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XI JINPING

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 12, 2014
China has more than 150 economic fugitives in U.S., daily says
More than 150 people suspected of economic crimes from China remain at large in the U.S., the China Daily said Monday, as officials pledge to step up efforts to hunt down those who take their ill-gotten gains abroad.
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2014
Xi should push rule of law
If Chinese leader Xi Jinping is serious about enacting reforms, he should implement political and judiciary changes designed to strip the party of its privilege and firmly establish the rule of law.
WORLD
Aug 4, 2014
China auto factory ignored warnings about dust blast risk
Local government officials in China repeatedly warned a car parts factory that was rocked by a deadly blast over the weekend that high levels of dust could spark an explosion, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 3, 2014
China's Xi likely to promote PLA general who exposed graft
President Xi Jinping is likely to promote a corruption whistle-blower to China's top military decision-making body to underscore his determination to tackle graft inside the country's rapidly modernizing armed forces, two sources said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2014
With 'Big Tiger' caught, Chinese media can finally name their prey
"Big Tiger" is gone. "Master Kang" has disappeared.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2014
China ex-leaders OK'd Zhou probe
Two former Chinese leaders gave their consent to investigate ex-domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, a sign the corruption probe won't open a rift in the Communist Party.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 30, 2014
Massive graft, rivalry behind purge of China's oil mandarins
Oil executive Jiang Jiemin rose to power in communist China in time-honored fashion: by hitching his star to a mighty mentor.
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2014
Abe pushing Beijing, Seoul together
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should realize that his historical revisionism and his new initiative in defense policy are further straining Japan's ties with its two closest neighbors.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2014
Xi's fumbles give Obama's pivot a second chance
Years from now, when the history of Barack Obama's much-maligned 'pivot to Asia' is written, he may owe a debt of gratitude to Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose overbearing ways in the region are giving Obama a second wind.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2014
Japan hits back at Beijing-Seoul WWII commemoration proposal
Japan is up in arms after a report that China and South Korea may join hands in commemorating its defeat on the 70th anniversary of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2014
Rebooting China to a different growth model
China has no choice but to change its growth model by pursuing a balanced program of high-return investment, high-value government services and a higher level of household consumption.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 9, 2014
Western democracy brings only chaos, China's top newspaper says
China's top newspaper on Monday warned against aping Western-style democracy just a week after the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, pointing to Thailand and Ukraine as examples of the kind of chaos the system can bring.
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.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 23, 2014
Businessman linked to China's ex-security czar is sentenced to death
A former mining magnate with suspected ties to the family of China's retired security czar Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to death on Friday on charges of leading a gang on a crime spree spanning two decades.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / ANALYSIS
May 22, 2014
For 'dirty man of Asia,' Russian gas deal offers clean solution
"If I work in your Beijing, I would shorten my life at least five years," Premier Zhu Rongji, a career politician from Shanghai, quipped in 1999, referring to the notorious air pollution in China's northern capital.
Lessons from India-Pakistan war: Were China's arms overrated?
A Chinese J-10B fighter jet is put on display at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China, in October 2016. The short May conflict between India and Pakistan became a live trial for Chinese arms, exposing vulnerabilities in its fighter aircraft and air defense systems.
Former Japanese princess Mako gives birth to first child
Mako Komuro (right), the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, left the Imperial Family after marrying Kei Komuro, a former schoolmate at International Christian University in Tokyo, in October 2021.
Chinese parents are fueling Tokyo’s education race
More Chinese families are clustering in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, a district renowned for having the finest educational environment in Japan.
Trump to hike steel tariffs to 50% to aid Nippon-U.S. Steel
U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Steel Corporation Irvin Works facility in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on Friday
Japanese customers brave the rain to line up for cheap stockpiled rice
Iris Ohyama began sales of government stockpiled rice at a home center location in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
Atsuko Okatsuka brings big 'dad' energy to new special
Atsuko Okatsuka tries out some of the jokes from her new special, “Father,” at the Tokyo Comedy Bar in Shibuya in January.
How ‘hikikomori’ shut-ins ‘start to have dreams for the future’
Located in Nagano Prefecture, Samurai Gakuen tries to help young and old individuals who have withdrawn from society rediscover their places out in the world.
Halt of U.S. visa process puts Japanese students' futures in question
People hold up signs during a rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston on Tuesday.
Mateusz Urbanowicz: ‘Miyazaki inspired me to put the audience first’
Mateusz Urbanowicz’s recent book “Imaginary Storefronts” collects his illustrations of the mundane Japanese street scenes that have given him immense inspiration.
Songs, stars and strategy: Japan debuts its newest awards ceremony
Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed an emotional rendition of hit song “Darling” on the final night of the Music Awards Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
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