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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2016
Xi, Abe skip chance to chat at nuclear summit amid growing tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, standing only a row apart, chose not to speak to each other during a group photo session at a nuclear summit in Washington, highlighting the state of relations between Asia's two biggest economies.
EDITORIALS
Apr 1, 2016
China plays the Gambia gambit
Japan and other countries in the region need to begin planning now for how they will address the rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 1, 2016
Indonesia to deploy F-16s to guard South China Sea territory
Indonesia will deploy U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to the Natuna Islands to ward off "thieves," the defense minister said less than two weeks after Chinese coast guard vessels clashed with an Indonesian boat in the area.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2016
China says Japan base shows its hypocrisy on South China Sea
China's Defense Ministry accused Japan on Thursday of hypocrisy by opening a new base close to Taiwan and a group of islands disputed between Japan and China in the East China Sea at the same time as criticizing Beijing's actions in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2016
A slow-growing China brokers little dissent
It is no longer only pollution from China that Hong Kong citizens have to worry about.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2016
South Korean lessons for a slowing China
No major economy has tried to change growth engines mid-flight, but South Korea provides a template for China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2016
China considers banning all unapproved Internet domains
China's government is moving to tighten its grip over the Internet as it rolls out draft rules that will effectively ban Web domains not approved by local authorities, including possibly the most widely used .com and .org addresses.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 29, 2016
Amid South China Sea dispute, Beijing calls for deeper defense ties with Hanoi
The militaries of China and Vietnam should deepen their exchanges, communication and friendship, China's defense minister said during a visit to Hanoi, amid a festering territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 29, 2016
China security push should match economic model: Singapore official
As Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Washington this week to meet with some of the world's biggest powers, one of Asia's smallest countries is urging him to match China's economic clout with better leadership on the security front.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2016
GSDF brings Yonaguni radar station online to keep closer eye on China
In a move expected to raise tensions further with Beijing, Tokyo brings a new radar station online right next to Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2016
China tries to ease worries about overseas military bases
China has launched an unusual charm offensive to explain its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, seeking to assuage global concerns about military expansionism by portraying the move as Beijing's contribution to regional security and development.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2016
Nearly 100 Chinese boats detected in Malaysian waters, officials say
About 100 Chinese fishing boats have been detected encroaching in Malaysia's waters in the disputed South China Sea, Malaysia's state news agency and a coast guard official said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2016
Dangers of Facebook cozying up to Beijing
Mark Zuckerberg's China ambitions are a no-brainer but he risks being a pawn in Beijing's censorship push.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2016
Islamic State a growing threat to East Asia, including Japan: defense review
A defense review released Friday said the threat was highlighted by the kidnapping and killing of Japanese nationals.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 25, 2016
Diplomat Yutaka Yokoi named new ambassador to China
The Foreign Ministry on Friday tapped "China school" diplomat Yutaka Yokoi as Japan's new ambassador to China, underscoring its resolve to move bilateral relations forward at a time when tensions are building over territorial issues.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2016
Australia's Turnbull calls Beijing's moves in South China Sea 'counterproductive'
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday called China's military deployments on the South China Sea "counterproductive," an unusually forceful rebuke against the country's biggest trading partner.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2016
China detains 37 people linked to illegal vaccines
Chinese police have detained 37 people linked to a vaccine scandal and are investigating three pharmaceutical companies, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2016
U.S. hopes to talk with China about possible THAAD move to South Korea
The United States hopes to talk with China and address its concerns about the possible deployment of the THAAD missile defense system that Washington is discussing with Seoul, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2016
China says Philippine fishermen used firebombs in South China Sea
Philippine fishermen threw fire bombs at Chinese law enforcement vessels in the South China Sea, China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, after Philippine media said fishermen had been struck by bottles hurled from Chinese coast guard ships.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2016
U.N. lifts sanctions on four ships linked to North Korea following Chinese request
The U.N. Security Council agreed Monday to a Chinese request to remove sanctions on four ships the United Nations had blacklisted for ties to Pyongyang's arms trade. The agreement came after China secured assurances the vessels will not use North Korean crews, a U.S. official said.

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