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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2017
U.S. Congress urged to require Chinese state journalists to register as foreign agents
A report to the U.S. Congress released on Wednesday accused Chinese state media entities of involvement in spying and propaganda and said their staff in the United States should be required to register as foreign agents.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 14, 2017
North Korea's winter training means fewer missile launches
North Korea hasn't fired a missile for 60 days, but that may have more to do with its own winter training cycle than with Pyongyang easing off on provocations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 14, 2017
North Korea, caught in a 'time warp,' must send signs of change, Seoul top diplomat says
North Korea, an impoverished country in a "time warp" that feeds paranoia at home with propaganda about a hostile world, should secure its future by laying the groundwork for talks on its nuclear weapons program, according to South Korea's foreign minister.
EDITORIALS
Nov 13, 2017
What policies the TPP 11 should pursue
The 11 countries remaining in the Trans-Pacific Partnership should not be content with launching the free trade pact among themselves.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2017
Big lessons for Japan and America from three small countries
Asia and the Pacific will be better off if all nations adopt some small-state ideas offered up by Bhutan, Timor-Leste and Singapore — namely the embrace of a greener, more representative and more transparent future for all their citizens.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2017
With big deals, Trump and Xi both 'lose-lose'
What was missed on Trump's trip to China was an opportunity for the world's two most powerful men to tackle some big decisions on issues that could shape not just the future of the U.S.-China relationship, but the growth prospects and competitiveness of both economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2017
Why U.S. South China Sea policy is failing
Rather than fight a long term losing battle at the expense of Southeast Asian nations as well as that of peace and stability in the South China Sea, the U.S. should be proactive, accept reality and share power with China in its own backyard.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 13, 2017
Southeast Asian nations not taking South China Sea thaw for granted, draft statement says
Southeast Asian nations will not take a relative calm in the dispute over the South China Sea for granted, according to a draft of a statement to be issued during a summit meeting in Manila on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2017
Japanese warships join three U.S. aircraft carriers for massive display of military might
In a powerful display of military might, Japanese and South Korean warships separately trained with three U.S. aircraft carriers on Sunday as the allies presented a united front against nuclear-armed North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 12, 2017
'Old' Trump takes shot at 'short and fat' Kim Jong Un — but also floats prospect of friendship
U.S. President Donald Trump, in his latest jab at North Korea's Kim Jong Un, taunted the isolated country's leader Sunday over his height and weight before pondering if the two could eventually be friends.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2017
North Korea brands Trump a 'warmonger' who 'begged for nuclear war'
North Korea unleashed a verbal onslaught at U.S. leader Donald Trump on Saturday, blasting him as "a warmonger" who "begged for a nuclear war," in Pyongyang's first official comments on his ongoing visit to Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2017
Rupert Murdoch twice discussed buying CNN with AT&T CEO, sources say
Rupert Murdoch telephoned AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson twice in the last six months and talked about cable network CNN, sources briefed on the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2017
Flynn lawyer denies reports of quid pro quo plan to deliver cleric to Turkey
The lawyer for former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn on Friday labeled as "outrageous" and "false" media reports suggesting his client may have been involved in an alleged plan to seize a Muslim cleric and deliver him to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2017
U.S. travel site TripAdvisor to show which hotels had sexual attacks
Women's anti-violence groups on Thursday welcomed a new warning system on the online travel site TripAdvisor Inc that shows which hotels are believed to have been sites of sexual assault.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2017
Behind Trump's $250 billion deals with China are mostly nonbinding pledges with little substance
The headline number is impressive: a quarter of trillion dollars' worth of deals from China that President Donald Trump can use to show he is creating opportunities for U.S. businesses and jobs for his base.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2017
Justice Department taps $4 billion fund to start paying victims of Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme
The U.S. Justice Department started a long-delayed distribution to victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, tapping a $4 billion fund created through settlements with some of the con man's oldest customers and his bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2017
Lebanon believes Saudis are holding Hariri after forcing him to resign, and demands his return
Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, from where he resigned as Lebanese prime minister, two top government officials in Beirut said, amid a deepening crisis pushing Lebanon onto the front lines of a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2017
Reimagining China and Asia
China's growing military weight as well as doubts about the staying power of the U.S., exacerbated by White House rhetoric, have caused China's neighbors, including longstanding U.S. allies, to begin to reposition themselves.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 9, 2017
Trump's tone during visit to Seoul largely reassures South Koreans
By the time U.S. President Donald Trump departed Seoul on Wednesday, the sometimes bellicose leader seemed to have mollified South Koreans, who had been bracing for more confrontational rhetoric over North Korea, trade, and defense spending.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 9, 2017
U.S. Navy to run rare three-carrier military exercise in Pacific as Trump visits region
The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday that it will commence rare three-carrier strike force exercises in the Western Pacific starting this weekend and coinciding with the final leg of President Donald Trump's Asia tour.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Japan and NATO to launch defense-industrial talks, top envoy says
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte looks at military equipment on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami stealth frigate during a visit to the MSDF's naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.

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