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PHILIPPINES

WORLD
Dec 6, 2014
Typhoon Hagupit triggers massive evacuation in Philippines
More than half a million people in the Philippines have fled from a powerful typhoon in one of the world's biggest peacetime evacuations as the storm churns toward central provinces that still bear the scars of a supertyphoon 13 months ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2014
43 Golan peacekeepers seized by Syria militants, 81 trapped, U.N. says
Militants fighting the Syrian army have detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and trapped another 81 in the region, and the world body is working to secure their release, the United Nations said Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2014
Philippine police smash online child 'sextortion' ring
Philippine police have arrested eight people suspected of running an online sexual extortion racket involving children and preying on Asians, seizing laptops and other equipment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 28, 2014
China pushes soft power with hospital ship at RIMPAC
On a Chinese hospital ship off Hawaii, crew members demonstrate traditional massage techniques to U.S. sailors. The mood is one of collegiality, even after China opted out of Japan-led humanitarian drills at the world's largest international naval exercise.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 20, 2014
NPO chief builds a barrier-free world for the disabled and disadvantaged
The founder of two nonprofit organizations in Japan working across Asia, Michiyo Yoshida has become an expert on international philanthropy, teaching courses on NPOs at universities in Sapporo and traveling all over the nation to counsel others.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2014
How to end the Philippines' Moro insurgency
Though questions remain about the durability of the landmark peace deal that Philippines President Benigno Aquino struck with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in January, the political autonomy granted to the country's Muslim areas seems to have persuaded most fighters that the time has come to end a half-century of carnage.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 24, 2014
Abe and Aquino pledge stronger security ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III pledged Tuesday to deepen security cooperation, at a time when their countries are facing growing military assertiveness from China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2014
China sends four more oil rigs to South China Sea
China has sent four more oil rigs into the South China Sea in a sign that Beijing is stepping up its exploration for oil and gas in the tense region, less than two months after it positioned a giant drilling platform in waters claimed by Vietnam.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2014
Beijing pushes Manila, Hanoi closer
China has accused Vietnam of ramming its ships more than 1,000 times in a disputed part of the South China Sea and said while it wants good relations with its southern neighbor, it would not abandon principles to achieve that.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2014
Philippine, Vietnamese troops share some beers on disputed isle
Vietnamese and Philippine troops got together on a disputed island in the South China Sea on Sunday to play soccer and volleyball, as well as drink beer, in a display of unity that will not go unnoticed in Beijing.

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