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CHINA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 25, 2017
Two decades after handover, scant love for China among Hong Kong youth
Hong Kong student activist Chau Ho-oi, born in the year the Asian financial hub returned to Chinese rule 20 years ago, recalls the sense of pride she once felt toward mainland China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 25, 2017
China's Xi to visit Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong from June 29 to July 1 to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover of the Asian financial hub from British colonial rule to the mainland, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 24, 2017
'Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push For Global Power': Waking up to China's dream of holding court
By now, even the most casual observer of goings on in Asia will have noted the aggressive geopolitical maneuvering of China, a country news outlets have taken to calling "resurgent."
EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 2017
Japan and 'One Belt, One Road'
Shinzo Abe's recent warming up to Chinese trade initiatives is the right move.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2017
North Korea denies torturing Warmbier, says it is 'biggest victim' in U.S. student's death
North Korea has issued its first comments on the death of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who had been held by Pyongyang for more than a year before his June 13 release, calling the 22-year-old's passing "a mystery" and labeling themselves as "the biggest victim of this incident."
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2017
Trump's South China Sea policy taking shape
The Trump administration's policy regarding the South China Sea is a continuation of the Obama administration's policy but with more emphasis on the military dimension.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2017
U.S. asks China to do more to rein in North Korea
The United States pressed China to exert more economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to help rein in its nuclear and missile programs during a round of high-level talks in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2017
Trump says China efforts on North Korea haven't 'worked out'
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that efforts by China to rein in North Korea have failed, suggesting he's weighing new options to deal with a regime that's vowed to develop nuclear weapons capable of striking the U.S. mainland.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2017
Wealthy Chinese rise to 1.6 million in past decade, up nearly nine times: survey
The number of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in China has risen nearly nine times since a decade ago, a private survey released on Tuesday showed, as strong growth in the world's second-largest economy has spurred wealth creation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2017
New Beijing chief vows to finally win fight against pollution
Beijing's new top official vowed to tackle the city's smog problem, a simmering cause of discontent among China's expanding middle class.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2017
Countering China's high-altitude land grab
To counter Chinese expansionism, India needs a new containment strategy, one by which the country bares its teeth.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2017
China issues security alert in Laos after national fatally shot
China's embassy in Laos has issued a safety warning to its citizens there after a Chinese national was shot dead in Xaysomboun province.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2017
Their lives disrupted, South Korean grannies vow to fight U.S. THAAD deployment to the end
In Soseong-ri, a small farming village of about 80 residents in southern South Korea, a band of elderly women is at the forefront of protests against the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system next to their neighborhood.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2017
With eye to grabbing slice of market, China focuses on developing small nuclear reactors
China is betting on new, small-scale nuclear reactor designs that could be used in isolated regions, on ships and even aircraft as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the global nuclear market.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2017
U.S., Japan conclude joint drills in disputed South China Sea
The Defense Ministry announced Friday that the Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest warship, the Izumo helicopter carrier, wrapped up three days of joint drills with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the disputed South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2017
U.S. looks to block Chinese stakes in artificial intelligence, technology with military uses
The United States appears poised to heighten scrutiny of Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to better shield sensitive technologies seen as vital to U.S. national security, current and former U.S. officials have told Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2017
Can America and China escape Thucydides' trap?
An American scholar-analyst makes a historical case for the threat of a U.S.-China war.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 13, 2017
On global stage, has Xi's clout grown at Trump's expense?
U.S. President Donald Trump has been weakened on the international stage by political dramas at home, while Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping's clout is growing, according to former diplomats at a symposium on U.S.-China relations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2017
North Korea sanctions-skirting network could be defeated by targeting China firms: report
North Korea's effort to circumvent international sanctions on its nuclear and missile programs is complex but could be defeated by targeting relatively few Chinese firms, a report said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2017
North Korea warns long-range missile test 'not too far away'
North Korea warned Saturday that it was "not too far away" from testing a long-range missile capable of hitting the continental U.S. amid an unprecedented pace of weapons tests by the nuclear-armed nation.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Trump arrives in Japan for security and trade talks in test for Takaichi
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Emperor Naruhito upon his arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday evening.
Japanese firms keep expanding in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia
A Nishiyama Seimen employee works at its factory in Sapporo.
Bear kills another person in Japan in record year for fatal attacks
Police investigate the scene of a bear attack that killed one person and injured three others on Friday in the village of Higashinaruse in Akita Prefecture.
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
Hawks aim to bring energy from Japan Series blowout to Koshien
Hawks players celebrate victory over the Tigers at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka on Sunday.
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.
Loss to Wallabies doesn't dampen Japan’s optimism
Japan's Michael Leitch controls the ball during the match against Australia on Saturday.

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