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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2013
After days of escalating threats, China makes veiled criticism of ally North Korea
Responding to regional worries over North Korea's bellicose threats, China on Sunday expressed concern and what appeared to be veiled criticism of its longtime ally.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2013
Can China's new government end corruption?
The typical Chinese public servant today collects feudal wages, yet he can afford cars, homes, travel, luxury goods and a Harvard education for kids.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2013
Nissan sees rebound in China this quarter
Nissan Motor Co., the most successful Japanese automaker in China, expects sales in the world's largest automobile market to rebound within three months as demand for Japanese-branded vehicles recovers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2013
China touts sea burials as space for graves shrinks
In a country of almost 1.4 billion people, life for Chinese is an unending struggle for resources. And it doesn't get easier in death. Prices for graves are skyrocketing, driven by decades of unbridled development and scarce city land. The government's answer to this conundrum: sea burials.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2013
Senkaku row prompts China to demand postponement of summit with Japan, South Korea: sources
China has demanded that a trilateral summit it was slated to attend in late May in Seoul with Japan and South Korea be postponed because of its ongoing dispute over the Japan-held Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, sources said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 3, 2013
War with China is not inevitable, so tread carefully
America's path plus China's immature ambitions threaten Japan's future. Japanese constitutional change would just add to uncertainty in the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Apr 2, 2013
In China, anger grows over abuse of street vendors
In a country infamous for heavy-handed officials, the government employees who harass and sometimes beat and extort money from street vendors are among the most despised.
EDITORIALS
Apr 2, 2013
Negotiating free trade accords
Japan must prepare thoroughly for upcoming negotiations on free trade pacts with Europe, the United States, South Korea and China.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2013
Resource issues threaten Asia's continued rise
Asia's re-emergence on the global stage after a two-century decline is accompanied by an insatiable appetite for natural resources that it doesn't have.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2013
India's five thoughts on China's new leadership
Only the fifth of five principles that China's new leaders have offered for Sino-Indian relations seems tricky: the accommodation of 'core concerns.'
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Five myths about Chinese hackers
The Internet, poorly secured, has been a tremendous boon for spying for every major power. Where Beijing crosses the line is in economic espionage.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2013
Chinese sentenced for military data theft
Measured in millimeters, the tiny device was designed to allow drones, missiles and rockets to hit targets without satellite guidance. An advanced version was being developed secretly for the U.S. military by a small company and L-3 Communications, a major defense contractor.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Reasons why Beijing won't push Pyongyang
One reason Beijing is loath to squeeze Pyongyang is that a nuclear North Korea is seen as complicating U.S. security calculations more than China's.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Testing times for U.S., China
It's easy to imagine the U.S. as a threat to China when the U.S. spends six times more on defense and has pacts with Japan, India and South Korea.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2013
Is China a world-beating model of governance?
Is the Chinese Communist Party giving the world a glimpse of a superior post-democratic system of goverment
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
Australian firm produces heavy rare earth, in first outside China
The Lynas Rare Earths processing plant in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Police arrest Chinese man in Saitama hit-and-run case
Police questioned a man who turned himself in as he closely resembled the driver recorded on the dashcam of another vehicle that happened to pass by the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture.
Wholesalers may be behind elevated retail rice prices
Wholesalers added ¥7,593 on average to their selling prices for stockpiled rice, far more than the ¥2,206 to ¥4,689 added for the 2022 rice.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Agnes b. Japan CEO hopes to evolve the brand with focus on sustainability
Laurent Patouillet, the CEO and president of Agnes b. Japan, says the focus of its business is to remain independent, and evolve and adapt.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.

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