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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2015
India, Australia to hold naval drills with eye on China
India and Australia will hold their first ever joint naval drills next month, as the two countries seek to deepen defense ties and counter China's growing sway in the Indian Ocean.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 23, 2015
MH370 civil investigators fear criminal probes could hurt efforts to make flying safer
Air crash investigators risk being sidelined in a tussle to unlock the secrets of lost Flight MH370, fueling concerns that their role in making flying safer could be diminished.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2015
Trilateral approach comes to the fore in Asia
New configurations in Asian geopolitics are emerging thick and fast, including an initiative involving India, Japan and Australia.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2015
Yet again, Tony Abbott shows he’s out of touch
A successful leader most needs sound judgment. Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott singularly lacks this quality.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2015
Abbott earmarks billions for domestic shipbuilding as overseas sub deal looms
Canberra will spend 89 billion Australian dollars ($64.9 billion) on ships and submarines for its navy over the next 20 years, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday, A$40 billion of which has been earmarked to build surface ships domestically.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2015
Plane debris raises MH370 families' hopes, without resolution
Ever since a part from a Boeing Co. 777 was found on Reunion island last week, Grace Subithirai Nathan has been exchanging online messages through the night with loved ones of those on board Malaysian Airlines Flight 370.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2015
At long last, the U.S. understands Vietnam
Finally U.S. and Australian policymakers are realizing what they should have known all along — that they can take advantage of Hanoi's traditional dislike of China to counter what they see as Beijing's expansionist threat in the East and South China Seas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 31, 2015
Earth believed protected by magnetic field starting much earlier than previously thought
Earth's magnetic field has been a life preserver, protecting against relentless solar winds, streams of charged particles rushing from the sun, that otherwise could strip away the planet's atmosphere and water.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jul 27, 2015
Skinny jeans may cause 'fashion victims'
Squatting in super-tight 'skinny' jeans may pose a health risk, Australian doctors warn, reporting the case of a woman who temporarily lost feeling in her legs from an hours-long squeeze.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2015
Japan seen seeking U.K. help to best German bid for Aussie sub deal
A Japanese government team is in talks with at least two top British firms to help a Japanese consortium land one of the world's most lucrative defense contracts, sources in Tokyo said, a $50 billion project to build submarines for Australia.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2015
First asylum-seekers' boat in two years seen off Australia's west coast
A small vessel believed to be carrying asylum seekers was seen off Australia's remote west coast Monday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported, the first sighting of a boat carrying would-be refugees close to shore in two years.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2015
China gets box seat as SDF joins U.S. Marines, Aussies in storming beach Down Under
Inflatable boats crammed with camouflaged soldiers power onto a remote beach crawling with Australian, U.S. and Japanese commandos — watched by officers from China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2015
China crackdown on meat smuggling stokes risky underground, unfrozen trade
On a dusty industrial lot in northern Hong Kong, a group of travelers sheltered in the shade away from the pressing July heat, packing old cloth bags and backpacks with Styrofoam to protect a more precious cargo: smuggled meat.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2015
The line between the state and the public broadcaster
The editorial independence of public broadcasters is vital to the health of democracies.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 8, 2015
Security interests draw Japan, Australia and India closer
A growing alignment of interests, values and concerns is emerging among Australia, Japan and India to counter an increasingly assertive China.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2015
Abbott's bullying of public broadcaster backfires
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has bungled once again by trying to bully Australia's national broadcaster into toeing the government line.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 8, 2015
Australian Kyrgios stunned by criticism at home
Nick Kyrgios has been stunned by the ferocity of criticism leveled at him over his behavior at Wimbledon and has called on his fellow Australians to show him respect even if they cannot love him.
TENNIS
Jul 7, 2015
Kyrgios blasts swimming legend Fraser
Nick Kyrgios has accused Olympic great Dawn Fraser of being a "blatant racist" after the former champion swimmer said tennis players should "go back to where their parents came from" if they didn't set a better example to Australian youth.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 4, 2015
Australia paceman Harris announces retirement
Australia's injury-plagued paceman Ryan Harris announced his immediate retirement from all forms of cricket on Saturday, dealing a major setback to his team's defense of the Ashes starting in England next week.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 30, 2015
Riot erupts at Australia prison, guards evacuated
Hundreds of prisoners rioted at a maximum security prison in Melbourne on Tuesday, leading to the evacuation of prison staff, media reports said.

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