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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017
Perilous South China Sea plan
If the U.S. pursues U.S. Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson's South China Sea position as policy, it will almost certainly mean high tension, instability and conflict in the region.
EDITORIALS
Jan 17, 2017
Easing Asia-Pacific tensions
Improved Japan-China relations will be all the more important given the shadow of uncertainty over the international political landscape cast by the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017
Is Davos man ready for a Xi change?
China's president is the star attraction, but selling the Beijing consensus to the Davos elite won't be easy.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2017
China's latest innovation? The ballpoint pen
China's $9 million drive to make high quality ballpoint pens illustrates what's wrong with its economy.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2017
Philippines defense chief calls China arms on South China Sea islands 'troubling'
China's recent installation of weapons on artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea was "very troubling", the Philippines' defense minister said Tuesday, after Manila quietly protested Beijing's activities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2017
Chinese official fired after calling Mao a 'devil'
An official in northern China has been fired after he called the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, a "devil" on social media and called the annual commemoration of Mao's birthday "the world's largest cult activity."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 17, 2017
Manila admits protest was lodged with Beijing over South China Sea arms buildup
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest with China, its foreign minister said on Monday, over Beijing's installation last year of anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems on its man-made islets in the disputed South China Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jan 17, 2017
Xi, unlikely champion for business elites, takes Davos spotlight
When Xi Jinping addresses business elites at Davos, the Chinese president will find himself an unlikely champion of the trade-based global order Donald Trump has derided. His new role could prove to be one of his biggest tests.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 16, 2017
How Trump could push China and Japan together
Both China and Japan should work together to map out how to survive the Trump era.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 16, 2017
Former U.N. chief Ban throws weight behind THAAD deployment
Former United Nations chief and presumptive South Korean presidential candidate Ban Ki-moon has backed the deployment later this year of a U.S. anti-missile system to the country amid North Korea's progress in its nuclear and missile programs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 16, 2017
Chinese state media lambastes Trump on Taiwan, calls issue 'Pandora's box of lethal potential'
Chinese state-run media have lashed out at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's recent comments on Taiwan, with one newspaper calling the issue a "Pandora's box of lethal potential" that could upend the two powers' relationship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2017
China shoppers ended 2016 on spending spree but headwinds seen brewing
Chinese consumers flocked to malls, restaurants and cinemas ahead of the year's biggest holiday season, highlighting the consumption power transforming the economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 15, 2017
Beijing says 'one-China' policy can't be bargaining chip after Trump calls principle negotiable
China has pushed back against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's suggestions that the "one-China" policy on Taiwan is negotiable, with the Foreign Ministry in Beijing urging the incoming administration to "recognize the high sensitivity of the Taiwan question."
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2017
As Trump era looms, Beijing fortifies the South China Sea
Since last year's surprising election of Donald Trump, Beijing has looked to up the stakes and increase its leverage in the disputed South China Sea. This past December, China seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater vehicle near the Philippines. The seizure was made outside of Beijing's expansive and...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2017
Dangerous uncertainty surrounds Taiwan Strait
The world's most dangerous flash point got much more dangerous last Wednesday when China sent its lone aircraft carrier into the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan scrambled fighter jets in response. This is how accidental wars start: provocation and counter-provocation in an environment with too much uncertainty....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 15, 2017
Beijing's air pollution goal is double WHO's acceptable standard
Beijing's air quality target for 2017 is more than double the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organization, the mayor announced on Saturday in the wake of weeks of hazardous air pollution in the Chinese capital.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2017
Trump suggests he may do away with Russia hacking sanctions if Moscow helpful: WSJ
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal he would keep intact sanctions against Russia "at least for a period of time," and also said he wouldn't commit to the "one China" policy until he sees progress from Beijing in its currency and trade practices.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 14, 2017
Trump team sends out contradictory signals as it seeks to craft tougher China policy
The incoming U.S. administration's tough talk against China has set the stage for showdowns on everything from security to trade and cyberspace, but contradictory signals are sowing uncertainty over how far President-elect Donald Trump is prepared to go in confronting Beijing.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2017
Chinese, Germans seek to turn Chernobyl wasteland into solar park
Chinese and Germans are among dozens of investors taking Ukraine up on its offer to turn the grounds of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters into a massive solar park.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
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.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu

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