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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 11, 2016
U.S. may need more missile defenses to counter growing threat: admiral
Current U.S. missile defenses can counter an attack on U.S. territory by North Korea or Iran but Washington will have to boost its response capacity if those countries keep expanding their missile forces, a top U.S. admiral said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 11, 2016
China able to project 'substantial offensive power' from Spratlys in months, U.S. says
China will be able to project "substantial offensive military power" from artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea's disputed Spratly Islands within months, the director of U.S. national intelligence said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 10, 2016
Obama 'committed to Pacific trade deal,' even as opposition spreads
U.S. President Barack Obama is fully committed to pushing for Congress to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal despite anti-trade sentiment gaining steam on the presidential election campaign trail, National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2016
Face of government in Fukushima aftermath blasts Abe push for nuclear power
In his trademark blue jumpsuit, the bleary-eyed Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano became the government's face of the Fukushima nuclear crisis as he faced the press every few hours. Five years later, he has stern words for Japan's atomic watchdog, the plant's operator and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2016
China-made truck used by North Korea in new artillery system
North Korea is using Chinese-made trucks in a new mobile artillery system showcased five days ago, according to photographs reviewed by Reuters, underlining the difficulty in enforcing U.N. sanctions against the isolated state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2016
U.S. gun industry wants looser rules on silencers
The U.S. gun industry is trying to shake off the Hollywood hit-man image of the gun silencer and re-brand it as a hearing-protection device in a campaign to roll back regulations that date to the 1930s.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2016
Kim says North Korea has mastered nuclear warhead minaturization
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has asserted for the first time that Pyongyang can field nuclear-tipped missiles, state media reported Wednesday. A North Korean newspaper printed photographs of him meeting staff at a missile facility with a spherical silver object on a stand that appeared to be a mock-up...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2016
Amid South China Sea spat, long-range U.S. bombers could be rotated through Australia: report
In a move that is likely to anger Beijing, Washington is reportedly holding high-level talks with Canberra on the rotational deployment of long-range bombers to Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. has reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2016
Kim: Pyongyang has 'true deterrent' miniaturized thermo-nuke warheads
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his scientists have successfully miniaturised thermo-nuclear warheads to place on a ballistic missile and create a "true" deterrent, state media said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 8, 2016
Chinese foreign minister accuses Japanese government of 'double dealing'
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused Japan of "double dealing," as tensions linger between Asia's two biggest economies over disputed islands and Japanese officials join international criticism of China's efforts to build artificial islands in disputed waters.
EDITORIALS
Mar 6, 2016
A GOP-size hole in top U.S. court
The Republican Party is shirking its constitutional duty by refusing to consider any nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court put forward by President Obama.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 4, 2016
U.S. proposes lifting protections for grizzlies in Yellowstone area
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on Thursday stripping Endangered Species Act protections from the grizzly bear in and around Yellowstone National Park, saying the animal's numbers have rebounded sufficiently in recent decades.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2016
A new maritime balance in Indo-Pacific region
India is conceiving a new and more ambitious role for itself in East Asia and Indo-U.S. interests in the region are converging at an unprecedented rate.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2016
India, U.S., Japan to hold naval drills close to China's waters
The U.S., India and Japan will hold joint naval exercises later this year in waters north of the Philippines, a move that is likely to irk nearby China as tensions rise over competing territorial claims in the region.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2016
U.S. should stop subsidizing bad Israeli policies
Israel, which spends heavily both to expand state regulation and occupy Palestinian lands, doesn't need American support.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 2, 2016
Upon re-entry back home after expat life, brace yourself for turbulence
Survey of Japanese returnees suggests two divergent emotional journeys for those heading back home after a stretch abroad.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2016
Clinton can reuse her Sanders tactics on Trump
To bounce back against Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton turned to her strengths — rallying African-Americans, Latinos and especially women to her history-making candidacy.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2016
China's actions in South China Sea 'will have consequences,' says Carter
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday warned China against what he called "aggressive" actions in the South China Sea region, including the placement of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island, and said they would have consequences.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2016
Syrian truce offers an opportunity to end war
If the U.S. can swallow the bitter reality that this truce leaves the Assad regime in charge of the territory it now controls, then the Syrian civil war could eventually be shrunk to a war of everybody else against the Islamists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2016
Australia increasingly likely to pick Japan for huge submarine order, experts say
With Australia's release of its defense white paper last week, the race to build the country's next generation of submarines enters the home stretch — and some experts say the Japanese bid appears to hold an insurmountable lead.

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