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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 7, 2015
Poor planning drains China's potential for hydropower
China could be wasting enough hydroelectricity to power Britain and Germany for a year, depriving its smog-bound eastern regions of huge volumes of clean energy as a result of poor planning and weak grid infrastructure.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 7, 2015
Once obscure Chinese town rallies after ship disaster
Since being thrust onto the world stage, residents of a once obscure part of China have rallied round to help those affected by the sinking of a cruise ship, an outpouring of kindness in a country more used to worrying about a decline in public morals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2015
China says U.S. calls for Tiananmen accounting are 'unprovoked accusations'
China criticized the United States on Friday for "unprovoked accusations" in calling on Beijing to account for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on prodemocracy protesters.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2015
A look at some of the hacking accusations against China
AP — U.S. accusations of hacking by China and Beijing's denial of such activity have strained U.S.-Chinese relations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2015
Data hacked from U.S. government date back to 1985: official
Data stolen from U.S. government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, U.S. officials said Friday, underlining the scope of one of the largest known cyberattacks on federal networks.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2015
Relatives in China ship disaster say they were beaten by police
Relatives of passengers missing in the sinking of the Eastern Star cruise ship on the Yangtze River have accused Chinese police of beating them when they sought more information about the disaster.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2015
Vietnam in talks with Europe, U.S. to buy fighter jets, aircraft, drones to counter China
Vietnam is in talks with European and U.S. contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defenses in the face of China's growing assertiveness in disputed waters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2015
After divers find no more signs of life, China starts righting capsized cruise ship
Chinese authorities began late on Thursday to right the cruise ship Eastern Star, which capsized on the Yangtze River, after divers sent to search for survivors found no signs of life inside.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2015
China's pursuit of a new world economic order
Whether the renminbi is added to the SDR basket this October, a gradual transformation of the global system to accommodate China seems all but inevitable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 4, 2015
U.S. should stay out of Asian countries' territorial disputes
Instead of goading China, the U.S. should withdraw from East Asia's territorial miasma.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2015
Kin breach police cordon, head toward Yangtze shipwreck site as survivor hopes fade
Dozens of people broke through a police cordon on Wednesday as they marched toward the site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River to demand news of missing relatives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2015
China is acting like Nazi Germany, says Philippines' Aquino
Philippine President Benigno Aquino wants more pressure on China to halt land reclamation work in the South China Sea, likening Beijing's actions to those of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2015
Tiananmen group to China: Atone for own historical crimes, as demanded of Japan
A group of families demanding justice for victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown declared that the government must bear responsibility for historical crimes in the same way it has called on Japan to do so for its wartime past.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2015
Vietnam takes delivery of two Russian-design missile corvettes as maritime tensions mount
Vietnam took delivery of two new missile boats on Tuesday made locally and modeled on Russian vessels, the latest move by its military to strengthen maritime defenses as tensions simmer over sovereignty in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015
Job growth missing from China's economic rise
China's focus on industrialization explains why its economic miracle has created relatively few new jobs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015
China shows how to crack down on soccer
China's experience with its soccer federation shows that eliminating corruption from a sporting organization requires more than knocking off that organization's leadership.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015
Beijing's bendable principles
Just as China plays all its cards against India and rears even new ones, India must shed its reticence and do likewise to build countervailing leverage.
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2015
Japan tops China as world's biggest lender for coal, study says
Japan and China lent more than $35 billion to finance coal power in the eight years through the end of 2014, according to environmental groups in a study that urged countries to stop supporting the fuel.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2015
War in the South China Sea?
If Beijing keeps pushing its claims in the South China Sea and Washington continues to challenge them, there really could be a China-U.S. war at some point.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 1, 2015
The AIIB key to Beijing's new economic order
China's approach to creating an infrastructure bank that will knit Asia into a Sino-centric economic order could prove to be a nightmare.
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.
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.
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.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
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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