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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2015
U.S. Navy says it has been flying P-8 reconnaissance planes out of Philippines
The United States has been flying its most advanced surveillance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, out of the Philippines for patrols over the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday, acknowledging the flights for the first time.
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 27, 2015
China's top climate negotiator removed from leadership list
China's top climate change negotiator has been removed from the nation's leadership list, appearing to confirm media reports he has retired, but the move has left it unclear who will lead China at crucial climate talks in Paris at the end of the year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2015
China's top court rails against Western model of judicial independence
China's top court has urged officials from the ruling Communist Party to shun Western-style judicial independence, state media said on Thursday, as controls over the media, dissent and the Internet are tightened.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2015
China convicts 81-year-old writer who criticized propaganda chief
A Chinese court sentenced an 81-year-old writer to jail Wednesday on a charge of illegal business after he criticized the ruling Communist Party's propaganda chief in online essays, but the sentence was suspended, his lawyer said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2015
Beijing drops U.S. tech brands from state procurement list
China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists, while approving thousands more locally made products, in what some say is a response to revelations of widespread Western cybersurveillance.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2015
China may be stalling out, and that's alright
China's shrinking population and the slowing of migration to cities means there are enough jobs to go around even as its economic growth slows.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 22, 2015
Despite modernization drive, Indian Air Force faces humiliation
The Indian Air Force risks a major capability gap opening up with China and Pakistan without new Western warplanes or if local defense contractors cannot produce what the military needs in a timely manner.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2015
Afghanistan arrested Chinese Uighurs to get Beijing's help on Taliban talks: officials
Afghanistan arrested and handed over several Muslim Uighur militants from China's west in an effort to persuade China to use its influence with Pakistan to help start negotiations with the Taliban, Afghan security officials said on Friday.
WORLD
Feb 20, 2015
Turkey says it may buy Chinese missiles; will not integrate system with NATO
Ankara
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 20, 2015
China to project power from artificial islands in South China Sea
China's creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea is happening so fast that Beijing will be able to extend the range of its navy, air force, coast guard and fishing fleets before long, much to the alarm of rival claimants to the contested waters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 20, 2015
China calls shots in currency war
As fears of a global currency war grow, all eyes in Asia are on whether China will devalue its currency to avert a sharper economic slowdown.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2015
'Commie-loving' mainlanders targeted in election at Hong Kong's top university
A campus election at a top Hong Kong university has degenerated into an acrimonious campaign against mainland Chinese candidates, highlighting simmering tensions two months after prodemocracy protests led by local students paralyzed parts of the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2015
U.S. Littoral Combat Ship to debut in drills off South Korea
The U.S. Navy will send its new combat ship tailored for Asia's shallow coastal waters to join military drills with South Korea that North Korea calls a prelude for invasion.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2015
Monetary easing won't be easy for China
Today's China finds itself much where Asia did in 1997 — dependent on exports and excessive borrowing, and at the mercy of markets that have no trouble seeing through government spin.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
Former senior provincial official in China to be punished in graft case
China will prosecute a former senior provincial official suspected of crimes such as breaking the strict family planning laws, graft and abuse of power, the government said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 17, 2015
China's defense budget expected to defy economic lilt
President Xi Jinping is expected to authorize robust defense spending for this year despite China's slowing economy, determined to strengthen the country's armed capabilities amid growing unease in Beijing at Washington's renewed focus on Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 16, 2015
Putin, fearing Russia's subservience to China, casts wider net over Asia
Boxed in by the U.S. and its allies, faced with an uneasy relationship with China and needing new friends and income, Russia is popping up everywhere in Asia.
WORLD
Feb 15, 2015
China plans international tourism zone with North Korea, Russia
China is planning an international tourism zone in its northeastern border area with Russia and North Korea, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday, in Pyongyang's latest push for new investment.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2015
Chinese patients turn to black market for blood
China's rising demand for health care is exposing a chronic shortage of an essential commodity: blood.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 14, 2015
Love thy neighbor? Chinese nationals who call Japan home
Like tempestuous lovers, China and Japan have sparred for centuries but have remained interdependent in each other's economy, politics, culture, language and arts.

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes