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BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Mar 23, 2015
How Europe and U.S. stumbled into spat over China-led bank
Sometimes geopolitical shifts happen by accident rather than design.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2015
U.S. forfeiting its leadership in global finance to China
China's plans to set up the Asian International Investment Bank have demonstrated that the U.S. has lost its way and is rapidly forfeiting claims to global financial, economic, political or moral leadership.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 23, 2015
U.S., China face off over South Korea missile plan
The U.S. and China are squaring off over deployment of an anti-missile system in South Korea, the latest source of tension between the world's two biggest economies as they vie for influence in Asia.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2015
U.S. proposes cooperation between new China-led bank and Western institutions: WSJ
President Barack Obama's administration is proposing that a new Chinese-led development bank over which Washington has voiced concerns work collaboratively with Western development groups like the World Bank, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2015
Modi's outreach to three Indian Ocean states
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tour of the Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka indicates that India has at least made a good start toward tackling China's economic and strategic challenge in India's backyard.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2015
Former senior Chinese police chief detained on suspicion of murder
The former police chief of the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia has been detained on suspicion of murder, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday, citing public security authorities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2015
Abe administration develops rift over China's new development bank
Officials in the Abe administration give conflicting views over whether Japan should participate in China's new infrastructure investment bank and risk its ties with Washington.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2015
Sony's PS4 hits China but with few games
The PlayStation 4 debuted Friday in China, but with few games and bare-bone online services as Sony navigates tight censorship rules to get a toehold in the world's biggest gaming market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2015
Chinese flee H.K. to shop in Japan and South Korea
Chinese tourists are rapidly deserting Hong Kong, leaving retailers who built businesses around once insatiable demand from mainland neighbors with bigger but emptier stores and squeezing the whole city's visitor-dependent economy.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2015
In quest to improve PLA, Xi evokes Japan's victory over navy in 1894
In the "century of humiliation" that President Xi Jinping often evokes for his goal of turning China into a great power, one particular episode resonates: The defeat of China's navy by Japan in 1894.
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2015
The new Asian bank wedge
The British government's decision to join the new Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank proposed by China has invited other governments to do likewise while opening the door to an embarrassing rift with the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 19, 2015
China Air Force needs better command and control, Australian air force chief says
China's air force needs better central control to avoid miscalculations as territorial tensions rise with Japan over the East China Sea, according to the Australian Air Force chief.
JAPAN / History
Mar 18, 2015
Japanese historians seek revision of U.S. textbook over 'comfort women' depiction
A group of 19 Japanese historians and scholars plan to file a protest with U.S. publisher McGraw-Hill, claiming a history textbook it published in 2011 contains a number of "factual errors" on the "comfort women" issue.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 18, 2015
In development bank battle, surge to China rattles Japan, U.S.
Tokyo is expressing doubts over the credibility of China's planned development bank, as European nations seek to join the new institution.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2015
Russia says Chinese, North Korean leaders to attend WWII commemorations in Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will attend celebrations in Moscow to commemorate the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2015
Foreign Ministry's 1969 China map identifies Senkaku Islands by Japanese name
The Foreign Ministry has published on its website a map released by a Chinese government organ in 1969 calling the disputed Senkaku Islands by their Japanese name.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2015
U.N. official to probe reports of North Korean workers exploited as slave labor overseas
The U.N. human rights investigator for North Korea said on Monday that he would probe allegations of an estimated 20,000 North Koreans working in slave-like conditions abroad, mainly in China, Russia and the Middle East.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
U.S. and Ukraine sign resources deal after fraught negotiations
The United States and Ukraine signed a minerals deal on Wednesday, offering a measure of assurance to officials in Kyiv.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.
North Korea's Kim sets sights on nuclear-armed navy
An unidentified weapons system is fired from the deck of North Korea's latest destroyer, the Choe Hyon, during two days of tests on Monday and Tuesday in this undated photo released Wednesday.
Single, or not? Japanese dating app launches relationship verification system
Tapple, one of Japan's most popular dating apps, has launched the nation's first feature to verify a user's single status via their My Number card.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
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