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BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 28, 2016
China eyes biggest opening for private business in decades
After weak first-quarter investment figures added to concerns about the outlook for China's economy, one of the government's most powerful policymaking bodies commissioned a study of private businesses to discover how to turn it around.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 27, 2016
China's Xi anointed 'core' leader, on par with Mao, Deng
China's Communist Party gave President Xi Jinping the title of "core" leader on Thursday, putting him on par with past strongmen like Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, but it signaled his power would not be absolute.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 27, 2016
Flashpoints in Asian waters
There are four flashpoints in East Asia and Japan will be greatly impacted if a crisis develops in any of them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2016
Duterte vows not to abandon Japan on security matters as he takes more jabs as U.S.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in his role as the chief ally of the United States, on Wednesday pressed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the importance of the alliance with the U.S. in terms of securing the region.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2016
China set to conduct military drills in South China Sea less than a week after U.S. patrol
China has announced that it will hold military exercises in the South China Sea all day Thursday, the country's Maritime Safety Administration said in a short statement on its website.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2016
Firm that helped build South China Sea islands wins Philippine contract
A Chinese state-owned firm that helped build man-made islands in a disputed area of the South China Sea has clinched a big-ticket infrastructure deal with the Philippines, a rival claimant to the strategic waters, amid Manila's newfound detente with Beijing, a report has said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2016
Japan scores tragic own goal
The Abe government's position on 'comfort women' is damaging Japan's international reputation and playing into China's hands.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2016
North Korea giving up nuclear weapons is 'lost cause,' top U.S. official says
A top adviser to the U.S. president on national security issues said Tuesday that persuading North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons "is probably a lost cause" and the best Washington can hope for is to cap the capabilities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2016
San Diego to South China Sea: U.S. Navy tested new command in latest challenge to China
The U.S. Navy destroyer that sailed near Chinese-claimed islands in the South China Sea last week was under orders from the Third Fleet headquarters in San Diego, a first aimed at bolstering U.S. maritime power in the region, two sources said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2016
China working with U.S. on returning corrupt fugitives and their assets, paper says
China and the United States are in "advanced negotiations" on returning to China five of its most wanted corruption suspects who have fled to the United States, a state-run newspaper said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2016
North Korea stresses security fears in informal talks with former U.S. negotiators
North Korea appears unwilling to hold formal talks with the U.S. on its nuclear program anytime soon, said a former American official who met senior Pyongyang diplomats in Malaysia last week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2016
At least 14 people killed, 147 hurt in northwest China mystery explosion
A powerful blast at a prefabricated house in northwestern China on Monday killed at least 14 people and injured 147, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 25, 2016
China says it has a political promise from the West in fight against graft
China has been given a political promise by Western countries that they will not become havens for corrupt fugitives, a senior official told state television, though he offered no assurances to assuage concerns about mistreatment of suspects.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 24, 2016
China admonishes U.S. for ambassador's visit to disputed India-China border
China admonished the United States on Monday for sending its ambassador in India to a contested stretch of land on the India-China border, warning that a third party's meddling would only complicate the dispute between Beijing and New Delhi.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2016
Guess what, Duterte: America doesn't need you
The U.S. should drop its expensive and risky commitment to go to war on behalf of a nation largely irrelevant to American security.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
About 30% of those in de facto marriages refuse to marry over surname change
A survey by a private group found that 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames.
Japan's 'ice age' employment generation is at risk of poverty during retirement
Those who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004, when long-term stagnation started, are likely to struggle even more to make ends meet after retirement.
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
Driver arrested at scene of Yokosuka crash that injured eight
A 31-year-old man was taken into custody on Monday on suspicion of drunken driving after he caused a multivehicle crash in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
'Big picture thinker': Ispace CEO Hakamada on reaching the moon and dreaming of starships
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of Ispace, says his primary interest in space development is not to abandon Earth, but to protect it.
The drive for luxury: Aston Martin Asia's president explains the desire for more
While for Aston Martin, it’s all about delivering luxury, their regional president for Asia Gregory Adams' start in the auto industry in Japan was far more humble.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
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