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WORLD
Feb 26, 2016
U.S. test-fires missile amid debate about upgrades to aging nuclear arsenal
The U.S. military planned to test-fire its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a week overnight on Thursday to demonstrate the reliability of American nuclear arms at a time of rising strategic tensions with countries like Russia and North Korea.
WORLD
Feb 26, 2016
India near inducting its first nuclear-armed submarine
India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed attack submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2016
South China Sea defenses 'really needed' in face of U.S. militarization: Beijing
China "really needs" its defenses in the South China Sea in the face of a militarization process being pushed by the United States, and can deploy whatever equipment it wants on its own soil, China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2016
Draw a line in the South China Sea
Despite its protestations to the contrary, China is clearly militarizing the South China Sea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2016
Parsing the Sunnylands Declaration 'principles'
The Sunnylands Declaration is full of false hopes and disengenousness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2016
2014 Sony Pictures hackers linked to assaults elsewhere, investigators say
The perpetrators of the 2014 cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment were not activists or disgruntled employees, and likely had attacked other targets in China, India, Japan and Taiwan, according to a coalition of security companies that jointly investigated the Sony case for more than a year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 25, 2016
U.S., China back sanctions boost over Pyongyang nuclear test, eye UNSC vote soon: envoys
The United States and China have agreed on a draft resolution that would expand U.N. Security Council sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test and hope to put it to a vote in the coming days, council diplomats said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2016
Trump's 'loves the poorly educated' gets viral play, incendiary populism resonates in ailing South
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's declaration of love for "the poorly educated" in his Nevada victory speech lit up social media on Wednesday, sparking a battle between those dumbfounded by the remark and those saying it had been taken out of context.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2016
China seen locking in gains as fighter jets reported on isle in South China Sea
In the latest in a series of moves that is likely to stoke already heated tensions in the South China Sea, Beijing has sent fighter jets to an island where it has deployed surface-to-air missile batteries, U.S. media said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2016
Clinton takes aim at forex policies of China, Japan
U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned Tuesday she would take retaliatory action against Japan and China if she wins the White House, saying the two nations have intentionally weakened their currencies to aid exporters.
WORLD
Feb 24, 2016
U.S. must deploy anti-ship missile in Asia soon, admiral says
The U.S. should deploy a new anti-ship missile made by Lockheed Martin Corp. as quickly as possible to counter improved Chinese and Russian naval capabilities in Asian waters, the top U.S. Pacific commander said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2016
China throws down the gauntlet in gene-editing race with U.S.
U.S. companies racing to develop a promising gene editing technology are up against a formidable competitor — the Chinese government.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 23, 2016
Military tensions set tone for frosty U.S.-China discussions
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for talks this week as each country accuses the other of escalating military tensions in the western Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2016
Key lessons from the latest North Korean crisis
The North Korea crisis reveals deep-rooted problems in the region.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 23, 2016
China's 'princelings' urge patience with 'complex' changes under Xi
The atmosphere in the gilded banquet hall at Beijing's State Guesthouse was festive Sunday afternoon, as the children of Communist Party revolutionaries gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year and praise the most prominent member of their class, President Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2016
Upper House members resume exchanges with Chinese counterparts
A cross-party group of Upper House lawmakers resumed exchanges with China's parliament for the first time in four years this week, in yet another sign of a general improvement in relations between the Asian powers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2016
Chinese banks reportedly freeze North Korean accounts
Chinese banks including a branch of China's biggest bank Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have frozen accounts belonging to North Koreans, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 22, 2016
Beijing's Paracel military buildup seen as precursor to Spratly ambitions
From listening posts to jet fighter deployments and now surface-to-air missiles, China's expanding facilities in the Paracel Islands are a signal of long-term plans to strengthen its military reach across the disputed South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2016
Site of missing MH370 may be lost forever
The man leading the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is showing the strain after almost two years of fruitless toil.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2016
Chinese closing tech gap, but American pilots 'still have edge'
China's military is closing the technology gap with the U.S., though the experience of America's pilots still gives them an "unbelievably huge" edge, according to the U.S. Pacific Air Forces chief.

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