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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 22, 2015
Singapore's first prime minister hospitalised with pneumonia
Singapore's first prime minister and the man widely credited with the city state's economic success, Lee Kuan Yew, is hospitalized with severe pneumonia.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Feb 10, 2015
Singapore food fling provides 'messy and satisfying' feast
It's Friday night and I'm staring death in the face. The face in question happens to belong to a red snapper, and it's peeking out from the dark depths of powerful tamarind broth shimmering with crimson chili oil.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2015
AirAsia captain left seat before jet lost control, investigation sources say
The captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an unorthodox procedure when his co-pilot apparently lost control, and by the time he returned it was too late to save the plane, two people familiar with the investigation said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2015
Indonesia military pulls out of AirAsia recovery effort
Indonesia's military on Tuesday withdrew from search and recovery efforts a month after an AirAsia passenger jet crashed, navy officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2015
Japanese firms turn to Asia in the hunt for good graduates
As Japan's youngsters dwindle in number, major companies sent recruiters to Singapore recently to interview high-flying university graduates from elsewhere in Asia.
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 2, 2015
First body of AirAsia crash victim identified; two more corpses found
The number of bodies recovered in the aftermath of Sunday's crash of Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 in waters off Borneo rose to nine on Thursday, with one of them being identified as an Indonesian woman who was among the 162 people on board the plane.
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The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on outdated air traffic control and on pilots to take risky unilateral action in crises such as that possibly faced by AirAsia Flight QZ8501.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 30, 2014
Aviation experts speculate AirAsia plane hit by bad weather but also note unusual factors
The disappearance of an AirAsia jetliner while flying over the Java Sea on Sunday is probably due to stormy weather, but there were also some unusual factors, aviation experts speculated Monday.
WORLD
Dec 30, 2014
Indonesia seeks U.S. help to find missing plane: State Deptartment
Indonesia has asked the United States for help in locating the AirAsia jet that went missing on Sunday carrying 162 people, the U.S. State Department said Monday.
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
Dec 24, 2014
Singapore Airlines flight from Osaka hit by turbulence, 14 injured
A Singapore Airlines flight from Osaka to Singapore was hit by strong turbulence on Tuesday, causing injuries to 14 people on board, including one Japanese, the airline said.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2014
Lee of Singapore hails Abe's 'proactive contribution to peace'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his Singapore counterpart Monday that Japan will play an assertive role in promoting regional stability and "proactively contribute to peace," a Foreign Ministry official said.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2014
Don't look to Shanghai as next financial hub
If there's any likely winner from China's unprecedented clampdown on Hong Kong, it's Singapore. All it needs to do to attract the giant banks, hedge funds and multinational firms is sit back quietly as Beijing's henchmen do their worst.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 24, 2014
High-tech vegetable farms grow up
Singapore's small but advanced vegetable farming industry is attracting Japanese firms eager to invest in or adopt its technology
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2014
Hokkaido governor tours Singapore resort to learn about hosting casino
Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi toured the casino and hotels on Singapore's Sentosa Island on Monday to learn how such resort complexes are operated.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2014
Fukushima exports first batch of rice since meltdowns to Singapore
Exports of Fukushima-grown rice have resumed after being suspended by the nuclear crisis in March 2011 amid soaring concerns about radiation contamination, a national agricultural cooperative said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2014
Transport minister Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project
Visiting transport minister Akihiro Ota on Wednesday lobbied for Japan's participation in a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in a meeting with his Malaysian counterpart.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 12, 2014
'Skinny' Southeast Asia starts to battle growing bulge
Many Southeast Asian countries are rolling out measures so people can make healthy choices before obesity turns into the full-blown epidemic seen in many Western countries.

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