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US CHINA RELATIONS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2018
With block on Broadcom bid, Trump makes clear U.S. tech interests are 'not for sale'
With his swift rejection of Broadcom Ltd.'s hostile takeover of Qualcomm Inc., U.S. President Donald Trump sent a clear signal to overseas investors: Any deal that could give China an edge in critical technology will be swatted down in the name of national security.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018
Abe explains uncompromising stance on inserting 'explicit SDF mention' in Article 9
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reluctant to compromise on the substance of constitutional amendments, emphasizing his commitment to the ambitious goal of altering the war-renouncing Article 9.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 18, 2017
Sino-Japanese ties bound to remain stalled
Trump's 'America first' diplomacy will likely intensify the Japan-China rivalry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2017
China doesn't want to go to war with America
By exhausting the whole city's resources to charm Trump and his wife, Xi has sent a clear message to the U.S.
EDITORIALS
Nov 14, 2017
Momentum for improving Japan-China relations
Now that Abe and Xi have consolidated their power at home, they're in a better position to advance bilateral ties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2017
With big deals, Trump and Xi both 'lose-lose'
What was missed on Trump's trip to China was an opportunity for the world's two most powerful men to tackle some big decisions on issues that could shape not just the future of the U.S.-China relationship, but the growth prospects and competitiveness of both economies.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2017
Normalized Sino-Japanese diplomacy, 45 years on
To improve bilateral ties, it's important for both China and Japan to drive forward civil exchanges in some form that is not influenced by political agenda.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2017
Tokyo pushes back after Beijing's rebuke
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi learned an important lesson in Manila earlier this month: He can't pressure Foreign Minister Taro Kono by invoking his father's name.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2017
Trump's South China Sea policy taking shape
The Trump administration's policy regarding the South China Sea is a continuation of the Obama administration's policy but with more emphasis on the military dimension.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2017
Vladimir Putin's geopolitical chessboard
For Putin, the sanctions represent war by other means and a justification for him to make his next moves to countervail American power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2017
Geography and the coming Sino-American war at sea
Geography and geopolitics will determine the course of any U.S.-China war. China is at a disadvantage on both counts.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2017
Asia's American menace
The need for constant adjustment to Trump's policy flip-flops will only stoke greater anxiety among America's allies and partners, who now run the risk that their core interests will be used as bargaining chips.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2017
A presidential summit in Florida
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping established a positive working relationship, but their first meeting was short on concrete deliverables.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2017
Crouching Donald, paper tiger
The summit at Mar-a-Lago showed that even a president as reckless as Trump knows that the U.S. cannot afford to antagonize the Chinese.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017
Xi got played, but he played it well
Imagine being guest of honor at a state dinner planned to trumpet bilateral ties only to have your host lean over and whisper, 'We're bombing Syria tonight.'
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2017
How Trump should prepare for Xi
U.S. President Donald Trump needs to become something he's never been when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week — a knowledgable statesman.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2017
Trump's foreign policy muddle
In contrast to his tough campaign talk, there is little sign that Trump's China approach thus far is different to that of his predecessor, Barack Obama, on whose watch Beijing initiated coercive actions with impunity in the South and East China seas.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2017
Time to hit pause button on panic over China's economy
The buzzword for China's leaders in 2017 is stability. The current trajectory puts them on track to achieve it.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2017
A U.S.-China currency deal can avert trade war
A new Plaza Accord can benefit both the U.S. and China, and deliver Trump his first foreign policy victory.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2017
Trump's China challenge
So far, the Trump administration has shown that it is all bark and no bite when it comes to China.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Parts of Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines to be suspended over weekend
Sections of the outer loop of Tokyo's Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line will be shut down all day Saturday, and from the start of service through around noon on Sunday.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla-creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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