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SOUTH CHINA SEA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 27, 2020
China fires missiles into South China Sea as U.S. sanctions Beijing
Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo has been watching Beijing's recent moves in the South China Sea 'with concern.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2020
China’s expansionism enters dangerous phase
From the East and South China seas to the Himalayas and Central Asia, the region is becoming more volatile and unstable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 25, 2020
Trump re-election could calm China ties — or burn them down
With his plans to focus on the economy to secure re-election in tatters amid the pandemic, Trump needs another rallying point. Enter Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 18, 2020
U.S. tries to bolster Taiwan’s status, short of recognizing sovereignty
A visit to Taiwan by a U.S. Cabinet secretary. A sale of advanced torpedoes. Talk of starting negotiations over a potential trade agreement.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2020
Japan and Vietnam ink first maritime patrol ship deal as South China Sea row heats up
Tokyo signed a u00a536.6 billion loan agreement with Hanoi for six new Japanese-made vessels in a boost to its maritime law enforcement capabilities in disputed waters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2020
What does Vietnam think of America's Indo-Pacific strategy?
The South China Sea is where the rubber meets the road for U.S.-Vietnam security ties, and in this regard, Hanoi has gone as far as it is comfortable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 27, 2020
China's 100-day push near Senkaku Islands comes at unsettling time for Sino-Japanese ties
Japan is being forced to rethink how it will approach an increasingly belligerent China after years of work trying to mend ties with Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2020
Australia joins U.S. in opposing Beijing’s South China Sea claim
Australia joined the U.S. in rejecting China’s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea, calling them "inconsistent” with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2020
China refuses to quit on the Philippines
China may have missed a golden opportunity to kill a military pact between Manila and Washington, but Beijing still wants to exploit gaps between the U.S. and its ally.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2020
China’s self-inflicted wounds in the South China Sea
Increased aggression by Beijing has sparked more robust responses from Washington and the regional claimant states.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2020
U.S. Marines look to deploy mobile anti-ship units in Okinawa to defend against China
The units could also be armed with air-defense missiles and would work closely with Japanese forces to prevent easy access to the Pacific for Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 24, 2020
Mike Pompeo urges more assertive approach to 'Frankenstein' China in major speech
Speaking at the Nixon Library in California, Pompeo said the late U.S. leader's worry about what he had done by opening the world to China's Communist Party in the 1970s had been prophetic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2020
The risk of too many freedom of navigation operations
FONOPs have a place in America's tool chest, but only if used sparingly and wisely.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2020
MSDF joins exercises with U.S. and Australia on doorstep of South China Sea
The move, the latest show of naval might in the waters, was sure to anger China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 21, 2020
'We are a battleground now': In Southeast Asia, U.S.-China tensions flare on social media
Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media, in what analysts see as a change in U.S. strategy amid a burgeoning superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 20, 2020
China expands amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. beyond Asia
New ships and specially trained marines will boost Beijing's firepower and political influence far from its shores, according to military analysts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Jul 20, 2020
New U.S. harder line doesn’t demand a military solution in the South China Sea
Washington must provide effective backing for rival claimants — not just military support but diplomatic and economic as well.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2020
‘Ugly face’: U.S. and China trade barbs in Myanmar as South China Sea rift deepens
China's Embassy in Myanmar on Sunday accused the United States of "outrageously smearing” the country and driving a wedge with its Southeast Asian neighbors over the contested South China Sea and Hong Kong, as tensions mount between the superpowers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2020
Chinese survey vessel spotted in Okinotorishima EEZ for over a week
The Chinese survey ship has been conducting activities for more than a week, the longest time spent in the waters without permission in a decade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2020
Piracy in Asian waters rises to highest in five years, data show
Piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asian waters in the first half of 2020 shot up to its highest level in five years and nearly double the number recorded in the same period a year earlier.
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.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
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.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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