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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2016
India to build satellite tracking station in Vietnam that offers eye on China
India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging center in southern Vietnam that will give Hanoi access to pictures from Indian Earth-observation satellites that cover the region, including China and the South China Sea, Indian officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2016
China drops online notice of oil rig location after Vietnam complaint
Chinese maritime officials on Friday removed an online notice giving the location of a $1 billion deepwater oil rig in the South China Sea two days after issuing it, following a warning from Vietnam about drilling in disputed waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 21, 2016
Beijing says South China Sea militarization depends on threat level
The amount of military facilities China builds on islands in the South China Sea depends on the level of threat it faces although China does not seek militarization, the navy chief told his U.S. counterpart Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 20, 2016
Vietnam warns China over oil rig in disputed waters
Vietnam warned China on Tuesday against drilling in disputed waters in the South China Sea after Beijing steered an oil rig that was the subject of a previous standoff into an area where jurisdiction is unclear.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 19, 2016
Beijing says Manila exaggerating tensions with aircraft claim
China accused the Philippines on Tuesday of deliberately trying to scare people by saying China had warned a small civilian plane carrying Philippine officials it was trespassing as they inspected an island in the disputed South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 18, 2016
South China Sea? For Beijing, Taiwan is the No. 1 security issue
For China, whose President Xi Jinping is already taking an increasingly muscular approach to claims in the East and South China seas, the question of Taiwan trumps any other of its territorial assertions in terms of sensitivity and importance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2016
China seeks investment for disputed islands, plans to launch flights
China will invite private investment to build infrastructure on islands it controls in the disputed South China Sea and will this year start regular flights to one of them, state media said Friday, moves likely to anger other claimants.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2016
Shipping unscathed as China flights raise South China Sea tensions
China's growing military presence in the South China Sea has drawn warnings from the United States that Beijing is seeking to exert control over one of the world's most important sea lanes, but so far the shipping industry seems less concerned.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 14, 2016
Philippines urges patrols with U.S. amid maritime dispute with China
The Philippines has asked the United States to hold joint naval patrols, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday, amid a territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jan 13, 2016
U.S.-Philippine military deal ruling likely to bolster Tokyo's ties with Manila
A top-court ruling may bolster Manila's security ties with Tokyo as it grapples with an increasingly bellicose Beijing.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2016
China fleet blurs line between navy and coast guard with giant new floating fortress
China has nearly finished a giant coast guard ship and will probably deploy it armed with machine guns and shells in the disputed South China Sea, the Global Times reported, dubbing the vessel "The Beast."
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 7, 2016
Vietnam protests China's second test flight in South China Sea
Vietnam on Thursday accused China of violating its sovereignty by landing two more test flights on an island in the busy South China Sea waterway, four days after China landed a plane on the same runway in the disputed territory.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 7, 2016
China again lands planes on disputed island in South China Sea
China on Wednesday landed two test flights on an island it has built in the South China Sea, four days after it angered Vietnam with a landing on the same runway in the disputed territory, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2016
Pacific dreaming in Moscow
Russia's government announces yet another set of impotent plans to develop its long-neglected Pacific region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 5, 2016
South China Sea tensions surge as China lands plane on artificial island
China's first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing's facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign officials and analysts said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 30, 2015
China sends Japan a message via former navy frigate
Tensions are rising in the East China Sea after China deployed an armed, former navy frigate for the first time to challenge Japan's control of contested islands in what may be an attempt to shift Tokyo's attention away from disputes in the South China Sea.

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