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CHINA

JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Dec 1, 2013
Does China ADIZ take focus off 'real enemy'?
China has one of the largest and most consequential militaries in the world, but how Beijing thinks about its military and makes military decisions is largely a mystery to the outside world. The People's Liberation Army is technically attached to the Chinese Communist Party, rather than to the Chinese...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2013
No Chinese jets scrambled: Japan
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera denies China's claim it scrambled fighter jets in response to Self-Defense Forces aircraft entering its new air defense zone.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 30, 2013
Obama sends two old B-52s and a message to China
The U.S. decision to show support for Japan by flying two B-52s through China's claimed 'air defense identification zone,' which includes the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, is a blunt reminder that Northeast Asia remains the world's most combustible geopolitical hot spot.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 29, 2013
Playing chicken in East Asia
Just how does China intend to enforce its new 'Air Defense Identification Zone' in the East China Sea? National pride and the personal reputation of new President Xi Jinping are both committed to this game now.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2013
India and Vietnam add a punch to their ties
In accepting Vietnam's invitation to explore oil and gas in the South China Sea, India's state-owned oil company expressed New Delhi's desire to deepen its friendship with Vietnam as well as ignored China's warning to stay away.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2013
Abe vows to remain steadfast on China
Japan will remain steadfast and cooperate with other countries in addressing China's recent establishment of an air defense identification zone covering the Senkaku Islands, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 29, 2013
Pro-democracy protest plan splits Hong Kong
After a decade of negotiations, sociology professor Chan Kin-man realized the Chinese government was not going to grant Hong Kong genuine democracy — not without a struggle, anyway.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2013
SDF, Coast Guard planes defy new Chinese air zone
Defying China's recently declared air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, Self-Defense Forces and Japan Coast Guard aircraft continue flying into the zone without informing Beijing ahead of time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2013
Line censoring messages in China
In another example of the dilemmas facing Internet companies operating in China, Japan-based instant messaging app provider Line Corp. has been censoring chats among users there, blocking the transmission of politically sensitive words and phrases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2013
China's move to establish air defense zone appears to backfire
It was designed as a forceful response to Japanese assertiveness. But Beijing's creation of an air defense zone may have backfired, experts said, eliciting a strong joint response by the United States and Japan.
EDITORIALS
Nov 26, 2013
Resort to diplomacy, not threats
China should realize that it will lose the international community's trust if it continues to pursue the path of using threats to resolve diplomatic issues.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2013
Tokyo cries foul over China's declaration of air defense zone
Beijing's setting up an air defense identification zone over a section of the East China Sea violates a basic rule under international law and is a 'very dangerous' move that could lead to 'an unexpected event,' a high-ranking Japanese official warns.
Japan Times
Reference / Q&A
Nov 25, 2013
ADIZs common but China's is worrisome
China's announcement Saturday of its establishment of an air defense identification zone in the East China Sea that includes the Japan-controlled Senkaku islets has worsened already tense bilateral ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Nov 24, 2013
Chinese families still at officials' mercy despite one child policy easing
When 36-year-old Lois heard the news that China was relaxing its one child policy, she was delighted and relieved.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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