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TAIWAN

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2023
Front-line Taiwanese island holds drills to prepare for Chinese attack
The closeness of the Matsu islands to China means Taiwan's government is well aware of the dangers faced there should war break out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2023
Taiwan quietly urges U.S. to calm rhetoric on China chip dangers
In quiet conversations and back-channel warnings, Taiwanese officials have urged their American counterparts to tone down their rhetoric about the dangers of relying on chips made by TSMC.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2023
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s idea of a new world order
To present a compelling alternative to China's vision of world order, the West should stop asking others to defend the existing one and start recruiting partners to build on a new vision.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2023
China bolsters military recruitment in bid to be ready for any future conflicts
In an effort to maximize its manpower, Beijing will prioritize veterans and aim to attract high-quality new recruits
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2023
G7 top diplomats spotlight unity on China and Russia amid talk of rift
A joint statement was used to emphasize their unity in tackling geopolitical challenges including Chinese assertiveness over Taiwan and the ongoing Ukraine war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 18, 2023
Taiwan to buy 400 U.S. anti-ship missiles intended to repel China invasion
Taiwan has previously purchased ship-launched versions of the Harpoon missile, which is made by Boeing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 18, 2023
Foxconn founder, seeking Taiwan presidency, has no plan to visit China
Terry Gou, who is one of Taiwan's most recognizable faces, launched a second bid this month for the presidential ticket of the opposition Kuomintang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2023
'I am Taiwanese': China threat toughens island's identity
At a barbed-wire museum where political prisoners were once held, visitors lauded Taiwan's democracy shaped by its own national identity on the island across from authoritarian China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2023
U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait days after China drills
A U.S. warship sailed through the waters separating Taiwan and mainland China, the U.S. Navy said, days after Beijing staged war games around the self-ruled island.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2023
China tensions top agenda as G7 diplomats meet in Japan
Top diplomats from Group of Seven countries have telegraphed what is likely to be in a joint statement, with officials stressing the importance of unity amid challenges in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2023
China launches weather satellite as flights avoid no-fly zone north of Taiwan
The no-fly announcement rattled regional nerves as it followed shortly after China staged new war games around Taiwan, which Beijing views as sovereign Chinese territory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2023
French leader adds unneeded tension to the 'One China' policy
French President Emmanuel Macron weighed in on the issue of Taiwan-China relations, and much of the world did not like his comments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2023
Why Macron’s state visit to China was a dud
French President Emmanuel Macron is building castles in the air with his quest for 'strategic autonomy' and undermining the trans-Atlantic alliance by wooing Beijing.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2023
Top diplomats to zero in on China and Ukraine challenges at G7 summit
At the Karuizawa summit, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is expected to stress that European and Indo-Pacific security are inseparable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2023
Fears of ‘falling rocket debris’ said to be behind China’s no-fly zone near Taiwan
The plan for the no-fly zone announced by China is linked to its launch of a weather satellite, Fengyuan-3G, scheduled for Sunday morning.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2023
Risk of Chinese economic blockade has Taiwan preparing response
Chinese military exercises are increasingly aimed at 'winning the war without an actual fight,” Roy Chun Lee, Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister, said in an interview.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2023
On the U.S. and China, Macron says the quiet part out loud
French President Macron has annoyed allies by saying Europeans should stand apart from the U.S. on China and Taiwan or risk becoming 'vassals.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2023
French President seeks to defend stance on China after backlash
Emmanuel Macron says his view on Taiwan hasn’t shifted and pointed to a shared vision of an open Indo-Pacific region with U.S. President Joe Biden.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2023
Taiwan says China planning to close airspace for only a brief period
Yan Yu-hsien, deputy chief of the general staff for intelligence from Taiwan's defense ministry, said the 'no-fly zone' would fall within the island's air defense identification zone.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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