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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2015
U.S. Littoral Combat Ship to debut in drills off South Korea
The U.S. Navy will send its new combat ship tailored for Asia's shallow coastal waters to join military drills with South Korea that North Korea calls a prelude for invasion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2015
Embassy in Beijing issues safety alert to Japanese after media report getting terrorist attack info
The Japanese Embassy in Beijing is warning Japanese nationals living in China of possible terrorist attacks in public locations during the seven-day holidays that started Wednesday in conjunction with the Lunar New Year.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2015
Monetary easing won't be easy for China
Today's China finds itself much where Asia did in 1997 — dependent on exports and excessive borrowing, and at the mercy of markets that have no trouble seeing through government spin.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
Former senior provincial official in China to be punished in graft case
China will prosecute a former senior provincial official suspected of crimes such as breaking the strict family planning laws, graft and abuse of power, the government said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
Komeito urges Abe to retain remorse for 'aggression' in WWII statement
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II should retain wording from past apologies, according to a high-ranking Komeito official.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 17, 2015
China's defense budget expected to defy economic lilt
President Xi Jinping is expected to authorize robust defense spending for this year despite China's slowing economy, determined to strengthen the country's armed capabilities amid growing unease in Beijing at Washington's renewed focus on Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 16, 2015
Putin, fearing Russia's subservience to China, casts wider net over Asia
Boxed in by the U.S. and its allies, faced with an uneasy relationship with China and needing new friends and income, Russia is popping up everywhere in Asia.
WORLD
Feb 15, 2015
China plans international tourism zone with North Korea, Russia
China is planning an international tourism zone in its northeastern border area with Russia and North Korea, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, in Pyongyang's latest push for new investment.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2015
Chinese patients turn to black market for blood
China's rising demand for health care is exposing a chronic shortage of an essential commodity: blood.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 14, 2015
Love thy neighbor? Chinese nationals who call Japan home
Like tempestuous lovers, China and Japan have sparred for centuries but have remained interdependent in each other's economy, politics, culture, language and arts.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2015
China's war on Western values
The Chinese leadership's fight against liberalism and 'Western values' — such as its intensified Internet censorship and the jailing of human rights lawyers — is directly undermining its efforts to root out official corruption, promote innovation and deepen engagement with the outside world.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2015
Global economy's Chinese headwinds
Last year, interest rates were supposed to start rising in the U.S. and U.K. and quantitative easing would deliver increased inflation in Japan. Twelve months later, economic headwinds from China are a major reason why normality seems as distant as ever.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2015
U.S., China to discuss repatriation of Chinese fugitives
Senior U.S. officials will meet in August with their Chinese counterparts to discuss the possibility of repatriating Chinese officials who have fled to America with billions of dollars of allegedly stolen government assets, according to a State Department official.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2015
China offers to mediate in stalled Afghan Taliban peace talks
China offered to mediate in stalled efforts to engage the Afghan Taliban in peace negotiations, reflecting its desire to play a more active role in a region it sees as part of its sphere of influence.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2015
China offers hand to Greece, seeks long-term access to port
Premier Li Keqiang has told Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that China is prepared to boost investment in the debt-ridden country after conflicting messages about the sale of the country's biggest port.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Feb 12, 2015
In China, legal fight to save forest tests toughened anti-pollution law
A lawsuit filed against four Chinese mining executives accused of destroying a stretch of forest is shaping up as a test of China's strengthened environmental law and the ability of green groups to make companies more accountable for their actions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 11, 2015
With focus on wartime past, Japan's global PR message could misfire
A campaign to correct perceived bias in accounts of Japan's wartime past risks muddling the positive message in a mammoth public relations drive to win friends abroad.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2015
U.S. looking to bolster naval presence in Australia: official
The U.S. is in talks with Australia about "basing" navy vessels in facilities on the shores of its main South Pacific ally, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said, a move that would risk inflaming tensions with China.

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