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WAR

Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 26, 2018
China senior diplomat says Beijing and Washington must avoid Cold War mentality
China and the United States can compete but should not view each other with a Cold War mentality and should avoid falling into a zero-sum game trap, the Chinese government's top diplomat said, amid deteriorating ties between the superpowers.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 25, 2018
Trump ups the ante in trade war
A trade fight between the world's two largest economies will be titanic, with spillover effects no matter how it is resolved.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2018
Thucydides's fallacy, not a trap
The real question is not whether China poses a strategic threat to the United States, but whether Washington has a consistent and realistic strategy to deal with Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 25, 2018
New U.S.-South Korean free trade pact raises hopes for NAFTA, China deals
The signing of a renegotiated free-trade agreement between the U.S. and South Korea is spurring optimism that export markets for American farm goods won't shut down and may even expand.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2018
Tripoli clashes leave 115 dead, 383 wounded: health ministry
At least 115 people have been killed and 383 wounded in month-long clashes between rival factions in Tripoli, Libya's health ministry said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 21, 2018
Kim wants another Trump summit to speed North Korea's denuclearization and declare end to war: Moon
North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump soon to hasten denuclearization, but a key goal is declaring an end this year to the 1950-53 Korean War, the South's President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2018
Unilateral trade actions won't solve problems, says Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Tianjin summit
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday that unilateral trade actions will not solve any problems, stressing that multilateralism should instead be upheld.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 19, 2018
Japan exports rise on growing U.S.-bound shipments amid trade war fears
Export growth accelerated in August in a sign that escalating trade friction between Washington and Beijing has yet to hit Japanese trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2018
Worst fears avoided as U.S. slaps new tariffs on China, sparing Japanese businesses — for now
The additional 10 percent in tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports eased the market's worst fear that Trump would follow through with more punitive measures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2018
Trump administration steps up communications with China as tariffs loom
The Trump administration has stepped up its communications with China over trade, the White House's top economic adviser said on Wednesday, as people familiar with the effort said an invitation for a new round of trade talks was sent to Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2018
Russia launches biggest war games in decades
Russia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday close to its border with China, mobilizing 300,000 troops in a show of force that will include joint exercises with the Chinese army.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2018
A U.S.-China 'Plaza Accord'?
It seems highly likely that the current trade dispute between the U.S. and China will develop into a fierce conflict over currency and high-tech industries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2018
First two U.S. troops from North Korean remains will be identified soon, officials say
The U.S. military is close to identifying the first two American troops from the 55 boxes of human remains from the 1950-53 Korean War that were handed over by North Korea in July, U.S. officials leading the forensic analysis said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 10, 2018
China's trade outlook darkens as Trump raises stakes on tariffs
China's chances of escaping the trade conflict with the U.S. with only minor damage to its economy just got slimmer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Sep 8, 2018
Finding beauty amid defeat: Jan Morris' 'Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony'
In this slim, beautifully illustrated book, historian Jan Morris details an account of the battleship Yamato's final, suicidal run near Okinawa at the end of World War II.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 5, 2018
Hundreds of African migrants flee detention center amid Tripoli bloodshed: aid official
Hundreds of African migrants escaped from a detention center in Tripoli on Tuesday as fighting between rival groups raged nearby, an aid official said, though the Libyan government department set up to combat illegal migration denied the report.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 4, 2018
Yemenis find solace in cinema after years of war in flick about their plight
Yemenis filed into a makeshift cinema for the first time since fighting broke out in their city of Aden more than three years ago — and watch some of their own story reflected back at them on the projector screen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2018
Amid U.S. trade war, China's Xi reiterates reform commitment
China is still determined to reform and wants to work with all parties to build an open world economy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, reiterating Beijing's message amid a bitter trade war with Washington.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Sep 1, 2018
'Isako Isako': No punches pulled when confronting internment
Mia Ayumi Malhotra's collection of poetry, 'Isako Isako,' is a carefully controlled whirlwind of ideas and impressions that reminds us that the scars laid down today will still be visible generations from now
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2018
UNICEF warns 1 million Syrian children are at risk if Idlib assault happens
More than a million Syrian children are at risk in the event of a government military assault on the rebel-held province of Idlib, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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