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INDONESIA

EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2015
Smog returns to Southeast Asia
Consumers can help pressure palm oil companies to stop using fire to clear land in Indonesia by supporting products certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2015
Technology key to clinching overseas projects, new infrastructure minister says
Japan should keep promoting its high technological standards when pushing for infrastructure projects overseas, despite a recent loss to China on bidding for Indonesia's first high-speed railway, the new land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister said Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2015
When you can't see Singapore, it looks like Beijing
Air pollution is getting out of hand in Southeast Asia, and big corporations and small-scale farmers are both to blame.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2015
Could the 'Asian century' already be petering out?
Nations across Asia stand at a crossroads and must decide between moving forward based on reforms or continuing to stagnate.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2015
Indonesia rewards China's 'courage' with high-profile rail contract
Indonesia picked China over Japan to build the country's first fast-train rail link because Beijing had the courage to provide $5 billion in loans without asking for guarantees, an Indonesian official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2015
Smog from Indonesia fires spurs Singapore to shut schools, urge curb in outdoor activities
Singapore will close its elementary and secondary schools on Friday as the haze from Indonesian forest fires pushed air quality into the "hazardous" range for the first time this year, covering the city-state with a layer of smog.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 15, 2015
As Southeast Asia wheezes in haze, Indonesia cracks down on slash-and-burn deforestation
A worsening haze across northern Indonesia, neighboring Singapore and parts of Malaysia on Tuesday forced some schools to close and airlines to delay flights, while Indonesia ordered a crackdown against lighting fires to clear forested land.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2015
Tokyo steps up security after Islamic State tells supporters to attack Japanese missions
The militant group made the threat against several missions in an English-language magazine circulated on the Internet.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2015
Abe sends envoy to Jakarta in high-speed rail bid
Shinzo Abe has sent an envoy to Indonesia to offer a sweeter deal to build a high-speed railway, a Japanese Embassy official said on Thursday, highlighting the importance of the multibillion dollar project that China also wants to win.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 26, 2015
Cincinnati Zoo to send last Sumatran rhino in U.S. to Indonesia to mate
The only Sumatran rhinoceros in the United States will be sent to Indonesia so it can have a chance to mate, an Ohio zoo famous for breeding the endangered species said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2015
Papua search for crashed, aging turboprop plane gets underway
Search and rescue teams prepared to scour mountainous, heavily forested terrain on Monday in Indonesia's eastern region of Papua where a passenger plane with 54 people on board crashed, officials said.
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2015
TPP will put profit ahead of people, force states to yield to investors, activists say
Labor activists worry that a U.S.-led free-trade deal under negotiation will prioritize corporate profits over workers' rights and pressure governments to bow to the will of investors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 14, 2015
Japanese carmakers cling to Indonesia targets as sales skid, showrooms stay empty
Japanese automakers are sticking to their targets in Indonesia in defiance of the longest sales decline in six years, resorting to steep discounts to entice tight-spending consumers into showrooms that remain stubbornly empty.

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.