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JAPAN
Jul 27, 2016
Japanese see Americans as idle, distrust Trump: survey
A survey Wednesday shed further light on how Japanese regard their U.S. counterparts, including that they see Americans as idle and not the industrious worker bees admired by the rest of the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2016
North Korea offering 'no-strings' nuclear talks: U.S. expert
North Korea may be offering nuclear talks pretty much without preconditions, a U.S. expert who took part in negotiations with Pyongyang has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2016
No 'free pass' for Indonesia on China Sea disputes, letter says
Indonesia should step up and play a greater leadership role in Southeast Asia's management of maritime disputes with China, a group of foreign policy experts and academics said in an open letter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 27, 2016
Philippines says ASEAN omission of arbitration case not a Chinese victory
The Philippines "vigorously pushed" for the inclusion of comment on an arbitration ruling in a joint statement from Southeast Asian countries but its failure to secure that was no diplomatic win for China, Manila's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 26, 2016
Striking a balance on free speech at schools
The freedom that teachers have to express their opinions on controversial issues is far more limited than that of students in both the U.S. and Japan.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2016
Kerry says U.S. backs resumption of China-Philippines talks on South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday he supported the resumption of bilateral talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following a ruling against Beijing over the dispute earlier this month.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 25, 2016
Watered-down ASEAN statement could diminish grouping's already waning clout: analysts
A watered-down statement Monday by Southeast Asian nations that failed to mention a landmark legal ruling over China's claims to most of the South China Sea could diminish the clout of the region's key grouping, analysts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2016
Former Philippine leader Ramos accepts post as special envoy to Beijing over South China Sea dispute: reports
Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos has accepted a position as special envoy to China after an international tribunal ruled that Beijing's claims to much of the South China Sea had no legal basis, local media reports said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2016
U.S. set to complete key step for regulating aircraft emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency will as soon as Monday finalize a scientific finding that greenhouse gases from aviation endanger human health, obligating the United States to regulate emissions from commercial aircraft, sources told Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 24, 2016
Kerry's Syria plan with Russia faces deep skepticism in U.S., abroad
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's latest proposal for closer U.S.-Russian cooperation against extremist groups in Syria is drawing questions over Russia's intentions from skeptics in the U.S. government, European nations in the coalition against the Islamic State and the main Syrian opposition groups....
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 23, 2016
Top Obama aide to take call for South China Sea calm to Beijing
U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice will urge Beijing next week to avoid escalation in the South China Sea when she makes the highest-level U.S. visit to China since an international court rejected its sweeping claims to the strategic waterway.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2016
Obama signs into law opioid addiction bill to protect newborns
President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a measure that pledges greater efforts to protect drug-dependent newborns and assist their parents.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 23, 2016
Amid craze, Syrian children hold Pokemon pictures, pray 'world will find them'
While "Pokemon Go" is proving to be a monster hit in Japan and also around the globe, an opposition group in Syria is hoping to harness the mobile phone game's power to remind the world of that country's 5-year-old civil war — and of the children caught in the middle of the bloody conflict.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2016
Avoiding another Pacific War
An appreciation for the last century's violent history in the Pacific — and the policies that drove it — may help the U.S. and China avoid a similar fate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 21, 2016
Chinese raise fears 'Pokemon Go' could help deduce location of military bases
Not everyone loves "Pokemon Go."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 21, 2016
In some U.S. cities, police push back against 'open-carry' gun laws
Tents, ladders, coolers, canned goods, tennis balls and bicycle locks are banned in the area surrounding the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 21, 2016
China blasts Republicans over criticism in GOP platform; state newspaper says Trump a manipulator
China's Foreign Ministry urged the U.S. Republican Party on Thursday to halt "groundless accusations" against Beijing in its party platform, which takes aim at China for its military build-up and "preposterous" claims in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2016
U.S. Navy chief vows continued patrols in South China Sea
The U.S. military will continue patrols in the South China Sea, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said during a visit to a Chinese naval base Wednesday, just over a week after a ruling by an international arbitration panel essentially voided Beijing's South China Sea maritime claims....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2016
Republican platform blasts China on isles, rights, trade
The U.S. Republican Party has come out guns blazing against China in its latest party platform — a marked contrast from the softer tone of its last charter in 2012.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2016
China takes lesson from U.S.
China is proving just how good and diligent a pupil it has been in internalizing U.S. lessons on how a great power should conduct itself internationally.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of Japan's economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.

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