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DISPUTED ISLANDS

ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 25, 2016
Watered-down ASEAN statement could diminish grouping's already waning clout: analysts
A watered-down statement Monday by Southeast Asian nations that failed to mention a landmark legal ruling over China's claims to most of the South China Sea could diminish the clout of the region's key grouping, analysts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2016
Former Philippine leader Ramos accepts post as special envoy to Beijing over South China Sea dispute: reports
Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos has accepted a position as special envoy to China after an international tribunal ruled that Beijing's claims to much of the South China Sea had no legal basis, local media reports said Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 23, 2016
Top Obama aide to take call for South China Sea calm to Beijing
U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice will urge Beijing next week to avoid escalation in the South China Sea when she makes the highest-level U.S. visit to China since an international court rejected its sweeping claims to the strategic waterway.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2016
China eyes eight cruise ships to serve South China Sea
Up to eight Chinese ships will offer cruises to the South China Sea over the next five years, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, as Beijing continues to promote tourism to the disputed waters.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2016
China takes lesson from U.S.
China is proving just how good and diligent a pupil it has been in internalizing U.S. lessons on how a great power should conduct itself internationally.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2016
Duterte to focus on domestic affairs for now
Despite his bravado and lack of clear signals on foreign policy, the Philippine's new leader is unlikely to be a destabilizing force in regional international politics, at least for now.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2016
Territorial battles will continue despite ruling
Ultimately, the countries of the Asia-Pacific region will have to negotiate a resolution to its many dangerous territorial disputes rather than rely on court decisions.
EDITORIALS
Jul 15, 2016
Ruling on South China Sea disputes
Now more than ever, all parties in the South China Sea disputes need to take a cool-headed approach.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2016
Japan steps up rhetoric over Okinotorishima in wake of Hague ruling
Tokyo doubles down on its claims that Okinotorishima is an island and not rocks under international law.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2016
China's 'might makes right' strategy vs. international law
Unless China is made to realize that its future lies in cooperation and not confrontation, a systemic risk to Asian stability and prosperity is bound to arise, with far-reaching implications for the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2016
China shouldn't court 'rogue nation' status
Beijing risks its long term economic interests with its aggressive posturing in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2016
After South China Sea ruling, could tiny Okinotorishima be the next flash point?
After an international court issued a stinging rebuke of Beijing's expansive claims in the South China Sea on Tuesday, the next flash point to emerge could be a bit closer to home — but just a bit.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2016
Five ways China lost in tribunal ruling on South China Sea
The most striking thing about the international court ruling on the South China Sea on Tuesday was how completely it quashed China's arguments.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 12, 2016
Tribunal rejects Beijing's claims to South China Sea; Japan braces for reaction
In a ruling likely to have a dramatic effect on territorial disputes in the South China Sea — and the world's relationship with Beijing — an international arbitration court ruled Tuesday that there was no "legal basis" for China to claim "historic rights" in the waters.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2016
Ahead of ruling, Japan to closely monitor Chinese activity in East China Sea: defense minister
The Self-Defense Forces will closely monitor Chinese activity in the neighboring East China Sea after an international court rules on Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea, the defense minister said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 12, 2016
Rocks, reefs and recriminations: a South China Sea glossary
An international Court issues its ruling Tuesday on a challenge brought by the Philippines to China's claim to more than 80 percent of the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 12, 2016
Why the Philippines' South China Sea legal case matters
A panel of five judges at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is set to announce on Tuesday their ruling in a case brought by the Philippines against China over its actions in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2016
Beijing touts South China Sea lighthouses ahead of key maritime court ruling
Just days ahead of an international court ruling over its claims to much of the South China Sea, Beijing has announced that it will soon begin operating its fifth lighthouse in the disputed waters.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2016
Beijing's South China Sea options, from benign to belligerent
An international tribunal will rule Tuesday on a Philippine challenge to China's assertion to more than 80 percent of the South China Sea, one of the world's busiest waterways.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.

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