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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2015
South Korea trains young hackers, plays catch-up years after North's elite unit proved abilities
In a darkened "war room" dozens of South Korea's brightest college students are practicing hacking each other as part of a government program to train them to battle some of the world's best — the shadowy techno-soldiers of Kim Jong Un's regime.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2015
China unveils biggest army overhaul in decades
President Xi Jinping announced a major overhaul of China's military to make the world's largest army more combat ready and better equipped to project force beyond the country's borders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Nov 26, 2015
Japan's crack submarine fleet
The Maritime Self-Defense Force has one of the stealthiest and best-trained submarine fleets in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 25, 2015
U.S. developing new tools of economic war against the Islamic State
Since last month, U.S. warplanes have struck the Islamic State group's oil infrastructure in Syria in a stepped-up campaign of economic warfare that the United States estimates has cut the group's black-market earnings from oil by about a third.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 24, 2015
Power-line sabotage in Crimea risks military move by Putin
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has taken an ominous new turn. So far it's Crimea that's paying the price, but Kiev could be next.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2015
Joint air drill by China, Thailand a sign of rising ties
Thailand's military held an air show with China on Tuesday ahead of joint maneuvers in a sign of warming ties. Thailand said it was not distancing itself from the United States, which downgraded their military relationship following a 2014 coup.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2015
China uses flamethrower to hunt Xinjiang 'terrorists'
Chinese forces used a flamethrower to force more than 10 "terrorists" from a cave in the western Xinjiang region, the military's top newspaper said Monday, in a graphic account of the hunt for what Beijing called foreign-led extremists.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2015
China warning Taiwan voters on independence
As China expands its regional military influence, its interest in keeping Taiwan from straying toward independence is greater than ever.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2015
A doomsday machine, or the next best thing
It was no accident that Russia leaked its plans to build an incredibly powerful nuclear weapon capable of laying waste to vast portions of the U.S. or China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2015
Former U.S. drone operators say strikes feed Islamist militancy
Lethal U.S. drone strikes in the Middle East are fueling hatred toward the West, spurring the expansion of militant groups such as the Islamic State, and doing psychological harm to drone operators, according to a group of former U.S. military airmen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2015
Li mum as Abe talks tough on South China Sea at ASEAN summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed strong concerns over Beijing's ongoing land-reclamation work in the South China Sea in the presence of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at a regional summit.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2015
In rare admission, U.S. says civilians were killed in an airstrike in Iraq
A U.S. airstrike that targeted an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March likely killed four civilians, one of whom may have been a child, the U.S. military said on Friday in a rare statement acknowledging the death of civilians.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2015
Indonesia to voice concerns on China's maritime claims at ASEAN summit
Indonesia will openly express its opposition to China's vast claims in the South China Sea when Southeast Asian senior officials, ministers and leaders gather over the coming days in Kuala Lumpur for a series of annual meetings, stressing that China's "nine-dash lines" map has no legal basis, a government...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2015
U.S. likely to make another patrol in South China Sea before year's end: official
The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2015
'The game's afoot': North Korea proposes talks with South for next week
North Korea has proposed talks with South Korea to be held on Nov. 26 at the truce village on their militarized border, the North's official KCNA news agency said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2015
Court battle over Henoko
The court battle the central government has launched against the Okinawa Prefectural government over the project to relocate Air Station Futenma could further complicate the standoff.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 18, 2015
Okinawa's base conundrum
The Okinawa base issue goes beyond the tangible impact of the U.S. military bases. More than anything, it's the attitude of the Japanese central government toward the issue that irks Okinawans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2015
Asia-Pacific leaders to avoid South China Sea in post-summit statement, draft shows
Asia-Pacific leaders gathering in the Philippines for an economic summit are most likely to omit any reference to high tensions in the South China Sea when they release a joint statement, a draft of it showed Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 17, 2015
Philippine Supreme Court delays ruling on security agreement with U.S.
The Philippine Supreme Court did not announce an expected decision Monday on whether a new U.S.-Philippine security agreement is constitutional, a spokesman said, a setback for U.S. President Barack Obama as he heads for Manila to attend an Asia-Pacific summit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 17, 2015
Obama takes Pacific trade agreement momentum to Asia summits
U.S. President Barack Obama heads to Asia on Tuesday with an ace in his hand that wasn't there last time he visited the continent — a long-awaited Pacific trade pact that's just off the printer.
Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris, later earns bronze
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Dominant Natsumi Tsunoda delivers Japan's first gold medal at Paris Olympics
Gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda celebrates on the podium after she won the women's under 48-kg division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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