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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2017
U.S. adds extra aircraft to marine force in Australia
The United States will send extra military aircraft to Australia's tropical north this year, a U.S. Marine Corps spokesman said Wednesday, bolstering its military presence close to the disputed South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2017
Thai junta gives go-ahead to buy Chinese submarine and tanks
Thailand's military government has approved 13.5 billion baht ($380 million) to buy a submarine from China after putting the purchase on hold last year, Thai officials said on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 25, 2017
China to push Mandarin for minorities, protect dying tongues
China will "unswervingly" stick to the promotion of Mandarin for ethnic minorities, the government said on Tuesday of a policy that has ignited sporadic protests. The government will also step up protection for threatened tongues on the verge of extinction.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2017
Tokyo turns down Australian proposal for TPP without U.S., vows to keep pushing Trump
Tokyo turns down — for now — an Australian proposal to revise the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, saying any TPP deal without the U.S. is “meaningless.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 24, 2017
Trump White House warns Beijing over 'takeover' of South China Sea
The new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump vowed Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned would require Washington to "wage war."
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2017
China tourism body backs boycott of Apa hotels over book denying Nanking Massacre
China's tourism administration has urged tour operators to sever ties with the APA hotel chain after an escalating row over the hotelier's denial of the 1937 Nanking Massacre.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2017
China takes 5,500 apps offline, including pornographic and violent: Xinhua
China's internet supervisors have taken down more than 5,500 illegal apps for disseminating such things as pornographic and violent content, as well as others, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2017
China gets assertive, has warships tour Gulf Arab states amid Trump's 'America First' shift
Chinese warships have embarked on a tour of Gulf Arab states for the first time in six years as Beijing has signaled a desire to play a bigger role on the global stage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2017
Don't use ASEAN as 'proxy' for rivalry, Philippines tells outside states
The Philippines told countries outside Southeast Asia on Monday not to use the region as "a proxy for their rivalry" as it wanted to preserve unity and establish a mechanism to resolve disputes in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / GAUGING TRUMP
Jan 23, 2017
Under Trump, Asia 'pivot' security plank may rise from the ashes
With the ascension of Donald Trump to the White House, former U.S. President Barack Obama's "pivot" to Asia appears to have been burned to the ground. Its remains must yet cool, but what may ultimately emerge from the ashes could prove reassuring to Asian allies fearful of an American retreat amid China's...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2017
As Trump takes office, U.S. China bashers have a field day
Statements being made by American officials overestimate U.S. power and resolve, and underestimate those of China. That is how wars start.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2017
Neighbors see China using tourism as 'diplomatic weapon'
With 6 million Chinese tourists expected to travel abroad over the Lunar New Year break, China's Jan. 27 to Feb. 2 holiday is crucial for Taiwan tour agency operator Li Chi-yueh, who relies on mainland visitors for a third of his revenue.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 23, 2017
China, Philippines agree to cooperate on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion
China has agreed to cooperate with the Philippines on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said after a meeting in Beijing on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 23, 2017
China claims success from 'two-child' policy as 2016 birthrates rise
China's decision to allow all couples to have two children instead of one has resulted in birthrates rising to the highest level since 2000, a government official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2017
China's Xi to head new commission for military-civilian development
Chinese President Xi Jinping will head a new commission overseeing joint military and civilian development, state media said, as the country continues with an ambitious military modernization program.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 21, 2017
Media deployed to fight history wars in East Asia
At a recent conference funded by the Toshiba Foundation on the media's role in representing the shared wartime past in East Asia, scholars and journalists gathered at Cambridge University to assess the current state of play.

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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