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COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2014
Forgetful of history amid today's territorial tiffs
For all China's stern injunctions to Japan to remember wartime history, its recent bumbling aggression in Southeast Asia suggests it also could use a refresher course.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2014
Vietnam stops anti-Chinese protests after riots
Vietnam flooded major cities with police to avert protests against China on Sunday in the wake of rare and deadly rioting in industrial parks that deepened a tense standoff with Beijing over sovereignty in the South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 16, 2014
Violence abates in Vietnam as U.S. warns China for 'provocation'
Anti-China violence subsided in Vietnam on Friday after the prime minister called for calm and its de facto ambassador to Taiwan apologized, but the United States said China's "provocative" actions in maritime disputes were dangerous and had to stop.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2014
Up to 21 dead, doctor says, as anti-China riots spread in Vietnam
Up to 21 people were killed in Vietnam, a doctor said on Thursday, and a huge foreign steel project was set ablaze as anti-China riots spread to the center of the country a day after arson and looting in the south.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2014
Tensions high as South China Sea disputes boil over
China has demanded the Philippines release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew seized in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday, the latest flare-up in the oil and gas-rich waters that are claimed wholly or in part by six nations.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2014
Lest we forget LBJ's amazing side
Watching Robert Schenkkan's new Broadway play, 'All the Way,' is likely to remind people of how their views of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson changed during the Vietnam War era.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2014
Fading signals add urgency to search for missing Malaysian jet
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner resumed Saturday, five weeks after the plane disappeared from radar screens, amid fears that batteries powering signals from the black box recorder on board may have died.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2014
Costs skyrocket in search for Flight MH370
The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is on track to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, becoming the most expensive search in aviation history with 26 countries contributing planes, ships, submarines and satellites to the international effort.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 7, 2014
Australia says new 'pings' best lead yet in Malaysia jet search
An Australian ship searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner picks up signals consistent with beacons from its black box recorders — the most promising lead yet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2014
Flight MH370: Aussie PM hopeful, cautious on potential breakthrough
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday searchers were "hopeful but by no means certain" that a pulse signal reportedly detected by a Chinese ship in the Indian Ocean was related to a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for four weeks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2014
MH370 not the work of terrorists, U.S. says
Senior U.S. lawmakers on Sunday said that investigators have found no evidence thus far pointing to terrorism in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 three weeks ago, and that it is critical to find the plane to understand what happened on board.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 29, 2014
Malaysia Airlines search shifted again, debris quickly spotted
Fresh objects spotted by planes searching for a missing Malaysian passenger jet in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean have again raised hopes of unravelling the three-week old mystery.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2014
U.S. Navy to dispatch deep-sea search sub in hunt for missing airliner
The United States is sending an undersea navy drone capable of exploring waters nearly 15,000 feet (5,000 meters) deep to potentially help search for any sunken wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Pentagon said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2014
Malaysia Airlines crash inquiry could be among most challenging ever
Confirmation that a missing Malaysian airliner crashed in the Indian Ocean opens the way for what could be one of the most costly and challenging air crash investigations in history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2014
Vietnamese leader welcomes fresh aid from Japan
Visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, welcomed new official development assistance from Japan totaling ¥120 billion in yen loans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2014
Planning could hold key to disappearance of Flight MH370
Whoever clicked off a transponder to make Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappear into a navigational and technical black hole acted only after meticulous planning, aviation experts say.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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