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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2015
China's Xi struggles to show softer side during U.S. charm offensive
Before Xi Jinping flew to the U.S., his foreign minister promised a "people first visit" that would showcase the Chinese president's "extensive outreach to the American people."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2015
Australia, New Zealand risk losing share of Chinese tourist dollars as infrastructure ages
Australia and New Zealand risk losing a global arms race for big-spending Chinese vacationers unless they improve their services and infrastructure, jeopardizing hopes that tourism will fill the economic hole left by the downturn in commodity prices.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2015
Competitiveness list keeps Japan at sixth, Switzerland on top
Japan retained sixth place in this year's global competitiveness rankings, with Switzerland remaining at the top for the seventh consecutive year, the World Economic Forum said in its report Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2015
Modest progress in U.S.-China ties
While there were no gaffes during Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to the U.S., his summit with President Obama was a missed opportunity for significant progress.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 29, 2015
China punishes 249 'lazy' officials for unspent funds
China has punished 249 officials for laziness, exemplified by failure to spend government funds, delays to projects and sitting on land earmarked for development, as the government wages a war on graft, state news agency Xinhua said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2015
Japan's rail firms fear eclipse by China in U.S.
Days before Chinese President Xi Jinping made a high-profile visit to the United States last week, Beijing said six Chinese businesses would join forces with a U.S. company to build a high-speed rail link between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2015
Xi Jinping's high-stakes visit to Washington
The visit to Washington by President Xi Jinping illustrated the old saying that politicians need to be able to 'walk and chew gum at the same time.'
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2015
China had better avoid global debt-deflation trap
China now faces the same debt-deflation challenge that much of the rest of the world must address. The question, of course, is how.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2015
China's Japan-bashing: Is there any hope for goodwill?
As China regularly whips itself up into frenzy over Japan, it is easy to forget that the anti-Japanese sentiment is only a recent phenomenon.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2015
China's culture chief says sites being plundered, bulldozed
The treasures of China's thousands of years of culture face being plundered, sometimes violently, or disappearing under bulldozers as authorities either do not care or do not have the resources to look after them, China's culture chief said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 28, 2015
At U.N., Xi boasts women's rights but critics quick to note China's jailing of female activists
China's President Xi Jinping told the United Nations on Sunday that all Chinese women have the opportunity to excel, touting his government's record on women's rights as the United States slammed Beijing and others for jailing women for their views.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2015
Containing the inevitable Chinese slowdown
China's economy is heading for a slowdown, but it doesn't have to be dire.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 27, 2015
Celebrated in China, Xi's U.S. profile dims in shadow of pope
On Friday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States — a 21-gun salute as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2015
China's climate actions turn the tables on American deniers
Donald Trump was succinct when asked how the United States should respond to climate change. "It's not a big problem at all," the leader in opinion polls for the Republican presidential nomination told a radio talk show host on Monday. "If you look at China, they're doing nothing about it."
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 26, 2015
Spending ban may delay Philippine air support in South China Sea, official says
Plans to renovate an air base near Manila, enabling Philippine fighter jets to respond quickly to any Chinese moves in the disputed South China Sea, may face delays due to a spending ban before general elections, a senior official said on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 26, 2015
Obama announces 'understanding' with Xi on cybertheft but remains wary
President Barack Obama announced on Friday that he had reached a "common understanding" with Chinese President Xi Jinping on curbing economic cyber-espionage, but threatened to impose U.S. sanctions on Chinese hackers who persist with cybercrimes.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2015
China angered by Japan visit of Taiwan opposition leader
China's expressed anger on Friday about a visit next month to Japan by Taiwan opposition leader and presidential frontrunner Tsai Ing-wen, saying Japan should not give anyone a platform to promote Taiwan independence views.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2015
Senior LDP official seeks to warm up bilateral relations with visit to China in late October
Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, plans to visit China in late October, according to an LDP source.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2015
Trump slams Boeing plan for new China facility, saying it will hurt American workers
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump bashed Boeing Co. on Wednesday over its plans to open a new facility in China that the company's largest union says could hurt American workers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2015
Boeing lands $38 billion in China orders, commitments, irks ranks with 737 plant plan
Boeing Co said on Wednesday it had won orders and commitments from China for 250 narrowbody 737 aircraft and 50 widebody aircraft, valued at about $38 billion at list prices.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Japan keeps up yen warnings as two-day intervention suspected
An electronic screen displays a graph showing yen exchange rates surging against the U.S. dollar amid an alert to the possibility of intervention in Tokyo on Friday.
Hyogo governor stands firm on not resigning despite official's death
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito speaks to reporters on Tuesday.
Four injured after man sets fire to Japan city hall
Police said four people were injured after a man set fire to a city hall in Aichi Prefecture, with local media reporting he had been arrested.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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