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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2018
Normalizing Japan-China ties poses risks
It is impossible for Japan to choose unequivocally between the U.S. and China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2018
Five U.S. Marines missing in aircraft collision off Kochi Prefecture declared dead
Search operations, which included vessels from the Self-Defense Forces, had been underway since a KC-130 tanker plane collided with an F/A-18 fighter jet during training Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2018
Saudi crown prince cultivated ties with Jared Kushner and kept up contacts after journalist's slaying: NYT
Jared Kushner, the U.S. president's son-in-law and senior adviser, was wooed by Saudi Arabia's controversial crown prince before Donald Trump took office, and the contacts continued in spite of the leader's links to the brutal murder of a journalist, the New York Times reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2018
Buyers seek out works by emerging black artists at America's biggest contemporary art fair in Miami
Wilbur Ross inspected a pair of hands in cuffs sticking out from a wall and clutching a wad of U.S. currency.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2018
Concerned about health issues, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou seeks bail in Canada
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., argued that she should be released on bail while awaiting an extradition hearing, citing her long-standing ties to Canada, properties she owns in Vancouver and fears for her health while incarcerated, court documents showed...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018
For U.S. allies dismayed by Trump's antics, Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis is the last adult in the room
And then there was one.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018
Top U.S. envoy to North Korea can't get face time with counterparts
More than three months after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo picked Stephen Biegun to lead negotiations with North Korea, the former Ford Motor Co. executive has barely met officials from Pyongyang face-to-face.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2018
U.S. calls March 1 'hard deadline' for trade deal with China
U.S.-China trade negotiations need to reach a successful end by March 1 or new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a "hard deadline" after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his advisers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2018
Volkswagen denies allegations chairman knew early about emissions cheating: report
Volkswagen has denied allegations that Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch knew about the carmaker's emissions test cheating almost three months before U.S. authorities made it public in September 2015.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2018
Experts question whether Nick Ayers has gravitas to be President Donald Trump's next chief of staff
Nick Ayers, in talks with President Donald Trump to become his new White House chief of staff, is a 36-year-old political whiz-kid who could help with the looming re-election campaign, but critics question whether he has the grit needed to keep Trump and an often chaotic administration under control....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2018
China calls on Canada to free Huawei CFO or face consequences
China warned Canada on Saturday that there would be severe consequences if it did not immediately release Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd's chief financial officer, calling the case "extremely nasty."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2018
U.S. Marines ID pilot who died in tanker-fighter crash off Kochi; five still missing
Jahmar Resilard of Miramar, Florida, was an F/A-18 pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 based in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, when his plane went down off Kochi Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2018
South Korean parliament ratifies trade agreement with U.S.
South Korea's parliament has ratified a revised bilateral free trade agreement with the United States on Friday, the trade ministry said, paving the way for the deal to come into effect on Jan. 1, with the main impact on automakers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2018
Trump seen picking U.S. Army head Mark Milley as next Joint Chiefs chairman
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to name the Army's top general, Mark Milley, as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. officials said Friday, in a decision that appears to be coming months earlier than expected.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 7, 2018
Xi urges North Korea and United States to meet halfway
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told North Korea's foreign minister that he hoped North Korea and the United States could meet each other halfway and address each other's reasonable concerns, China's foreign ministry said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2018
Toyota fears Trump's proposed tariffs could dent U.S. car sales
Toyota Motor Corp. executives are still concerned that President Donald Trump's proposed auto tariffs could come to pass and cut U.S. auto sales by about 2 million cars a year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2018
Two rescued, five missing after 'mishap' involving U.S. Marine tanker and fighter jet off Kochi
Tokyo said the crash had occurred around 100 km off Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2018
Trump holds out possible extension on 90-day China trade truce
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday held out the possibility of an extension of the 90-day trade truce he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on over the weekend that would freeze tariffs while a broader deal is negotiated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2018
Parents of American journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012 appeal to U.S., Syria
The parents of an American journalist kidnapped in Syria six years ago appealed on Tuesday for the United States and Syria to work together to find their son and said they had applied for Syrian visas to lobby there for his release.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2018
Tribunal for crimes committed in Myanmar against Rohingya urgently needed, rights law group says
A human rights law group contracted by the U.S. State Department to investigate atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar said on Monday there was an urgent need to establish a criminal tribunal to bring those responsible to justice.

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