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SOUTH CHINA SEA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 21, 2016
Taiwan lawmakers visit South China Sea islet to assert sovereignty
Taiwanese legislators arrived Wednesday on a South China Sea island that Taiwan administers to assert sovereignty after an international tribunal ruled last week that the island is legally only a "rock."
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2016
Beijing's South China Sea militarization becoming fait accompli: defense paper
Japan will express its wariness over China's muscle-flexing in the South China Sea in this year's defense white paper, warning Beijing's militarization of the disputed waters is making its territorial claims a fait accompli, Kyodo News has learned.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2016
U.S. Navy chief vows continued patrols in South China Sea
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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Republican platform blasts China on isles, rights, trade
The U.S. Republican Party has come out guns blazing against China in its latest party platform — a marked contrast from the softer tone of its last charter in 2012.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2016
China takes lesson from U.S.
China is proving just how good and diligent a pupil it has been in internalizing U.S. lessons on how a great power should conduct itself internationally.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2016
Duterte to focus on domestic affairs for now
Despite his bravado and lack of clear signals on foreign policy, the Philippine's new leader is unlikely to be a destabilizing force in regional international politics, at least for now.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2016
Territorial battles will continue despite ruling
Ultimately, the countries of the Asia-Pacific region will have to negotiate a resolution to its many dangerous territorial disputes rather than rely on court decisions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Election won't affect pivot to Asia, Biden tells Australians
United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday assured key ally Australia there would be no retreat from Washington's pivot to the Asia-Pacific region regardless of who wins November's presidential election.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2016
Choice of history in China will guide sea dispute
The 'victim' historical narrative propagated by Beijing may be politically convenient at the moment, but it ultimately threatens to undermine China's rise.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 19, 2016
Japan confident of China, South Korea summit despite tensions
Japan remains eager to host Chinese Premier Li Keqiang before the year is out, even as territorial tensions flare in the East China Sea with a pick up in military ships and planes traversing the area.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2016
China flies nuclear-capable bomber near Scarborough Shoal, vows to make South China Sea patrols 'regular practice'
China's air force has announced that it recently flew long-range, nuclear-capable aircraft over the South China Sea, including near the flash point Scarborough Shoal, and that the patrols would become a "regular practice."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2016
Asia-Europe summit fails to mention South China Sea in statement
Leaders at the Asia-Europe Meeting summit pledge to resolve maritime disputes in line with international law but fail to mention South China Sea tensions in their final statement.
EDITORIALS
Jul 15, 2016
Ruling on South China Sea disputes
Now more than ever, all parties in the South China Sea disputes need to take a cool-headed approach.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2016
Japan steps up rhetoric over Okinotorishima in wake of Hague ruling
Tokyo doubles down on its claims that Okinotorishima is an island and not rocks under international law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2016
Terrorism a topic at first meeting of Asian and European leaders since Brexit
Leaders gather in Ulaan Baatar to discuss challenges from terrorism and tensions in the South China Sea to the Brexit fallout.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 14, 2016
China protests Australia's South China Sea freedom of navigation comment
China said on Thursday it had issued a formal protest after Australia announced it would continue to exercise its right to freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea following a court ruling against China's claims.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2016
China's 'might makes right' strategy vs. international law
Unless China is made to realize that its future lies in cooperation and not confrontation, a systemic risk to Asian stability and prosperity is bound to arise, with far-reaching implications for the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2016
China shouldn't court 'rogue nation' status
Beijing risks its long term economic interests with its aggressive posturing in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2016
The South China Sea is not a Chinese lake
If China takes a hardline path or fails to significantly moderate its behavior in the months ahead, the case for further international pushback will become compelling.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2016
Abe to call for tribunal's South China Sea ruling to be respected at ASEM summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe headed for Ulan Bator on Thursday to attend a summit of Asian and European leaders where he is expected to call for an international ruling rejecting China's claims to historic rights over the South China Sea to be respected.
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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