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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 16, 2017
Chinese state media lambastes Trump on Taiwan, calls issue 'Pandora's box of lethal potential'
Chinese state-run media have lashed out at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's recent comments on Taiwan, with one newspaper calling the issue a "Pandora's box of lethal potential" that could upend the two powers' relationship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2017
China shoppers ended 2016 on spending spree but headwinds seen brewing
Chinese consumers flocked to malls, restaurants and cinemas ahead of the year's biggest holiday season, highlighting the consumption power transforming the economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 15, 2017
Beijing says 'one-China' policy can't be bargaining chip after Trump calls principle negotiable
China has pushed back against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's suggestions that the "one-China" policy on Taiwan is negotiable, with the Foreign Ministry in Beijing urging the incoming administration to "recognize the high sensitivity of the Taiwan question."
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2017
As Trump era looms, Beijing fortifies the South China Sea
Since last year's surprising election of Donald Trump, Beijing has looked to up the stakes and increase its leverage in the disputed South China Sea. This past December, China seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater vehicle near the Philippines. The seizure was made outside of Beijing's expansive and...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2017
Dangerous uncertainty surrounds Taiwan Strait
The world's most dangerous flash point got much more dangerous last Wednesday when China sent its lone aircraft carrier into the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan scrambled fighter jets in response. This is how accidental wars start: provocation and counter-provocation in an environment with too much uncertainty....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 15, 2017
Beijing's air pollution goal is double WHO's acceptable standard
Beijing's air quality target for 2017 is more than double the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organization, the mayor announced on Saturday in the wake of weeks of hazardous air pollution in the Chinese capital.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2017
Trump suggests he may do away with Russia hacking sanctions if Moscow helpful: WSJ
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal he would keep intact sanctions against Russia "at least for a period of time," and also said he wouldn't commit to the "one China" policy until he sees progress from Beijing in its currency and trade practices.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 14, 2017
Trump team sends out contradictory signals as it seeks to craft tougher China policy
The incoming U.S. administration's tough talk against China has set the stage for showdowns on everything from security to trade and cyberspace, but contradictory signals are sowing uncertainty over how far President-elect Donald Trump is prepared to go in confronting Beijing.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2017
Chinese, Germans seek to turn Chernobyl wasteland into solar park
Chinese and Germans are among dozens of investors taking Ukraine up on its offer to turn the grounds of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters into a massive solar park.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2017
China posts worst export fall since 2009 as fears of U.S. trade war loom
China's massive export engine sputtered for the second year in a row in 2016, with shipments falling in the face of persistently weak global demand and officials voicing fears of a trade war with the United States that is clouding the outlook for 2017.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 13, 2017
China, Russia take aim at U.S. anti-missile system planned for deployment in South Korea
China and Russia have agreed to take unspecified "countermeasures" in response to the planned U.S. deployment of an anti-missile system to South Korea — a move that came as Defense Minister Tomomi Inada inspected a version of the system on the U.S. territory of Guam on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2017
Trump through Chinese eyes
Since winning the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump's popularity in China has plummeted, owing to his statements on contentious issues like Taiwan and the South China Sea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 12, 2017
Tillerson says Beijing must be denied access to South China Sea isles it has fortified
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state set a course for a potentially serious confrontation with Beijing on Wednesday, saying China should be denied access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2017
China sends aircraft carrier into Taiwan Strait
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that China's only aircraft carrier had transited the Taiwan Strait amid soaring tensions between Beijing and Taipei.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2017
What Alibaba's Jack Ma can teach Xi Jinping
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump isn't an emperor, or Jack Ma a lowly tributary. But in paying tribute to the incoming leader of the reigning superpower, Ma hopes to avoid the wrath of Trump Nation.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2017
China to boost beds, staff to handle health care strains
China will add 89,000 new hospital beds and train 140,000 new obstetricians and nurses in order to deal with the strains on its health care system brought about in part by the relaxation of its "one-child policy," state media said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 10, 2017
Xi to lead delegation of China's wealthiest executives to Davos
President Xi Jinping will become the first Chinese head of state to address the World Economic Forum, leading an entourage of business executives to Switzerland next week as the country seeks a larger role in shaping the global economic order.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan