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CHINA

ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2016
China, Russia, Mongolia ink economic corridor plan
China, Russia and Mongolia signed a development plan on Thursday to build an economic corridor that will boost transport links and economic cooperation among the three neighbors, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2016
Chinese newspaper says Brexit vote risky, reflects failings of democracy
An influential Chinese newspaper broke Beijing's Brexit silence on Thursday, saying the United Kingdom will lose global influence if it ditches the European Union.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2016
Indonesia leader, top execs visit Natuna isles in warship
Indonesia's president visited the Natuna Islands aboard a warship Thursday, making a bold move to assert sovereignty over the area in the southern reaches of the South China Sea after Beijing stated an "overlapping claim" on nearby waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2016
China to launch cruises to hotly contested Spratly Island chain
China will begin operating regular cruise ship visits to the disputed Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea before 2020, state media reported Wednesday — a move likely to exacerbate already frayed ties with other claimants to the waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 22, 2016
Double happiness as China welcomes first giant panda twins of 2016
Two healthy baby giant pandas were born at a Chinese breeding research base Monday, the first twins of the endangered species born this year, media said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2016
A courageous bookseller's return to Hong Kong
Lam Wing-kee, is a name that should go down in history, both for Hong Kong and China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 22, 2016
Behind China's one-child policy is a growing army living alone
In her chic Beijing studio, 26-year-old Summer Liu relaxes on a sofa, admiring the pink vase she keeps full of fresh flowers. In the eastern city of Jining, Hu Jiying, 81, sits on an old bed that's scattered with clothes, towels and half a bag of snacks, worrying about the cost of her medicine.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2016
Chinese internet regulator to 'cleanse' websites of 'harmful comments'
China's internet regulator has launched a new campaign to clean up the comments sections on websites to prevent the spread of what it calls harmful information and to encourage what it considers more helpful, well-intentioned comments to appear.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 21, 2016
Hong Kong leader presses Beijing on case of missing booksellers
Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday he had asked China whether its handling of the booksellers case violated the "one country, two systems" formula under which the city returned to Chinese rule, the strongest response yet from the former British colony.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2016
U.S. Navy chief hopes carriers deter East Asia destabilization
The U.S. Navy chief said on Monday he hoped the deployment of two aircraft carriers on a training mission in East Asia would deter any attempts to destabilize the region, where military tensions have risen amid China's growing assertiveness.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2016
Chinese economic cyberespionage plummets in U.S.: experts
The Chinese government appears to be abiding by its September pledge to stop supporting the hacking of American trade secrets to help companies there compete, private U.S. security executives and government advisers said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 20, 2016
Interview with the vanishing Hong Kong bookseller who stood up to China
Chain smoking outside a train station in Hong Kong last Thursday, a thin, bespectacled man called Lam Wing-kee was in a bind.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
China well-positioned to create a 'good economy'
Optimizing its resource allocation is far from all that China must do to boost prosperity. It is time to focus on workers and elevating the experience of their labor.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
Will Beijing dominate the 'internet of vehicles'?
China is where the future of driverless car technology will likely be charted. In trying to compete there, foreign companies face a stark choice: Partner up or be left behind.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016
North Korea diplomat may take part in China forum with U.S. envoy
A North Korean diplomat who was part of six-party talks aimed at ending the country's nuclear program arrived in China on Monday, where she is expected to attend a forum in which the U.S. nuclear envoy will take part, Kyodo News said.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Worker shortage forcing home care providers to turn away clients, survey finds
A survey by a labor union of home care business operators and care managers found that nearly 90% of facility managers had turned down service requests at least once during the past year, citing insufficient staffing.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.

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