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ISLANDS

JAPAN
Aug 24, 2013
Six new embassies eyed as Beijing's influence spreads
The Foreign Ministry looks to set up six new embassies in the Caribbean, Asia and Africa to counter China's growing global influence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2013
Papers confirm U.S. planes patrolled around Spratlys
A classified government document seen by Kyodo News on Friday confirmed that U.S. Navy surveillance planes conduct routine maritime patrol to monitor activities in the disputed South China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2013
Amphibious warfare, first-strike options eyed in defense policy revamp
The Defense Ministry will explain its plans to boost the amphibious and pre-emptive strike capabilities of the Self-Defense Forces in its interim revision of Japan's long-term defense policy, ministry sources said Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 13, 2013
Hot weather's cold comfort for eels
In March this year, I spent a week in Taiwan as a guest of the Taiwan Fisheries Agency. My hosts had laid on a relentless daily schedule that took in a complete circuit of the island nation, visiting nearly all the major commercial fishing ports, including Taitung on the Pacific Ocean, Tainan and Kaosiung on the South China Sea, Suao on the East China Sea and some smaller ones as well.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 3, 2013
China turns on charm at ASEAN talks
China turned on the charm at a regional security meeting this week, signaling a change in tone as President Xi Jinping seeks to counter a U.S. push for more influence in Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2013
Lavrov to visit in fall; talks on isle row eyed
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Monday that Moscow would dispatch its top diplomat to Japan this fall to boost political dialogue, a Japanese official said.
JAPAN
May 15, 2013
Nankai Big One could kill 1,800 in isles: metro team
Some 1,800 people in the Izu and Ogasawara island chains in the Pacific could be killed, mainly by tsunami, if the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan experiences a major temblor, the metro government says.
JAPAN
May 14, 2013
Chinese ships enter waters near Senkakus
Three Chinese maritime surveillance ships entered Japanese territorial waters Monday near the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2013
China's stealth wars of acquisition
China is waging stealth wars — without firing a shot — to change the status quo of the South and East China seas, its border with India, and international rivers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 28, 2013
Cook Islands paradise isn't plain sailing for all
They span an area the size of western Europe, but the Cook Islands may seem like the ends of the Earth when viewed from Japan — an 11-hour flight away south to New Zealand, followed by a four-hour "local hop" to the capital, Avarua, on the main island of Rarotonga.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 28, 2013
A Pacific idyll where some go to escape, others to connect
A woman from western Japan, who calls herself "Amy," couldn't find paradise in Thailand, Cuba, Brazil or French Polynesia, so with the last of her $300 savings she bought a one-way ticket from Tahiti to Rarotonga. Then, claiming to be penniless, she walked from the airport to the police station and asked them to shelter her.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2013
China officially labels Senkakus a 'core interest'
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced for the first time Friday that China regards the Senkaku Islands a "core interest."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2013
Beijing to build more carriers amid sea rows
China has unveiled plans to build more aircraft carriers after commissioning its first last year, as the country extends its influence amid territorial disputes with neighbors including Japan and Vietnam.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 14, 2013
The Oki Islands: where time seems to have stood still
Before he left Japan after several years spent in Hiroshima, the multi-award-winning English novelist David Mitchell advised me: "If you only make one trip while you are here, make sure it's to the Oki Islands." They were, he assured me (in not quite so many words), little patches of ye olde Nihon as yet untainted by pachinko, high-rise apartments or junk-food joints: perfect antidotes to big-city stress.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2013
Abe's Russia visit eyed as way to jump-start territorial talks
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said that he and his Russian counterpart have agreed on steps that will give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the chance to jump-start stalled talks on a territorial dispute during his planned visit to Moscow.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2013
China's navy to join U.S.-led Pacific drill in 2014
China's navy will join a U.S.-led joint exercise for the first time in the summer of 2014, a Pentagon official said Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2013
Japan may up Taiwan fishing rights off islets
Japan has agreed in principle to allow expanded fishing by Taiwanese boats in disputed waters of the East China Sea, Taiwan Foreign Minister David Lin said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2013
Beware a revanchist China
In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Feb. 22, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe informed the audience of officials, experts and journalists that Japan is "back" and will not stand down in its ongoing sovereignty dispute with China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. With Chinese provocations on the rise, U.S. President Barack Obama, Abe's host, appealed for calm and restraint on both sides.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 25, 2013
China may tap former envoy to Japan for foreign minister slot
China is considering former Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi, who currently heads the Taiwan Affairs Office, to replace outgoing Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, multiple Chinese government-related sources said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 16, 2013
China digs in history to bolster isle claims
Beneath its bellicose rhetoric, China has been quietly bolstering its territorial claims with ancient documents, academic research, maps and technical data.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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