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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2015
India, Australia to hold naval drills with eye on China
India and Australia will hold their first ever joint naval drills next month, as the two countries seek to deepen defense ties and counter China's growing sway in the Indian Ocean.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2015
Trilateral approach comes to the fore in Asia
New configurations in Asian geopolitics are emerging thick and fast, including an initiative involving India, Japan and Australia.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Aug 12, 2015
Surai Sasai: a Buddhist monk battling the caste dragon
Japan-born monk's lifelong mission to convert millions of India's Dalits has won him legions of followers, but also led to threats to his life.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 11, 2015
27 arrested over India alleged 'witch-hunt' massacre of tribal women
India must do more to tackle the practice of witch-branding among tribal communities, activists said on Monday following the murder of five women accused of sorcery.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2015
Modi needs a new strategy to counter opposition
The only way for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to counter the opposition's obstructionist strategies is to ensure that he continues to execute policies that boost India's economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 10, 2015
How Japan can help India solve its infrastructure woes
Japan may be key to solving India's infrastructure woes — as a source of expertise and a source of funds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 10, 2015
Modi's quest to put India's poor to work stymied by rise of robots
In a sweltering factory in southern India, Royal Enfield motorcycles are being painted and lacquered by giant robotic arms that move at twice the maximum speed of a human limb, day in, day out, never making a mistake.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2015
India orders clampdown on Internet porn, sparks censorship debate
India has blocked hundreds of adult websites to prevent pornography becoming a social nuisance, a government official said Monday, sparking a debate about censorship and freedom in the world's largest democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2015
Top court dashes appeal hours before 1993 Mumbai 'driving spirit' bomber due to hang
Yakub Memon's last hope of avoiding the hangman's noose for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings was dashed on Wednesday, after India's Supreme Court threw out his final plea for mercy hours before he was due to be executed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2015
India's 'Missile Man' ex-President Abdul Kalam dies at 83
Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who was known as the country's "Missile Man" for his engagement in the country's missile and nuclear development, died Monday after he collapsed during a lecture in Shillong, northeastern India, the Press Trust of India reported. He was 83.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2015
Gunmen storm police station in Indian Punjab; six killed
Heavily armed men dressed in military fatigues stormed a police station Monday in India's northern frontier state of Punjab close to the border with Pakistan, killing six people and wounding several others.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2015
India and China slug it out in Central Asia
If India doesn't give Central Asia the sustained attention it deserves, China will be able to claim the region as another one of its 'backyards.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 23, 2015
Japan, India, U.S. plan Indian Ocean naval drills, in tightening of ties
Japan is set to take part in joint naval exercises with India and the U.S. in the Indian Ocean in October, a drill that so riled China eight years ago that Delhi has not since hosted such a multilateral exercise.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2015
The forgotten nuclear deal
Could the deal with Iran follow the trajectory of the deal with India: a great strategic move, followed by protracted negotiations on follow-up steps, moving goalposts, and the gradual diminution of the original accord?
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2015
India and Israel start to see enemies within
Right-wing demagogues emerging in both India and Israel seek to forge a new national identity by stigmatizing particular religious and secular groups.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2015
Cocaine smugglers turn to South Asia for new routes, markets
Police who seized Asia's largest known shipment of liquid cocaine at a Bangladeshi port late last month say it was headed for India, the latest sign that drug cartels are increasingly plying their trade in South Asia.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 8, 2015
Security interests draw Japan, Australia and India closer
A growing alignment of interests, values and concerns is emerging among Australia, Japan and India to counter an increasingly assertive China.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2015
Saving Tibet's unique heritage
With China's mega-dams, mines and military activities in Tibet set to increasingly affect Asia's environment and security, the world's leading democracies must consider playing a discreet role to help save the Tibetan plateau's unique heritage from becoming extinct.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2015
Mitsubishi eyes India revival as next driver of commodity cycle
If you're looking to bet on commodities, take a breather.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 25, 2015
The case for joining the AIIB
Japan should consider the AIIB as a strategic challenge to work with other countries in Asia to build a regional architecture and order.

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