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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 14, 2017
North Korea renews threat to target Guam ahead of joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises
North Korea renewed its threat to the American Pacific territory of Guam on Friday as the U.S. and South Korean militaries geared up for 10 days of joint naval exercises set to kick off next week.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2017
Japanese men formally arrested over apparent espionage allegations
Chinese authorities have formally arrested two Japanese men, who were detained earlier this year while conducting geological assessments for hot spring developments, a Japanese government source said Friday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 13, 2017
Memories of war have had profound effect on Meschery
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 13, 2017
China jails Yang Xiuzhu, former No. 1 fugitive, over graft
A Chinese court on Friday jailed the country's top fugitive for eight years for graft and taking bribes, state media said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 13, 2017
Former Japan defense chief Tokuichiro Tamazawa counsels patience on Taiwan independence
Former defense chief Tokuichiro Tamazawa said Taiwan enjoys de facto independence, making its best policy for the moment to maintain the status quo.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 13, 2017
China bars British activist from Hong Kong, says territory's affairs are 'purely internal matter'
China said on Thursday it had the right to bar people from Hong Kong, a day after a British activist was denied entry into the former British colony, and that it had complained to Britain after it demanded an explanation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2017
MSDF drills with U.S. aircraft carrier amid North Korea tensions
The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier was conducting joint exercises with a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer in the waters near Okinawa on Wednesday, the two countries' militaries said, amid rising tensions with North Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2017
Don't expect China's new leaders to change
We now have five years of data on Xi Jinping's policies and predilections, and very little of it suggests he is deeply invested in a pro-market, reformist agenda.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2017
U.S. flies powerful bombers over Korean Peninsula as Trump discusses 'range of options'
The U.S. sent powerful B-1B bombers from Guam for joint exercises with the South Korean Air Force over the Korean Peninsula late Tuesday as President Donald Trump gathered his top national security advisers to discuss "a range of options" for dealing with North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2017
Hong Kong leader says Asian financial hub faces 'grave' challenges
In her maiden policy speech, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday warned the city faced "grave" challenges and must develop a diversified and high value economy, unveiling a mix of housing and tax relief policies to raise competitiveness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2017
China's Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress
China's Communist Party opened a meeting Wednesday to make final preparations for a key party congress later this month, state media said, a five-yearly event where President Xi Jinping is expected to further tighten his grip on power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2017
South Koreans seek to visit once-jointly run factory zone in North
A group of South Korean businessmen who own factories in the Kaesong industrial complex inside North Korea said Wednesday they want to visit to verify the North's claim that it had restarted some operations there on its own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2017
U.S. destroyer sails near Beijing-claimed Paracels in South China Sea
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, three U.S. officials said, even as President Donald Trump's administration seeks China's cooperation in dealing with North Korea's missile and nuclear programs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2017
Can we avoid the 'Thucydides Trap'?
When an emerging power attempts to supplant a hegemonic power in international politics, major conflict often ensues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 10, 2017
North Korean 'princess' now one of the secretive state's top policy makers
The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 28-year-old sister to the country's top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the center of power, experts and officials say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2017
'Turbocharged' sulfur component seen as pungent durian smell's driving force
Scientists have answered one of nature's most pungent questions: what gives the world's smelliest fruit its distinctive aroma.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Oct 8, 2017
Vow to 'compete at the Japanese level' pays off for Oussouby Sacko, Kyoto Seika's next head
In his rise up the ranks, Malian academic positioned himself as a bridge between Japan and the outside world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2017
Bluster or legit threat? Trump remarks show North Korea military option on U.S. leader's mind
Bluster or legitimate threat, U.S. President Donald Trump's latest castigation of North Korea has again left observers wondering if the leader will greenlight some kind of military action against the country in a bid to halt its seemingly inexorable march toward a credible nuclear strike capability.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2017
1.34 million Chinese officials have been punished for graft since 2013
China's anti-graft watchdog said roughly 1.34 million lower-ranking officials have been punished since 2013 under President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 8, 2017
Performance artists in China feeling the chill from official disapproval
One woman, a performance artist from Taiwan, tied herself up with bras, but left her nipples exposed. Another artist, a Romanian woman in a bathing suit, had someone write the Chinese characters for "control" and "art" across her buttocks.

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