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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2017
India and China agree to end Himalayan border standoff
India and China have agreed to an "expeditious disengagement" of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a standoff for more than two months, India's foreign ministry said Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2017
'Extremely dissatisfied' China blames India for border scuffle
China on Monday laid the blame at India's door for an altercation along their border in the western Himalayas involving soldiers from both nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2017
The risks of a Himalayan war are rising
Only an India fully prepared to counter and defeat aggression can deter China from initiating a military conflict on the Sino-Indian border.
EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2017
Seven decades of confrontation
If the situation between India and Pakistan were not so tragic, it would be absurd. There is far more that unites the two countries than divides them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2017
The tragedy of India's partition, 70 years on
The India-Pakistan border is a 70-year-old scar that will not heal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 13, 2017
Indian state suspends hospital chief following deaths of 60 children
The head of an Indian hospital where dozens of children died in recent days has been suspended, as officials traded blame over cash shortfalls that led to supplies of medical oxygen being cut.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2017
Calling the Chinese bully's bluff in the Himalayas
The more power China has accumulated, the more it has attempted to achieve its foreign policy objectives with bluff, bluster and bullying.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 12, 2017
The unfinished business of Indian partition
The nightmarish horrors of India's partition by the British 70 years ago on Aug. 15, 1947, cast a long shadow into the 21st century.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2017
Diplomacy to defuse India, China border crisis slams into a wall, sources say
India's diplomatic efforts to end a seven-week military standoff with China have hit a roadblock, people briefed on the talks said, prompting Chinese state-run media to trumpet rhetoric of "unavoidable countermeasures" on the unmarked border.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2017
Software engineer held for hacking Indian biometric ID platform
Police have arrested a software engineer for stealing sensitive information on more than 50,000 people from India's Aadhaar biometric identity program, the first criminal charges stemming from a government initiative that's been criticized for lacking privacy protections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2017
Pakistan's creation — a mistake?
The repercussions of the August 1947 partition of India continue to shake the subcontinent today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2017
SoftBank Vision Fund reportedly may invest $2 billion in top Indian e-commerce operator Flipkart
SoftBank Vision Fund, the technology investor founded by Masayoshi Son, is in talks to invest directly in India's Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, after talks to fold SoftBank-backed Snapdeal into Flipkart fell apart.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2017
It's high noon on the roof the world
The two nuclear powers have to come to terms with the fact that no one will come out a winner if they resort to military action.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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