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CHINA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 8, 2017
Asia's evolving security order
Along with closer economic cooperation in recent years, Japan and Vietnam have been strengthening their strategic ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2017
Japan Defense Ministry warns of North Korean nuclear, missile advances in annual report
White paper cites deep concern over reclusive state's recent advances in ICBM technology, while also hitting China for its maritime expansion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2017
Due to proximity, China will pay biggest price for new North Korea sanctions
China will pay the biggest price from the new United Nations sanctions against North Korea because of its close economic relationship with the country, but will always enforce the resolutions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2017
Meeting between Chinese, Vietnamese ministers canceled amid South China Sea tensions
A scheduled meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Vietnam on the sidelines of a regional gathering was canceled, Chinese Embassy officials said, amid growing tension between the two countries over the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2017
U.S. professor accused of being agent of foreign influence by Singapore appeals expulsion
A U.S. citizen, whose Singapore permanent residence status was revoked after the government identified him as being an agent of foreign influence, said on Tuesday he had appealed the decision to expel him.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 7, 2017
Xi's move to punish North Korea buys time With Trump on trade
Xi Jinping appears to again be back in Donald Trump's good graces — at least for now.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 7, 2017
Chinese state-run media stress limits to North Korea sanctions, slam U.S. 'arrogance'
Chinese state media on Monday stressed the limits of new United Nations sanctions on North Korea, and also slammed the United States for its "arrogance," saying Washington needed to understand it also has a role in lessening tensions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 7, 2017
Trump and Moon speak on phone as U.S. leader calls North Korea 'growing direct threat' to most of world
U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in affirmed in a Sunday telephone call that North Korea poses a growing threat to most of the world after recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests, the White House said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2017
In China's hotels, small VPN gaps in 'Great Firewall' are closing
In China, the plush international hotel lobby has been one of the few places to find gaps in the "Great Firewall," a sophisticated system that denies online users access to blocked content such as foreign news portals and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter .
WORLD
Aug 6, 2017
Chinese tourists arrested for making Hitler salutes outside German parliament building
German police on Saturday arrested two Chinese tourists for making illegal "heil Hitler" salutes in front of the historic Reichstag building that houses the German parliament.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2017
China sacks senior Xinjiang party official for not fighting extremism
China has sacked and will prosecute a senior official in its violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang after a probe found he wasn't doing enough to tackle extremism in one of the most sensitive parts of the country and had taken bribes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2017
U.S. ends search for sailor missing during exercise in South China Sea
The U.S. Navy has suspended search operations for a missing sailor believed to have fallen overboard Tuesday from a ship in the South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2017
U.S. Army halts use of Chinese-made drones over 'cyber vulnerabilities'
The U.S. Army has ordered its members to stop using drones made by the Chinese manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd. because of "cyber vulnerabilities" in the products.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2017
For China's billionaires, all that is gold does not glitter
China's newly minted big money men project larger-than-life personalities, but their good fortune can be rescinded at a moment's notice if they displease the reigning commissars.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 4, 2017
Grammys boss knuckles under China censors as show readies tour
The Grammys is looking to break into China, but it will have to do so without the help of some of its top stars — Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, among others — after it pledged to bring only well-behaved artists to meet Chinese censors' demands.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan