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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 1, 2019
Industry insiders say perhaps half of China's breeding pigs have died in swine fever epidemic
As many as half of China's breeding pigs have either died from African swine fever or have been slaughtered because of the spreading disease, twice as many as officially acknowledged, according to the estimates of four people who supply large farms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 30, 2019
Hong Kong immigrants who have moved to Taiwan despair about the future back home
Kitty Wong and Adolf Lim are tightening the screws on their future in Taiwan as they make the final touches to a hostel in the southern city of Tainan, that they hope will open its doors to vacationers next month.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 30, 2019
Huawei lifeline shows Trump prefers business deals over trade war
In recent weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of security hawks in Congress for suggesting he could trade away his blacklisting of Huawei Technologies Co. to secure a trade deal with China.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2019
Vanuatu nabs six Chinese nationals for allegedly running internet scam
Authorities in Vanuatu have arrested six Chinese nationals following Chinese complaints they were operating an internet scam from the Pacific island, media reported Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 29, 2019
North Korea calls Trump invite to meet Kim at DMZ over weekend 'interesting'
In a stunning move employing the Twitter diplomacy that he has become famous for, U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet him at the border between the two Koreas over the weekend — a proposal the regime in Pyongyang called "interesting."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2019
LIVEBLOG: Osaka G20 — day 2
Live updates from Osaka and The Japan Times newsroom about the June 28-29 Group of 20 summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 28, 2019
LIVEBLOG: Osaka G20 — day 1
Live updates from Osaka and The Japan Times newsroom about the June 28-29 Group of 20 summit.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2019
Activist Rebiya Kadeer calls on Japan to highlight persecution of Uighurs as Osaka G20 begins
As the Group of 20 summit formally kicked off in Osaka on Friday, Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent political activist for China's Uighur ethnic minority, urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to highlight Beijing's alleged persecution of the majority-Muslim group in the country's far west, slamming Japan's inadequate...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2019
Tensions simmer at G20 summit in Osaka over trade and climate change
As host, Japan begins the task of forging agreements on climate change, protectionism and multilateral forums like the Group of 20 itself as dozens of leaders converge on Osaka.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2019
Underlining improved Japan-China ties, Abe and Xi meet ahead of G20 summit
Visiting Chinese President Xi and Prime Minister Abe held a bilateral meeting in Osaka ahead of the G20 summit Thursday to underline the recent improvement in Japan-China ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2019
Hong Kong extradition opponents in Osaka protest legislation ahead of G20, asking for U.K. and U.S. help
About 40 Hong Kong residents and Japanese gathered Thursday evening in central Osaka to protest extradition legislation that would allow Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China to face trial.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / G20 Osaka
Jun 27, 2019
Japan should prep for worst from U.S.-China trade war, economists say
With confidence in the free-trade system shaken, mainly by the heated tensions between the United States and China, ensuring trade friction doesn't weaken the global economy will be a major item on the agenda at the Group of 20 leaders' summit this week in Osaka.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2019
Trump says trade deal at Osaka G20 with Xi 'possible,' and that proposed tariffs may be cut to 10%
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping was possible this weekend, but that he is prepared to impose U.S. tariffs on virtually all remaining Chinese imports if the two countries continue to disagree.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jun 27, 2019
A peek at the West's failed fight against China's 'Cloud Hopper' hackers
Hacked by suspected Chinese cyberspies five times from 2014 to 2017, security staffers at the Swedish telecommunications equipment giant Ericsson took to naming their response efforts after different types of wine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2019
LIVEBLOG: Osaka G20 — a look ahead
Live updates from Osaka and The Japan Times newsroom about the June 28-29 Group of 20 summit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 27, 2019
MUFG on track to be Japan's first yuan clearing bank after expected Abe-Xi deal at Osaka G20
MUFG Bank is expected to become the first Japanese bank to be designated as a yuan clearing bank, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2019
Fresh protests rock Hong Kong as activists seek a voice at G20 Osaka summit
Hong Kong was plunged into chaos again on Thursday as protesters rallied outside the justice secretary's offices, blocking roads and forcing workers to leave in the latest unrest to rock the city over an extradition bill that has now been suspended.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2019
To dodge U.S. trade war, Chinese exporters shift production to Myanmar and other low-cost nations
Pressured by a labor crunch and rising wages in China, Shu Ke'an, whose company supplies bulletproof vests, rifle bags and other tactical gear to the United States, first considered shifting some production to Southeast Asia a few years ago, but nothing came of it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2019
More than half Chinese consumers shun U.S. goods due to trade war, survey shows
More than half Chinese consumers have avoided buying anything made in the United States in support of their country in an escalating trade war, a survey suggests, posing a "significant" risk to U.S. companies.

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