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MALAYSIA

COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2015
ASEAN captain Malaysia prepares to set sail into maritime disputes, 'democratic recession'
As Malaysia takes over the ASEAN chairmanship for 2015, it faces the challenges of intractable territorial disputes in the South China Sea and the 'democratic recession' in the region.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 16, 2015
Malaysian contractor pleads guilty in U.S. Navy corruption case
A Malaysian businessman accused of bribing high-ranking United States Navy officers to steer millions of dollars of contract services to his company pleaded guilty to corruption charges in federal court in San Diego on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 12, 2015
Airline pilots need better training in recovery from a stall, some experts say
As investigators hunt for what caused an AirAsia jet to crash in an equatorial storm on Dec 28, the aviation industry is still struggling to apply the lessons of accidents in similar weather over the past decade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2015
Tail of crashed AirAsia plane raised by Indonesian search team
Indonesian search and rescue teams raised on Saturday the tail of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed nearly two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board, and will soon search it for the flight recorders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 1, 2015
Crowded skies in Southeast Asia put pressure on pilots, air traffic control
The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on outdated air traffic control and on pilots to take risky unilateral action in crises such as that possibly faced by AirAsia Flight QZ8501.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2014
AirAsia victim wearing life jacket raises questions about final moments
A body recovered on Wednesday from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an official with Indonesia's search and rescue agency said, raising questions about how the disaster unfolded.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2014
Divers set to search for AirAsia wreckage; plane believed intact until sea impact; stall suspected
Divers and ships will search for the wreckage and the all important black boxes of a doomed AirAsia plane on Wednesday after Indonesian rescuers found several bodies and debris floating in shallow waters off the coast of Borneo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2014
AirAsia flight likely crashed in Java Sea: Indonesia search agency
A missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official says on Monday, as countries in the region offered to help Jakarta in the search and recovery effort.
WORLD
Dec 29, 2014
Airbus sends experts to help in probe over vanished AirAsia A320
Airbus NV has dispatched two experts to Jakarta to assist in the investigation of the missing A320 airliner operated by AirAsia Bhd., the budget carrier that rose from almost nothing in 2001 to become the plane maker's biggest customer.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2014
MH17 crash victims' families say Dutch probe has failed, seek U.N. investigation
Relatives of MH17 crash victims, angered by what they see as Dutch mishandling of inquiries into the disaster, want a special U.N. envoy to launch an international investigation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2014
Special report: why Ukraine's revolution remains unfinished
In the afternoon of Feb. 20, after the morning's dead had been cleared away, Volodymyr Melnychuk arrived outside Kiev's October palace.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2014
Asia's innovation challenge
The West should pay attention to Asia's experiments with creative ways to finance innovation, such as China's intellectual property exchanges and Malaysia's intellectual-property loan programs.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 4, 2014
Malaysia discovers 155 Uighurs crammed into two apartments
Malaysian authorities have detained 155 Uighurs, more than half of them children, who were found crammed into two apartments in Kuala Lumpur, immigration officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2014
Grieving Chinese familes of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 face police violence
Six months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing, relatives of the victims, desperate for any hint of what happened, say Chinese authorities have become openly hostile toward them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2014
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels reach cease-fire deal
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels reached a cease-fire agreement on Friday, the first step toward ending fighting in eastern Ukraine that has caused the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War ended.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2014
Russia, European nations both have incentives to lie over Russian troops in Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine has brought many echoes of the Cold War, including a loose attitude to the truth. Although Russia's denials of military involvement stretch credibility to the breaking point, for some they remain a convenient fiction.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2014
Kiev seeks to join NATO; Putin calls Ukraine Nazis
Ukraine called on Friday for full membership in NATO, its strongest plea yet for Western military help, after accusing Russia of sending in armored columns that have driven back its forces on behalf of pro-Moscow rebels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2014
Poroshenko to seek cease-fire after ‘very tough’ talks with Putin
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised after late-night negotiations with Russia's Vladimir Putin to work on an urgent cease-fire plan to defuse the separatist conflict in the east of his former Soviet republic.
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.
'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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

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