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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2016
Abe to seek Cuba's help over North Korea and boost trade during trip
In the first ever visit to Cuba by a Japanese prime minister, Abe hopes to gain Havana's support in dealing with its ally Pyongyang over its nuclear provocations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2016
Canada says it made no concessions to China for detainee's return
Canada did not make concessions to China to secure the return of a Canadian citizen who spent two years in jail and was convicted of spying, Foreign Minister Stephane Dion insisted on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 16, 2016
Canadian imprisoned in China on 'spying' charges back home after two years behind bars
A Canadian man held since 2014 in China on charges of espionage and stealing state secrets has been freed and has returned to Canada, his family said Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2016
China to launch second space lab module, new manned mission
China will launch its second experimental space laboratory late Thursday and another manned space mission next month, the government said, part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2016
Japan tries to decode Duterte after joint U.S. patrols halted
A day after the Philippine president said he plans to halt joint maritime patrols with foreign navies, Japan's government was trying to make sense of developments, with one senior official saying Tokyo will persevere with a nuanced approach to ties.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2016
Residents of Chinese democracy village tell of 'wild' new police crackdown on protest
Residents of a southern Chinese village once seen as a cradle of grass-roots democracy were in shock on Wednesday after a "wild crackdown" by police in clashes with protesters, which they said led to about 70 people being detained.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2016
China sets up new logistics force as part of military reforms
China's military has set up a new logistics support force as part of efforts to reform and modernize the world's largest armed forces, state media has reported.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2016
China warns Taiwan not to allow Dalai Lama to visit
China on Wednesday warned Taiwan's new government against allowing exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit, after a high-profile Taiwanese legislator invited him to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2016
Chinese Air Force announces 'regular' exercises flying through key entryway into western Pacific
China's People's Liberation Army Air Force has announced that it will be organizing "regular" exercises that fly past the so-called first island chain — a key entryway into the western Pacific that includes Japan's Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 13, 2016
China names new Tianjin Communist Party boss amid corruption probe
China has appointed former Communist Party secretary of Hubei province Li Hongzhong as the new party chief for the strategic port city of Tianjin, days after announcing a corruption investigation into the northeastern city's former mayor.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2016
China says peace with Vietnam in South China Sea must be maintained
China and Vietnam should work together to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea and manage and control disputes, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 12, 2016
Can Japanese speakers really read Chinese? It depends on what you mean by 'read'
Will acquiring the ability to read Japanese give you some degree of literacy in Chinese? Well, it could at least give you a head start.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2016
Southeast Asia has a 'Brexit' risk of its own
ASEAN could end up a toothless tiger unless it addresses economic integration and regional security.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2016
Joint China-Russia naval drills in South China Sea focus on anti-submarine, 'island-seizing' operations
China and Russia kicked off eight days of naval drills Monday in the South China Sea off southern Guangdong province — a move likely to further stir tensions in the disputed waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2016
North Korea ready for another nuclear test, report says
North Korea has completed preparations for another nuclear test, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday, citing South Korean government sources who said the North may use a previously unused tunnel at its mountainous test site.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 12, 2016
Rehab trumped by crackdowns as war on drugs seen failing in Asia
The Philippines has launched a bloody "war on drugs" that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighboring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus.
WORLD
Sep 9, 2016
China tourists noticeable by their absence in Taiwan as ties wilt
An hour after the shopping mall in the Taipei 101 tower opened its doors on Friday, fewer than 10 customers were wandering its marble floors which just a few months ago had been mobbed with Chinese tourists all day long.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2016
China responds strongly to North Korean nuclear test but is unlikely to do much
China criticized North Korea's nuclear test on Friday, but Beijing is unlikely to follow up with strong action because its influence is limited and it believes the United States and South Korea share responsibility for growing tensions in the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2016
U.S. should stay out of the China-Philippines spat
If Manila wants to defend its interest against the region's most important power, it should create a military capable of doing so.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2016
Chinese coast guard involved in most South China Sea clashes, research shows
Increasingly assertive action by China's coast guard ships in the South China Sea risks destabilising the region, according to the authors of new research tracking maritime law enforcement incidents across the vital trade route.

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