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CHINA

ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2014
Top Chinese university warns against criticizing Communist Party
One of China's top universities has urged students and teachers to "fight against" criticism of the ruling Communist Party, an influential party journal said, in the latest curbs on free expression.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 1, 2014
Disruptive Hong Kong protests loom after China rules out democracy
Hong Kong police used pepper spray to disperse prodemocracy activists on Monday as the Asian financial center braces for a wave of disruptive protests against China's decision to rule out full democracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 1, 2014
Hong Kong braces for protests as China rules out full democracy
Prodemocracy activists vowed on Sunday to bring Hong Kong's financial hub to a standstill after China's parliament rejected their demands for the right to freely choose the former British colony's next leader in 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2014
China seeks to better protect South China Sea submarine gateway in face of U.S. surveillance flights
China's efforts to protect its submarine gateway to the South China Sea could broaden from standoffs with U.S. military planes to announcing an air defense identification zone, according to two retired People's Liberation Army officers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2014
Macau casino dealers take industrial action for first time
Casino dealers working in one of the most popular casinos in the gambling hub of Macau started industrial action on Saturday for the first time in the Chinese territory as discontent over salaries and working benefits spreads.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 29, 2014
Japan defense budget request highest ever as Abe boosts military
Defense planners seek a record high ¥5.05 trillion budget for 2015 as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bolsters the military in the face growing tensions with China and North Korea.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2014
Creative diplomacy required to resolve territorial disputes
The coastal states around the South and East China Seas will have to agree to divide, share or pool their sovereignty in the interests of security and to permit the peaceful exploitation of the resources.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 29, 2014
Macau panel set to 're-elect' leader
Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui is widely expected to be "re-elected" on Sunday after the pro-China government stifled an unofficial referendum on democracy, taking a much harder line on the gambling hub than leaders have in neighboring Hong Kong.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2014
China's top judge says foreigners to be allowed into Chinese courts
China's top judge has said foreigners will be regularly allowed into courts to listen to cases, state media reported on Thursday, as the government embarks on legal reform at a time of public discontent over many perceived miscarriages of justice.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Aug 29, 2014
Corrupt Chinese hiding in Western nations elude Beijing's 'fox hunt'
When Yang Xiuzhu got wind in 2003 that Chinese anti-corruption investigators were looking into her affairs, she boarded a flight to Singapore. A few days later Yang changed her name and flew to New York.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 28, 2014
China moves to limit polls in Hong Kong
China moved on Wednesday to limit 2017 elections for Hong Kong's leader to a handful of candidates loyal to Beijing, local media reported, a move that is likely to escalate plans by pro-democracy activists to blockade the city's Central business district.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2014
India's Modi eyes breakthrough nuclear pact on Japan trip
Indian leader Narendra Modi will try to assure Japan it will not conduct weapons tests or divert fuel when she visits Tokyo to sign a nuclear energy pact.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2014
Deng Xiaoping's lasting legacy
Seventeen years after his death, Deng Xiaoping's grip on China remains as tight as ever.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2014
China's top judge lauds Zhou corruption probe
China's top judge has said the ruling Communist Party's decision to investigate former senior leader Zhou Yongkang demonstrates clearly that no party member is above the law, the semiofficial China News Service reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 26, 2014
U.S., Chinese officials to meet at Pentagon after jet intercept
U.S. and Chinese military officials will hold talks on rules of behavior at the Pentagon on Wednesday and Thursday, a U.S. official said, days after the United States denounced a "dangerous" Chinese jet intercept of a U.S. Navy patrol plane.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2014
Strong leaders in an increasingly fragile Asia
Stronger leaders are finally in place in fragile Asia — leaders who can deliver domestic reform and economic growth. But if these leaders assert their strength against each other or vis-a-vis the U.S. over security matters, regional stability could be upended.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2014
Experimental U.S. hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after launch
A hypersonic weapon being developed by the U.S. military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early Monday after controllers detected a problem with the system, the Pentagon said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2014
Jakarta tiptoes around issue of gas-rich islets
The word "sleepy" could have been invented for Ranai, the largest town in Indonesia's remote and sparsely populated Natuna archipelago.
WORLD
Aug 25, 2014
China's state media says teen masterminded slaying of pro-Beijing imam in Xinjiang
Chinese police have concluded that an 18-year-old, who was influenced by religious extremism, was the mastermind behind the murder of a state-backed imam in China's western Xinjiang region, state media said on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2014
Five arrested in Macau over unofficial democracy poll
Police in Macau detained five people involved in staging an unofficial referendum on democracy in the southern Chinese territory, organizers said, nearly two months after activists angered Beijing by conducting a similar poll in Hong Kong.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
Trump would make U.S. Supreme Court history by attending tariffs case
There is no record in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 235-year history of a sitting president ever attending arguments, according to Clare Cushman, director of publications and resident historian at the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series titles as Blue Jays downed in thriller
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and teammates celebrate after winning the World Series against the Blue Jays. Yamamoto was named MVP for the series.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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