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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2016
New Trump tower funded by rich Chinese who invest cash for visas
Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has attacked China and warned about the dangers of deficient immigrant screening.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2016
China and the lonely fight it's waging against deflation
The battle over the renminbi's exchange rate reflects growing tension between the interests of the 'financial engineers' (such as the managers of dollar-based hedge funds) and the 'real engineers' (China's policymakers).
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2016
The Trump effect on China
If the Chinese believe that they are being thwarted from getting their due place in the global sun, their anger could fuel the rise of a populist leader.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2016
A new maritime balance in Indo-Pacific region
India is conceiving a new and more ambitious role for itself in East Asia and Indo-U.S. interests in the region are converging at an unprecedented rate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2016
Lighter traffic, little sign of customs crackdown at North Korea border
Hours after the United Nations imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea, vehicle traffic on the bridge linking the isolated country with the Chinese border city of Dandong was lighter than usual, but drivers reported no increase in cargo inspections.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2016
India, U.S., Japan to hold naval drills close to China's waters
The U.S., India and Japan will hold joint naval exercises later this year in waters north of the Philippines, a move that is likely to irk nearby China as tensions rise over competing territorial claims in the region.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2016
China's actions in South China Sea 'will have consequences,' says Carter
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday warned China against what he called "aggressive" actions in the South China Sea region, including the placement of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island, and said they would have consequences.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2016
China's green push seeks to counter unfettered growth
An affable academic who cracks jokes and cycles to work, Chen Jining is the face of China's cleanup, turning his environment ministry from "most embarrassing" to a powerhouse that has taken on those driving growth at all costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2016
China to lay off millions in biggest retrenchment program in nearly 20 years, sources say
China aims to lay off 5 million-6 million state workers over the next two to three years as part of efforts to curb industrial overcapacity and pollution, two sources said, Beijing's boldest retrenchment program in almost two decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2016
Australia increasingly likely to pick Japan for huge submarine order, experts say
With Australia's release of its defense white paper last week, the race to build the country's next generation of submarines enters the home stretch — and some experts say the Japanese bid appears to hold an insurmountable lead.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2016
The Pentagon's big lie about the South China Sea
The notion that China's actions in the South China Sea threaten commercial shipping is a load of analytical rubbish.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2016
Missing Hong Kong bookseller to give up British passport, denies being kidnapped
A Hong Kong bookseller and British passport holder who disappeared last year has said he will renounce his British citizenship, adding that he had not been kidnapped by Chinese authorities as suspected, but had snuck into China illegally.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2016
China launches floating dock for warship repair
China's navy has launched its first self-propelled floating dock, giving it the ability to repair warships far from the coast, the official People's Liberation Army Daily said on Tuesday, Beijing's latest move to modernize its navy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2016
Philippines asks China to respect sea dispute arbitration
The Philippines on Monday urged China to respect a forthcoming ruling by an arbitration court in The Hague on a territorial dispute in the South China Sea after Beijing accused Manila of "political provocation."
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 29, 2016
Taking a stance against strategic pessimism
Japan and Australia's special relationship is not based simply on shared interests but also on shared values.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 29, 2016
Man stabs 10 children outside school in China
A knife-wielding attacker stabbed 10 school children in southern China on Monday, severely injuring two, before killing himself, state media reported, the latest in a series of school attacks in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2016
Strains show in China's factory heartland
Millions of migrant workers streaming back to China's industrial heartland after the long lunar New Year break face an uncertain future as smaller factories in particular struggle to cope with anaemic orders and rising inventories.
WORLD
Feb 26, 2016
U.S. test-fires missile amid debate about upgrades to aging nuclear arsenal
The U.S. military planned to test-fire its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a week overnight on Thursday to demonstrate the reliability of American nuclear arms at a time of rising strategic tensions with countries like Russia and North Korea.
WORLD
Feb 26, 2016
India near inducting its first nuclear-armed submarine
India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed attack submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2016
South China Sea defenses 'really needed' in face of U.S. militarization: Beijing
China "really needs" its defenses in the South China Sea in the face of a militarization process being pushed by the United States, and can deploy whatever equipment it wants on its own soil, China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

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