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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 30, 2016
Retreat from the heat to the cinema this summer
The summer blockbuster is dead — or at least, it has ceased to exist as a distinct entity. Four decades after "Jaws" set the template for mass-market Hollywood spectacle, the so-called event movie has expanded its turf so dramatically that July and August, once the most fiercely contested box-office...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2016
China joins U.S.-led naval exercises as ties fray over maritime disputes
In a rare move that analysts say could ease soaring tensions between Washington and Beijing, five warships from China's navy have taken part in training exercises with U.S. vessels while en route from the western Pacific to Hawaii for the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled to kick...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2016
Taiwan-China ties may be on a rocky course
With the election of Tsai Ing-wen, a return to an earlier era of confrontation between Taiwan and China is possible.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2016
Top official denies claim that Chinese fighter was close to firing on ASDF jet
A senior government official on Wednesday flatly denied allegations written on a news website claiming that a Chinese fighter was close to firing on an Air Self-Defense Force jet that had been scrambled over the East China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 28, 2016
Experts say South China Sea reefs being 'decimated' as local Chinese harvest giant clams
Ornaments made from the shells of endangered giant clams, renowned in China for having auspicious powers and the luster of ivory, have become coveted luxuries, a trend which has wreaked havoc on the ecosystem of the South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2016
Top Chinese envoy in Vietnam as tension looms before court ruling
China's top diplomat arrived in Vietnam on Monday for a scheduled meeting to strengthen ties at a time of strain over the South China Sea.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2016
Indonesia leader, top execs visit Natuna isles in warship
Indonesia's president visited the Natuna Islands aboard a warship Thursday, making a bold move to assert sovereignty over the area in the southern reaches of the South China Sea after Beijing stated an "overlapping claim" on nearby waters.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2016
China to launch cruises to hotly contested Spratly Island chain
China will begin operating regular cruise ship visits to the disputed Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea before 2020, state media reported Wednesday — a move likely to exacerbate already frayed ties with other claimants to the waters.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2016
U.S. Navy chief hopes carriers deter East Asia destabilization
The U.S. Navy chief said on Monday he hoped the deployment of two aircraft carriers on a training mission in East Asia would deter any attempts to destabilize the region, where military tensions have risen amid China's growing assertiveness.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2016
U.S. sails carriers near South China Sea in bid to reassure Asian allies
In a massive show of strength that analysts said was meant to reassure nervous allies in the Asia-Pacific region, the U.S. Navy deployed two aircraft carrier strike groups for an exercise in the Philippine Sea on Saturday.
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JAPAN
Jun 18, 2016
Top U.S. diplomat to visit Tokyo for talks with Japan, India; China likely to be focus of discussions
A top U.S. diplomat will make a three-day trip to Tokyo starting Sunday for trilateral talks with India and Japan — a meeting likely to touch on maritime security and cooperation amid Beijing's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2016
U.S. Navy sends fighter jets to Philippines for training, patrol support amid rising maritime tensions
A detachment of four U.S. E/A-18G Growler aircraft and about 120 personnel have arrived in the Philippines to help train that country's forces — and patrol its airspace and seas — amid Manila's territorial dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said in a statement...

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