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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2013
Inside the mind of Deng's intellectual successor
A new book at last puts Zhu Rongji, Shanghai's former mayor and the economic intellectual successor to the late Deng Xiaoping, into the pantheon of Chinese giants.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2013
Peng Liyuan, Chinese leader Xi's wife, callled best-dressed first lady
In the love-hate U.S.-China relationship, there has been no shortage of competition: cyberwars, currency wars, intellectual property wars and, most recently, the tug-of-war over a certain asylum-seeking leaker of secrets.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 4, 2013
China may relax one-child policy to let more couples have second child
China is studying whether to relax its one-child policy to allow more couples to have two children, the official Xinhua News Agency has reported, citing the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 3, 2013
China, U.S. at odds over human rights
U.S. officials said Friday that human rights abuses in China are worsening and that their latest talks with China on the issue "fell short of expectations."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2013
China tunes in to public opinion
More than ever before, China's rulers are actually listening to their people, reacting quickly to contain potential crises that could threaten one-party control. With its ability to control the Internet increasingly challenged, China's Communist Party has had to change its game.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2013
Defense plan would raise tensions
An interim outline of Japan's new defense policy points suspiciously toward deviations from the country's postwar defense-only posture that has won it friends.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2013
Smarter diplomacy needed
Given the importance of rebuilding ties with China, perhaps Shinzo Abe should reconsider his emphasis on 'universal values' as part of his regional diplomacy.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2013
Nation's troops long way from hitting the beaches: experts
Japan has taken an increasingly proactive role in defending its territory since the end of the Cold War allowed it to shift its defensive posture to address threats from North Korea and China as public memories of the war begin to fade.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2013
Chinese dismiss Japan auto brands
Japanese auto brands posted a significant decline in customer satisfaction in China among foreign automakers, after the Senkaku Islands dispute sparked nationwide protests last year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2013
Lincoln statue vandal suspect is Chinese national
Moments before District of Columbia police found Jiamei Tian hiding in a bathroom stall at Washington National Cathedral, a family of tourists had spotted her in a back pew of the Children's Chapel guarding two bags and muttering softly in a foreign language.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2013
China grapples with understanding spate of random violence
A spate of deadly knife attacks and other apparently random acts of violence in the past few days has rattled the Chinese government.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2013
China should return to the natural birth model
China has one of the highest Ceasarian birthrates in the world. The consequences should make Chinese women think twice before requesting this procedure.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2013
China's financial tightrope
The world cannot afford for China to enter a major financial crisis and then to experience trouble with growth because of a rush toward financial deregulation.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2013
China orders government debt audit
China will start a nationwide audit of government debt this week as the new Communist Party leadership investigates the threats to growth and the financial system from a record credit boom.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2013
China betting on overland energy-supply lines
China's strategy to diversify supply routes for its rapidly rising energy imports has taken a major step forward as natural gas flows through a Myanmar pipeline.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
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.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
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.
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.
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.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.

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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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