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INDONESIA

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2017
Indonesia police say Interpol issues red notices for 3 Sinopec executives
Indonesian police said Tuesday that Interpol has issued red notices, the closest to an international arrest warrant, for three Chinese executives suspected of fraud linked to a more than $800 million Sinopec oil terminal development in Indonesia.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2017
Miyazaki Japanese language school suspected of forcing Indonesian students to work in care facilities
Labor authorities have referred to prosecutors the operator of a Japanese language school in Miyazaki Prefecture, suspecting it of forcing Indonesian students to work at care facilities owned by the same company.
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2017
Indonesia's tolerance test
The turmoil surrounding Jakarta's governor is a test of Indonesia's democracy and its commitment to a tolerant and open form of Islam.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2017
Panasonic targets 50% sales jump for TVs in Indonesia
Electronics giant Panasonic Corp. is seeking to sell up to 50 percent more TVs in Indonesia this year by offering online shopping and a greater variety of models. The company's TV sales have been stagnant for three years.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2017
Japanese fashion brands coordinate Indonesian foray with JETRO
The Japan External Trade Organization is aiding the Japanese fashion industry's foray into Indonesia so it can tap growing incomes in the world's fourth-most populous country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 16, 2017
Abe pledges fresh security-related aid to Vietnam
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Vietnamese leader Nguyen Xuan Phuc meet in Hanoi to discuss a coordinated response to China's increasingly aggressive maritime moves amid uncertainty about incoming U.S. leader Donald Trump's commitment to the region's stability.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 11, 2017
Abe Asia tour to focus on bolstering ties amid rising Chinese assertiveness
Prime Minister Abe will visit the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam on a six-day trip starting Thursday aimed at strengthening security cooperation in the face of China's rising maritime assertiveness.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 4, 2017
Indonesian military says cooperation with Australian military suspended
Indonesia suspended cooperation with the Australian military in December for "technical reasons," a spokesman for the Indonesian defence forces said on Wednesday, after offensive material was seen at an Australian training base.
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2016
Plan to upgrade Indonesian railway moves forward
Progress has been made in talks between Indonesia and Japan on a railway project to link its two largest business hubs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 26, 2016
Toyota Sienta wins top awards in Indonesia
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Sienta has won two of Indonesia's top industry awards for 2016, a half year after its launch in the nation, where Toyota commands more than a third of the market.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2016
Indonesian police say IS-backed militants planned to carry out New Year's Eve attack
Indonesian militants supporting the Islamic State militant group planned to attack a police post on New Year's Eve with machetes and knives, a police spokesman said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2016
Indonesia police kill three suspected terrorists, arrest four, foil yearend suicide bomb plots
Indonesian counterterrorism police shot and killed three suspected militants, including two would-be suicide bombers, and arrested four others during several raids on Wednesday, foiling yearend terror plots.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 22, 2016
Japan to work with NGOs, U.N. to deter extremist groups ahead of Olympics
With Tokyo preparing to host the Olympics in 2020, Japan plans to work with U.N. bodies and nongovernmental organizations to discourage violent extremist groups from taking hold in Asia, government sources say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2016
Weather cited in Indonesia air force C-130 crash in Papua; all 13 aboard killed
An Indonesian air force transport plane with 13 military officers aboard crashed in country's easternmost province of Papua early Sunday, a military officer said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2016
Indonesia transfixed as tearful Jakarta governor appears at blasphemy trial
A tearful governor of Jakarta denied Tuesday he had intended to insult the Quran at the start of his blasphemy trial in the Indonesian capital, which is seen as a test of religious freedom in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
Emergence of political Islam puts Indonesian president in difficult situation
As the ranks of protesters thickened in central Jakarta on Dec. 2, turning into Indonesia's biggest mass demonstration since the end of authoritarian rule in 1998, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo grappled with a dilemma: should he join the rally or stay away?
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2016
Financial institutions unsure how to realize digital transformation
More than half of the business leaders in the global financial services industry agree that digital transformation determines the development of their business, realizes efficient business processes and brings more profits, but they have yet to find effective ways of doing so, according to a recent industry...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2016
Body parts found where Indonesia plane with 13 aboard believed crashed into sea
Forensics experts are working to identify body parts recovered in waters where an Indonesia police plane with 13 people aboard is believed to have crashed on Saturday, authorities said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2016
Companies bet on sea change to tidal power in Indonesia
A well-connected Indonesian marine renewable energy company and OpenHydro, a unit of French state-owned naval defense company DCNS, aim to be the first to plug into the vast untapped tidal energy potential of the world's biggest archipelago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2016
Missing Japanese cellphone found in Indonesia leads to unlikely friendship
Syahri Rochmat is a 24-year-old railway worker living in Depok, in the suburbs of Jakarta. Shota Noda is a 21-year-old student studying in Yokohama, Japan, about 5,800 km away.

Longform

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