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SOUTHEAST ASIA

EDITORIALS
Apr 12, 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi marks her first year in power
Myanmar's defacto leader continues to face daunting challenges.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 9, 2017
Japanese arms exports can boost regional stability
With the proper policy, calibrated Japanese arms export to Southeast Asian countries can be an effective policy instrument for preserving regional stability.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 28, 2016
Mikawa-Anjo Station offers foreign visitors brief, cheap shinkansen experience
The number of foreigners visiting Mikawa-Anjo Station, the next stop after Nagoya Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, is increasing, particularly visitors from Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2016
China's carrot-and-stick strategy reaping results
As it strives to control virtually the entire South China Sea, China is using its economic and military might to ensure its Southeast Asian neighbors fall into line.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2016
Consensus rule blunts ASEAN's effectiveness
Although the requirement that all decisions be made by consensus enables disparate member states to unite while protecting their national interests, it also limits ASEAN's effectiveness in dealing with emerging security threats.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2016
Trump is not the only one casting political risk cloud over Southeast Asia
Donald Trump's protectionist policies aside, rising political risk in Southeast Asia is casting a shadow over economies that have been a driver of global growth in recent years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2016
Tokyo-based employment matchmaker targets Southeast Asian students
A Tokyo-based job-matching company is pairing students from Southeast Asian nations, including Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, with Japanese employers via an online service.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 30, 2016
CDC issues Zika travel alert for 11 Southeast Asian countries
U.S. health officials on Thursday recommended that pregnant women postpone nonessential travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries because of the risk of Zika virus infection, which has been shown to cause severe birth defects.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2016
16 pregnant women infected with Zika in Singapore
A total of 16 pregnant women in Singapore are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, local media reported Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2016
Singapore confirms first case of locally transmitted Zika virus
Singapore has confirmed its first case of a locally-transmitted Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in Brazil, the health ministry said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2016
Millions of jobs may be lost to automation in Southeast Asia, U.N. agency says
More than half of workers in five Southeast Asian countries are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation in the next two decades, an International Labour Organization study found, with those in the garment industry particularly vulnerable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 9, 2016
Thailand is first Asian country to reach milestone on eliminating HIV
Thailand was officially certified Wednesday as the first country in Asia that can eliminate the transmission of HIV from mothers to their children.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2016
Japan's firms investing more in ASEAN, skipping China
Japanese investment in Southeast Asia continues to grow because of the region's potential and low labor costs and amid simmering tensions that have reduced the appeal of China for some businesses.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2016
Renewing Taiwan's 'pivot' to Southeast Asia
The success of Taiwan's effort to boost its ties with ASEAN nations will depend on the condition of cross-strait relations.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 17, 2016
How China boosts Japan's security role in Southeast Asia
Japan has gained the trust and confidence of Southeast Asian nations as all parties seek to cope with regional challenges presented by China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 22, 2016
Pyongyang wants Seoul to return 12 'abducted' defectors to its 'warm care' — or else
North Korea on Thursday issued two reports through its official media calling on South Korea to return a group of 13 defectors who fled from a North Korean restaurant in China earlier this month.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2016
ASEAN's destructive elites
Just as India, Japan and the U.S. have been helping to shepherd Myanmar through its transition, they should take a more proactive role in saving Malaysia and Thailand from their elites' self-destructive behavior.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 13, 2016
J. League branching out to grow brand in Asia
The J. League has grown steadily in the first two decades since its launch in 1993.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2016
Amid South China Sea spat, Japan foreign aid white paper stresses importance of sea lanes
Tokyo renews its commitment to the ASEAN in its annual report on foreign aid, stressing the importance of safe sea lanes.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2016
How Asia lost an economic role model
If Thaksin Shinawatra can diagnose Thailand's problems from exile, why can't the military junta fix them?

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