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Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2018
U.S. bill would force tech firms to disclose if foreign adversaries probed their sensitive software
U.S. tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China, to examine the inner workings of software sold to the U.S. military under proposed legislation, Senate staff told Reuters on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 25, 2018
Trump cancels summit with North Korea's Kim, citing 'tremendous anger and open hostility' in recent statement
In a stunning turn of events, U.S. President Donald Trump called off his landmark meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday, citing “tremendous anger and open hostility” in a recent statement released by Pyongyang’s state-run media.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 24, 2018
Trump's threat of 'national security' auto tariffs tests Tokyo's patience
The U.S. Commerce Department is considering plans for new tariffs on imported vehicles under a national security law used to levy duties on aluminum and steel earlier this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 24, 2018
China moving slowly into Hokkaido
Chinese money is pouring into Hokkaido at a much greater scale than imagined. In his recent visit to the island prefecture, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended a forum of Japanese prefectural and Chinese provincial governors in Sapporo on May 11, but a Chinese diplomatic source said he was just using...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 24, 2018
China fines Muji for packaging that lists Taiwan as a country
Retailer Muji has been fined 200,000 yuan ($31,300) in Shanghai for using packaging that lists Taiwan as a country, underscoring China's growing sensitivity to how companies refer to the self-ruled island.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2018
U.S. Embassy warns citizens in China after 'abnormal' sound injures consulate worker
An American citizen working at the U.S. consulate in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has reported suffering from "abnormal" sounds and pressure leading to a mild brain injury, the U.S. Embassy said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2018
The world according to Trump and Xi
Trump's 'America First' strategy and Xi's 'Chinese dream' are founded on a common premise: that the world's two biggest powers can act in their own interest with impunity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 23, 2018
U.S. and North Korea engage in diplomatic dance amid shifting prospects for Singapore summit
With less than three weeks to go before the first-ever planned U.S.-North Korea summit, both sides are engaging in a delicate diplomatic dance, claiming that the landmark event might not even be held while also serving up concessions to draw the other back to the negotiating table.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 23, 2018
China jails Tibetan language promoter Tashi Wangchuk for 'inciting separatism'
China jailed a Tibetan businessman for five years on Tuesday for "inciting separatism," his lawyer said, after he advocated the use of Tibetan in schools and was featured in international media reports.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2018
Beijing's bombers in disputed South China Sea raising tensions: Hanoi
Recent activity by China's strategic bombers in the South China Sea's Paracel Islands seriously violated Vietnam's sovereignty over the disputed territory, Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 21, 2018
Is history rhyming in East Asia?
Look to Japan-U.S. relations in the 1930s for clues on the course of current Sino-American ties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 21, 2018
Amazon helps Shenzhen entrepreneur turn mom's money into a billion dollars
After Steven Yang left his coveted job at Google, he asked his mother whether he should take venture capital money to fund his business idea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 21, 2018
U.S.-China trade truce may prove fleeting without serious reform
The newly declared economic truce between the U.S. and China will prove temporary if the world's two largest economies fail to deliver on vague commitments to rebalance trade.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 20, 2018
Duterte says Philippines won't oppose China on sea activity after reports of bombers' landings
Philippine's President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that he would not provoke China into a war following reports that the Chinese military landed long-range bombers on an airport in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 20, 2018
China agrees to ramp purchases of U.S. goods, but, $200 billion figure not mentioned
China has agreed to significantly increase its purchases of U.S. goods and services, the two countries said Saturday, but made no mention of a $200 billion target the White House had touted earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2018
China lands bombers on South China Sea outpost for first time
China has landed heavy bombers on one of its outposts in the South China Sea for the first time, part of an operation intended to provide "experience for Air Force bomber units to use islands as their bases," according to the Defense Ministry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2018
Trump nominates Pacific Command chief Harry Harris to be South Korean ambassador
The White House formally nominated Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris on Friday to fill the long-vacant post of ambassador to South Korea, as the U.S. gears up for the planned first-ever talks between a sitting American president and a North Korean leader on June 12 in Singapore.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
Japan snaps up China-bound sorghum amid Beijing-Washington trade spat
Japanese buyers have purchased between 150,000 and 180,000 tons of U.S. sorghum carried by three vessels that were previously bound for China amid a trade spat between Beijing and Washington, according to five industry sources with knowledge of the deals.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
China offers Trump $200 billion package to slash U.S. trade deficit: U.S. officials
China has offered U.S. President Donald Trump a package of proposed purchases of American goods and other measures aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China by some $200 billion a year, U.S. officials familiar with the proposal said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
China's multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
On Mount Yaji in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise "hog hotels."

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