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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 14, 2014
China says it will never send military to oil rig spat with Vietnam
A Chinese official said on Friday that China will never send military forces to the scene of an increasingly ugly spat with Vietnam over an oil rig in the South China Sea and accused Hanoi of trying to force an international lawsuit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2014
Beijing pushes Manila, Hanoi closer
China has accused Vietnam of ramming its ships more than 1,000 times in a disputed part of the South China Sea and said while it wants good relations with its southern neighbor, it would not abandon principles to achieve that.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2014
Philippine, Vietnamese troops share some beers on disputed isle
Vietnamese and Philippine troops got together on a disputed island in the South China Sea on Sunday to play soccer and volleyball, as well as drink beer, in a display of unity that will not go unnoticed in Beijing.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2014
Japan suspends aid to Vietnam over bribery case
Japan told the Vietnamese government Monday it would suspend official development assistance over bribery allegations surrounding a Japan-funded Hanoi urban railway project, the embassy in Hanoi said.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 1, 2014
Hanoi due to receive Japan Coast Guard ships next year
Vietnam expects to get its first new coast guard ships from Japan early next year as Tokyo vows to provide its “utmost support” to Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 29, 2014
China upbeat on gas prospects off Vietnam, despite regional frictions
A Chinese oil rig whose deployment to waters claimed by Vietnam early this month triggered a rupture in ties has a good chance of finding enough gas to put the area into production, Chinese industry experts said.
EDITORIALS
May 26, 2014
Conduct in the South China Sea
Tension has gripped China-Vietnam ties for nearly a month since China brought a deep-water oil drilling rig into an area near the Paracel Islands, which is under China's effective control but also claimed by Vietnam.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2014
Japan, Vietnam blame China for maritime tensions
Japan and Vietnam agreed Thursday to enhance bilateral cooperation on maritime security, criticizing China for increasingly assertive actions that have led to clashes between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2014
Regional reactions to the protests in Vietnam
Reversing China's oil-drilling activities in a part of the South China China also claimed by Vietnam may be asking too much. But it will take more than Washington's finger wagging to convince Beijing that there is real cost against taking further steps.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2014
China's MCC says four workers killed in Vietnam unrest
Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd (MCC) said on Wednesday four of its employees working on a construction project in Vietnam were killed and 126 injured during anti-China protests last week over a disputed area in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2014
China bashing doesn't help
China is getting bashed by a perfect storm of its own counterproductive public relations, its actions and reactions, and what China perceives as the harmonized public diplomacy strategy of its detractors. That's not good for peace in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY / World
May 20, 2014
Forgetful of history amid today's territorial tiffs
For all China's stern injunctions to Japan to remember wartime history, its recent bumbling aggression in Southeast Asia suggests it also could use a refresher course.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2014
Vietnam stops anti-Chinese protests after riots
Vietnam flooded major cities with police to avert protests against China on Sunday in the wake of rare and deadly rioting in industrial parks that deepened a tense standoff with Beijing over sovereignty in the South China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
May 17, 2014
Philippine envoy pushes strong ties with Japan, U.S. to deter China
Philippine Ambassador Manuel Lopez says his nation should bolster maritime cooperation with Japan and the United States as it seeks to deter China's growing assertiveness at sea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 16, 2014
Violence abates in Vietnam as U.S. warns China for 'provocation'
Anti-China violence subsided in Vietnam on Friday after the prime minister called for calm and its de facto ambassador to Taiwan apologized, but the United States said China's "provocative" actions in maritime disputes were dangerous and had to stop.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2014
Up to 21 dead, doctor says, as anti-China riots spread in Vietnam
Up to 21 people were killed in Vietnam, a doctor said on Thursday, and a huge foreign steel project was set ablaze as anti-China riots spread to the center of the country a day after arson and looting in the south.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2014
Tensions high as South China Sea disputes boil over
China has demanded the Philippines release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew seized in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday, the latest flare-up in the oil and gas-rich waters that are claimed wholly or in part by six nations.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2014
Lest we forget LBJ's amazing side
Watching Robert Schenkkan's new Broadway play, 'All the Way,' is likely to remind people of how their views of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson changed during the Vietnam War era.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2014
Visa waivers in works for Indonesians, Filipinos, Vietnamese
Japan might grant visa waivers to tourists from Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam when it revises its tourism action plan in June, government sources said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2014
Fading signals add urgency to search for missing Malaysian jet
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner resumed Saturday, five weeks after the plane disappeared from radar screens, amid fears that batteries powering signals from the black box recorder on board may have died.

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