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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2016
Defense Ministry seeks record ¥5.16 trillion budget for fiscal 2017: source
The Defense Ministry will request a record budget of ¥5.16 trillion ($51 billion) for fiscal 2017, as tension rises in the East China Sea and North Korea steps up its missile threat, a government official with direct knowledge of the plan said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 17, 2016
Cold War relic or necessary evil? U.S. 'no first use' nuclear proposal stirs divisions in Asia
Nuclear proliferation has been a vexing but important issue for U.S. President Barack Obama during his two terms in office.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2016
China faults North Korean airline over maintenance, training
China will limit the operations of North Korean carrier Air Koryo after one of its aircraft made an emergency landing in a northeastern Chinese city last month, and has told the airline to improve training and maintenance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2016
China, ASEAN aim to complete framework of South China Sea rules next year
China and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations aim to finish by the middle of next year a framework for a code of conduct to ease tension in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2016
China seeks closer military ties with Syria
China wants to have closer military ties with Syria, state media on Tuesday cited a senior Chinese officer as saying during a rare visit to the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2016
Table tennis star Fukuhara warms Chinese hearts at Olympics
Ai Fukuhara will have the support of a nation when Japan takes on Singapore for the women's table tennis team bronze medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday — plus a Chinese public that has taken the 27-year-old to its heart.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2016
China tries out new hardware in Xinjiang counterterrorism exercise
China has tested 21 new pieces of security equipment, including drones, during a counterterrorism exercise in the western region of Xinjiang, state media said Tuesday, as it strengthens its presence in the violence-prone area.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2016
China satellite to test ‘unhackable’ data links
A Chinese satellite launched Tuesday will test the viability of data links that cannot be eavesdropped on, potentially leading to a revolution in defense communications.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2016
Populism trumping the TPP
Washington's ambitious plan to take on the might of China is dying.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016
Times may seem bad, but 2016 isn't the new 1936
Unlike in the 1930s, the world is not on the brink of any great and awful calamity.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2016
Japan Coast Guard releases video showing Chinese intrusions into waters near Senkakus
A four-minute video shows numerous Chinese vessels from earlier this month operating near the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2016
May sends Xi letter as U.K.-China ties hang on nuclear plant
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has written to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to express her desire to enhance trade and strategic ties, her nation's new Asia envoy said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2016
Indonesia to destroy 71 boats, including Chinese, in display of maritime sovereignty
Indonesia will cap Wednesday's Independence Day celebrations by scuttling as many as 71 impounded foreign vessels — mostly Vietnamese but also a handful of Chinese — to signal its determination to protect its sovereignty over lucrative fishing grounds in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016
The good news in China's growth slowdown
China must avoid the siren song of credit-fueled growth or pay the price of growing imbalances and rising debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 15, 2016
Special Mitsubishi Electric plant focuses on custom lifts for Asian venues
Made-to-order people movers, including spiral escalators and elevators with doors bearing elegant Islamic designs made at Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s Inazawa Works, are becoming popular in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 15, 2016
Undermining China: towns sink after mines close
Deep in the coal heartlands of northern Shanxi province, people in the village of Helin are fighting a losing battle as the ground beneath them crumbles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2016
Why China's plan to build a new Silk Road runs through Singapore
As the son of a man who journeyed from China to Singapore and founded a shipping business a half century ago, Teo Siong Seng sees his life as one immersed in the ancient trading networks of Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2016
Amid North Korea, China tensions, U.S. says three key bombers simultaneously flying in Pacific for first time
In an apparent bid to reassure Asian allies and deter potential adversaries, the three types of U.S. Air Force strategic bombers — B-1, B-2 and B-52 — will fly simultaneously in the Pacific for the first time.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2016
Blast at Chinese power plant kills at least 21 on eve of first Tianjin anniversary
A blast at a power plant in central China killed at least 21 people and injured five on Thursday, the eve of the first anniversary marking the massive Tianjin explosions, which have spurred government efforts to improve industrial safety.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2016
One path to leadership in China is now closed
Instead of sharing power across factions as his two predecessors did, Xi Jinping is consolidating power for himself.

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