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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2018
As acceptance grows, gay China wants rights
A ban on gay content has set off a furious backlash.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2018
Abe cautious as North Korea pledges to halt nuclear and longer-range missile tests just days before key summit
North Korea's suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests draws wary praise and skepticism from experts less than a week before a pivotal inter-Korean summit.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2018
In first, Chinese aircraft carrier performs drills in Pacific, Japanese Defense Ministry says
The Defense Ministry in Tokyo confirmed Saturday that for the first time China has conducted a drill in the Pacific with its sole operating aircraft carrier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2018
EU suspects massive tax fraud at China's new 'Belt and Road' gateway to Europe
European Union and Italian authorities are investigating suspected wide-scale tax fraud by Chinese criminal gangs importing goods via Greece's largest port of Piraeus, a trade gateway between China and Europe, officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2018
Chinese Air Force goads Taiwan with Hokkien-language video
China's air force has released a propaganda film dubbed into Hokkien, a language strongly identified with Taiwan's pro-independence movement, showing bomber aircraft which have been involved in flying patrols around the self-ruled island.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2018
U.S. earns more in China than trade numbers reveal
The huge missing ingredient in U.S.-China trade deficit numbers is the business done in China by American companies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2018
Did North Korea's Kim Jong Un just remove a key stumbling block in negotiations with the U.S.?
By affirming that American troops can stay in South Korea under a possible nuclear deal, did North Korean leader Kim Jong Un just remove a key stumbling block in negotiations with the United States?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2018
U.S. Treasury mulls emergency powers to curb Chinese investments: official
The U.S. Treasury is considering ways to restrict Chinese investments in the United States by utilizing an emergency powers law and enacting parts of security review legislation with an executive order, a senior Treasury official said on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 19, 2018
Japan's multilayered, multilateral strategy
Tokyo has some work to do to convince the region its strategy is not designed to contain China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2018
Trump confirms CIA chief visited North Korea for secret meeting with Kim Jong Un
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that CIA chief Mike Pompeo had held clandestine talks with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, as the two nations move closer to a landmark summit that would see their sitting leaders meet for first time ever.
EDITORIALS
Apr 18, 2018
Build on the momentum of Japan-China talks
Tokyo and Beijing should continue efforts to put their bilateral relationship back on track.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 18, 2018
The elephant in the Abe-Trump room
Tokyo and Washington's mutual concern over China's growing military activities in the region trumps Japan-U.S. trade frictions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 18, 2018
Taipei accuses Beijing of 'saber rattling' as live-fire drills kick off in Taiwan Strait
Taiwan's defense ministry said on Wednesday that Beijing was using "cheap verbal intimidation and saber rattling" to threaten Taiwan, as China's military began live-fire drills in the sensitive Taiwan Strait amid growing tension.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2018
Two Koreas to discuss announcing official end to war, report says
In what would amount to a stunning development, North and South Korea are in discussions to announce at next week's leaders' summit an official end to the military conflict between the two neighbors, which remain technically at war, the South's Munhwa Ilbo daily reported Monday, citing an unidentified...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2018
U.S. bans American firms from selling to Iran sanctions-breaching Chinese phone maker ZTE
The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling components to leading Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. for seven years for violating the terms of a sanctions violation case, U.S. officials said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 17, 2018
Even as dollar slips, Trump says Russia and China are playing 'currency devaluation game'
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Russia and China on Monday of devaluing their currencies while the United States raises interest rates.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2018
Guilt by association: Kin of Chinese activists face house arrest, harassment from 'smiling tigers'
When a team of Chinese state security agents picked up Li Wenzu and then prevented her from leaving her own home last week, she was scared but not surprised.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2018
Trade war would threaten global growth, Japan and China agree in first economic talks since 2010
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart say the two countries are now at a new starting point to develop their bilateral relationship.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2018
In trade dispute, China has a secret weapon
American companies could face a popular backlash in the world's biggest market.

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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb