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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2015
The South China Sea spats: an alternative point of view
In the eyes of other countries, China has behaved badly in the South China Sea. In China's view so have other claimants — and the U.S. and now Japan.
WORLD
Jul 28, 2015
China 'not planning' to build military bases in Maldives
China is not planning to build military bases in the Maldives, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, after the Maldives allowed foreigners to own land despite opposition concern the reform could be used for military expansion by China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2015
Repression puts China's future prosperity at risk
Repression threatens China's economic dynamism and political stability.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2015
China eyes new cruise link to disputed South China Sea islands
Chinese authorities plan to start a second cruise ship link to the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media reported Monday, in a move that may irk Vietnam, which also claims the islets.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2015
Amid crackdown, China attempts to dispel foreign NGOs' concerns
China's Minister of Public Security has assured foreign nongovernment organizations operating in the country that China supports their activities amid fears that a controversial new law governing NGOs could hamper the development of civil society.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2015
India and China slug it out in Central Asia
If India doesn't give Central Asia the sustained attention it deserves, China will be able to claim the region as another one of its 'backyards.'
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2015
China jails 14 members of banned cult
A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei has jailed nine members of a banned religious cult for up to three years, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday, a day after five others were sentenced in a northeastern province.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2015
Filipino fishermen remove Chinese buoys near disputed shoal, officials say
Filipino fishermen found several buoys with Chinese markings near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and towed the devices back to shore northwest of the capital, Manila, Philippines officials said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2015
How Sony sanitized films to please China's censors
In a 2013 script for the movie "Pixels," intergalactic aliens blast a hole in one of China's national treasures — the Great Wall.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2015
China's live stress test yields valuable lessons
China's economy has succeeded through trial and error, and the lessons of its current stress test should be viewed as part of that process, to be used to drive the next phase of economic reform.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2015
Myanmar sentences Chinese nationals to life for illegal logging
China has lodged a diplomatic protest with Myanmar after a court in the southeast Asian nation sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for illegal logging.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2015
Japan's automaker association warns of 'downward spiral' in China sales
China's vehicle market has shown signs of a "downward spiral" that will eventually hit Japanese carmakers, according to the head of Japan's auto association.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 23, 2015
Japan, India, U.S. plan Indian Ocean naval drills, in tightening of ties
Japan is set to take part in joint naval exercises with India and the U.S. in the Indian Ocean in October, a drill that so riled China eight years ago that Delhi has not since hosted such a multilateral exercise.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2015
Defense white paper stresses threat posed by China
The Defense Ministry says it remains deeply concerned about China's maritime ambitions in the region, particularly in the light of Chinese domestic trends.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2015
Tokio Marine to use Citic to grow in China after U.S. foray
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., fresh from its biggest acquisition in the U.S., is now looking for opportunities in China.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2015
China Protests U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander's Spy-Plane Flight
China renewed its protests over U.S. spy planes entering what it claims as territory after the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet joined a surveillance flight over the disputed South China Sea.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2015
China gets box seat as SDF joins U.S. Marines, Aussies in storming beach Down Under
Inflatable boats crammed with camouflaged soldiers power onto a remote beach crawling with Australian, U.S. and Japanese commandos — watched by officers from China.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2015
In graft crackdown, China's Xi touts ideals of revolutionary forebears
China's military must learn from the glorious, uncorrupt example of its revolutionary forebears and thoroughly banish the deep-rooted, pernicious influence of the army's worst corruption scandal in decades, President Xi Jinping has told officers.
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2015
China cracks the whip
Japan and other countries must continue to pressure China to improve its human rights situation.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2015
China to deport 11 foreign tourists after some watched Genghis Khan video
China will deport nine foreign tourists whom it detained last weekend, apparently after some of them said they watched a documentary on Genghis Khan in their hotel room, a spokesman for two of the tourists said Saturday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

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