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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 4, 2017
Hong Kong broadcaster scraps 24-hour BBC World Service radio channel
Hong Kong's main public broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), dropped a 24-hour BBC World Service channel from its airwaves Monday, replacing it with state radio from China in what critics say is a sign of encroaching Chinese control in the former British colony.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 4, 2017
China reluctant to press North Korea with further sanctions, seeks more from West
North Korea's latest nuclear test is likely to pile more pressure on China to take tough action against its neighbor, but Beijing already doubts economic sanctions will work and says it is not its sole responsibility to rein in Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2017
North Korea conducts sixth nuclear test, says it has developed 'perfect' H-bomb
North Korea claims to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb capable of being loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, presenting the U.S. and its allies with a new and more potent challenge.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2017
China's invisible influence on global economics
China may be an even bigger economic deal than we thought.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 2, 2017
Happy history in China, the land of the politically repressed
Talk about negative nation branding! With the Cambridge University Press affair, Chinese authorities have really outdone themselves in drawing attention to their fear of history.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2017
Xi takes steps to lifelong sole leadership on a par with Mao
A recent scene at a dusty Inner Mongolia military base provided evidence of Chinese President Xi Jinping's consolidation of political power even as he faces pushback in his ruling Communist Party ahead of a critical gathering next month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2017
Pyongyang university to start classes without American staff due to travel ban
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), North Korea's only Western-funded university, will start the fall semester without its dozens of American staffers after failing to secure exemptions to a U.S. travel ban that started on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2017
New Chinese textbook lays claim to Senkakus, dates start of war with Japan to 1931
China started a new school year on Friday with a new textbook for elementary and junior high school students that describes the Senkaku Islands, under Okinawa jurisdiction, and the South China Sea as an integral part of its territory.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 1, 2017
China appoints new army commander
China has appointed a new army commander in a reshuffle of top posts ahead of next month's congress of the ruling Communist Party, state media said Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2017
U.S. charges Chinese-Canadian found at medical tech firm with trade secret theft
A dual citizen of China and Canada has been arrested and charged with trying to steal trade secrets from a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of robotic surgical products by trespassing at its headquarters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2017
India and China provide rare glimmer of hope
India took a mature route in defusing the border confrontation with China in the Himalayas.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2017
Energy hogs: China targets farm animals' waste as a 'clean' power source
China will pay farmers to turn animal waste into fertilizer and power, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday, as Beijing cracks down on agricultural pollution that has for years leaked into rivers and lakes, angering Chinese residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2017
North Korean leader says more to come as U.N. condemns missile launch over Japan
Pyongyang said the missile launched over Japan on Tuesday was an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 and meant to counter U.S.-South Korean war games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2017
White House considering Pacific Command chief Harry Harris for Australian ambassador post: report
Amid surging tensions in the Asia-Pacific region — including over Chinese moves in the East and South China seas and North Korea's nuclear program — the White House is reportedly considering naming the top U.S. military commander in the region to be ambassador to Australia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 30, 2017
Renault-Nissan expands China EV foray via Dongfeng alliance
The Renault-Nissan alliance is expanding its push into China, teaming up with Dongfeng Motor Group Co. on its first locally designed electric vehicle as emissions rules tighten in the world's largest car market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 29, 2017
After North Korean missile flies over Hokkaido, Trump says again: 'All options on the table'
U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday in the United States' standoff with nuclear-armed North Korea, reiterating that "all options" — an allusion to military action — remain on the table after Pyongyang launched a midrange missile over its close Asian ally Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2017
Japan's maritime diplomacy mission in S.E. Asia
The Abe administration is taking steps to counter Beijing's growing maritime assertiveness in the South and East China Seas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 29, 2017
North's 'shot across Japan's bow' gives Abe boost on defense, puts hopes for talks on ice
North Korea's provocative launch of an apparent midrange missile over Hokkaido is likely to give fuel to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to bolster the nation's abilities to defend itself.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 29, 2017
Renault-Nissan to make electric cars in China with Dongfeng
The Renault-Nissan alliance has increased its bets on China's electric-vehicle market, the world's biggest, by forming a new venture to produce battery-powered automobiles that meet the country's tighter emissions rule.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2017
India and China agree to end Himalayan border standoff
India and China have agreed to an "expeditious disengagement" of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a standoff for more than two months, India's foreign ministry said Monday.

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