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BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
Japan snaps up China-bound sorghum amid Beijing-Washington trade spat
Japanese buyers have purchased between 150,000 and 180,000 tons of U.S. sorghum carried by three vessels that were previously bound for China amid a trade spat between Beijing and Washington, according to five industry sources with knowledge of the deals.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
China offers Trump $200 billion package to slash U.S. trade deficit: U.S. officials
China has offered U.S. President Donald Trump a package of proposed purchases of American goods and other measures aimed at reducing the U.S. trade deficit with China by some $200 billion a year, U.S. officials familiar with the proposal said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 18, 2018
China's multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
On Mount Yaji in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise "hog hotels."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 17, 2018
America's needless collision course with China
The world's most important bilateral relationship is also one of its most inscrutable.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
May 17, 2018
China launches first privately designed rocket
China launched its first privately developed rocket on Thursday, the latest milestone in its ambitious space exploration program.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 16, 2018
North Korean ruling party newspaper rips Japan as 'desperate' amid detente, urges end to 'hostile policy'
North Korea's ruling party newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, has lashed out at attempts by Tokyo to urge Washington to address its nuclear and missile programs at a planned U.S.-North Korea summit, calling the moves "desperate efforts" by a "trouble-maker creating only complexities" on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 16, 2018
Japan-China relationship is on the mend
Momentum can change trends in international relations. A series of summits in Panmunjom and Tokyo has created growing momentum toward dialogue and peace rather than pressure and tension.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 16, 2018
North Korea threatens to cancel Trump-Kim summit over U.S. push for 'unilateral' denuclearization
North Korea abruptly threatened to cancel the summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump if the U.S. presses ahead with demands Pyongyang unilaterally relinquish its nuclear arsenal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2018
Trump is right on China but wrong on tariffs
Unlike previous U.S. presidents, Donald Trump dispenses with the lie that economic growth will make Beijing a better global citizen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 15, 2018
Trump's sudden vow to help China's sanctions-violating ZTE telecom giant spurs backlash in Washington
President Donald Trump's pledge to help a Chinese telecommunication company that broke U.S. sanctions law sparked a backlash from lawmakers who said the move could weaken the U.S. hand in upcoming trade talks with Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2018
China and the future of democracy
Will China's power and prosperity really boost the global appeal of its authoritarian model?
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2018
Open skies can clear Beijing's 'Orwellian nonsense'
An agreement to expand market access in China would be the best way to Chinese government avoid censorship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2018
Trump works with Xi to restart Chinese telecom giant ZTE, despite alleged Iran sanctions violations
President Donald Trump pledged Sunday to help ZTE Corp. "get back into business, fast" after a U.S. ban crippled the Chinese technology company, offering a job-saving concession to Beijing ahead of high-stakes trade talks later this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2018
Top U.S. diplomat Pompeo stokes concern over North Korea as Abe seeks to avoid being shut out of diplomatic process
Worries are running high in Tokyo that the mercurial Trump will leave Japan in the lurch.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 14, 2018
John Bolton: U.S. sanctions 'possible' on European firms over Iran even if EU stays in nuclear deal
White House National Security adviser John Bolton on Sunday said U.S. sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran were "possible, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he remained hopeful Washington and its allies could strike a new nuclear deal with Tehran.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2018
North Korea wants the world to watch as it blows up its nuclear test site, but are there ulterior motives?
North Korea wants the world to watch as it blows up its Punggye-ri nuclear test site, the country has said, announcing that it will hold a "ceremony" between May 23 and May 25, inviting foreign journalists to witness what it said would be a "transparent" event.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2018
Moving ties forward with Beijing and Seoul
The scarcity of top-level exchanges speaks volumes about the state of Japan's diplomatic ties with its regional neighbors.

Longform

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