a sporting success, but public reaction suggests Seoul may have failed its bigger test — to generate the support the president needs to make bold moves to improve ties with old enemy North Korea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 24, 2018
U.S. to discuss trade disputes with Chinese official as Trump considers tariffs on steel
Senior U.S. officials will discuss trade disputes with a top Chinese economic official when he visits Washington in the coming week, a senior U.S. official said on Friday as President Donald Trump considers new tariffs on steel imports.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2018
U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions, Trump warns of 'phase two'
The United States said on Friday it was imposing its largest package of sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear missile program, and President Donald Trump warned of a "phase two" that could be "very, very unfortunate for the world" if the steps did not work.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2018
Macron vows to protect French farmland from foreign buyers amid uproar over Chinese deals
France will clamp down on farmland purchases by foreign buyers, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, responding to a controversy over deals attributed to a Chinese firm.

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