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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2016
China says U.S. patrols justify defense facilities in contested waters
By Jesse Johnson
China's Defense Ministry traded blame with the U.S. on Wednesday over rising tensions in the South China Sea, a day after Washington sent a guided-missile destroyer near a Chinese-controlled man-made island.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 11, 2016
Ahead of new president's inauguration, China says Taiwan will be to blame for any crisis
Taiwan's new government will be to blame for any crisis with China that erupts once it assumes office, Beijing said on Wednesday, heaping on the pressure ahead of the inauguration of a new president from a pro-independence party.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 11, 2016
Australia holds five suspected of plotting sailing trip to join Islamic State
Australian police have detained five men suspected of planning to sail a small boat from the far north to Indonesia and the Philippines en route to joining Islamic State in Syria, officials said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2016
Obama weighs historic decision on whether to lift Vietnam arms ban
U.S. President Barack Obama is considering whether to lift a three-decade-old arms embargo on Vietnam, U.S. officials say, as he weighs calls to forge closer military ties with Hanoi against concerns over its poor human rights record.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2016
'Minimalist' U.S. sail-bys in South China Sea could reinforce Beijing's claims
By Jesse Johnson
Washington on Tuesday called a third U.S. Navy maneuver in a disputed part of the South China Sea a robust stand on freedom of navigation. However, the fleeting sail-by fits an approach that some critics have called "minimalist" — one that could strengthen Beijing's claims.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2016
U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef in South China Sea
A U.S. navy warship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a U.S. Department of Defense official said, prompting anger in Beijing which denounced the patrol as illegal and a threat to peace and stability.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 10, 2016
Two million Chinese to be relocated in anti-poverty drive
China, fighting to stamp out poverty, will this year move more than 2 million of its poorest citizens from remote, inland regions to more developed areas, an official of the cabinet-level State Council said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 10, 2016
Duterte's South China Sea stance could shake up security ties with Japan, U.S.
By Jesse Johnson
Take a breath. Tough-talking Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte is unlikely to ride a jet ski to plant a flag on a China-held island, as he promised in a stump speech.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 10, 2016
Kim taps image of his grandfather, North Korea's eternal leader, to project power
By Cynthia Kim and David Tweed
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is attempting to move away from the "grim" era of his father as he seeks to project power by tapping the charismatic image of his grandfather — the nation's revered founder and "eternal leader" Kim Il Sung.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 10, 2016
Taiwan group seeks to sway ruling after entering South China Sea case before U.N. court
A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines' international court case against China's claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei's position that Taiwan is entitled to a swath of the disputed waterway as an economic zone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 9, 2016
North Korea detains, interrogates, then expels Tokyo-based BBC reporter
North Korea expelled a BBC journalist on Monday over his reporting, the broadcaster and a North Korean official said, as a large group of foreign media members visited the isolated country to cover a rare ruling party congress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 9, 2016
'I am not your minder,' and other mistakes made in North Korea
By Nicholas Wadhams
At least 130 foreign journalists traveled to Pyongyang to cover the first full congress of North Korea's ruling party in 36 years.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Vietnamese technical intern arrested over Saga murder
Saga Prefectural Police officials speak during a news conference held in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture, early Monday following the arrest of a Vietnamese man a day earlier on suspicion of murder.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Japan and NATO to launch defense-industrial talks, top envoy says
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte looks at military equipment on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami stealth frigate during a visit to the MSDF's naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April.
‘Killer satellites’ beware: Japan unveils first space defense guidelines
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to reporters during a visit to the Air Self-Defense Force's Space Situation Awareness radar in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Monday.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.

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