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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2014
Doing more to ensure peace in Asia
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe opines that a framework under which Asian governments publicly disclose their military budgets needs to be established if we are to build trust and avoid a regional arms race.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2014
How to end the Philippines’ Moro insurgency
Though questions remain about the durability of the landmark peace deal that Philippines President Benigno Aquino struck with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in January, the political autonomy granted to the country’s Muslim areas seems to have persuaded most fighters that the time has come to end a half-century of carnage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2014
MH370 jet passengers likely suffocated, Australia says
The passengers and crew of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 most likely died from suffocation and coasted lifelessly into the ocean on autopilot, Australian officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2014
Kawasaki to take on Korean rivals with LNG tankers made in China
Shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to construct gas carriers abroad as it strives to lower costs and take back market share from Korean rivals.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2014
China can learn from U.S. how to cut smog
Smog in China’s cities is often presented as if it were the same problem as greenhouse emissions and climate change. In fact, China could significantly reduce its air pollution by enforcing the same emission control techniques that have been used in the U.S. and Europe for the last 30 years.
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2014
China insists on direct negotiations to resolve maritime disputes
China believes territorial disputes in the region should be settled through direct talks with the countries concerned, the nation’s top foreign policy official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2014
China sends four more oil rigs to South China Sea
China has sent four more oil rigs into the South China Sea in a sign that Beijing is stepping up its exploration for oil and gas in the tense region, less than two months after it positioned a giant drilling platform in waters claimed by Vietnam.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2014
China turning its attention to the Middle East
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent invitation to Arab states to upgrade their strategic relationships with China reflects Beijing’s broader goal of rebalancing its focus westward in response to America’s ‘pivot’ toward Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 19, 2014
Hong Kong democracy ‘referendum’ set to rile Chinese rulers
Hong Kong holds a controversial “referendum” on democracy on Friday, a prelude to an escalating campaign of dissent that could shut down the former British colony’s financial district and further anger China’s Communist Party leaders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2014
Chinese military relaxes rules to allow shorter, ‘more portly’ soldiers
China’s military has relaxed its height, eyesight and weight requirements for soldiers in an effort to attract more educated personnel, the state-owned China Daily newspaper said.
COMMENTARY
Jun 18, 2014
China’s mixed messages to Taiwan, Hong Kong
China has released a document that fundamentally alters the meaning of its promise of ‘one country, two systems’ to both Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 17, 2014
Koreas’ disputed sea border never too far from action as threat of war persists
On a clear day, residents of Yeonpyeong Island can see North Korea, 10 km away. They can also sometimes watch South Korean warships chase North Korean and Chinese fishing boats. These waters in the Yellow Sea are among the world’s richest for blue crab.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 14, 2014
Is ‘rational’ Toru Hashimoto acting irrationally?
Just how little influential political or intellectual opposition in Japan is there to fundamentally conservative politics and economic theories touting the wisdom of the corporate mentality? Well consider this: Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka and co-founder of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 14, 2014
Vietnam seen as a potential role model for Japan
Although tourism and trade between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam have expanded rapidly in recent years, when compared with other ASEAN countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, Vietnam has maintained a fairly low profile in the Japanese media. But suddenly the country is being...
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
Jun 13, 2014
Japan needs tougher laws to end illegal timber imports, NGO says
Japan, the world’s fourth-largest buyer of timber products, needs to introduce laws and stricter oversight to stamp out imports of illegally logged wood, according to the activist group Environmental Investigation Agency.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2014
Japan, China trade claims over latest aerial provocation
Tokyo and Beijing traded blame Thursday over the second close and potentially dangerous encounter in just over two weeks between Chinese SU-27 fighter jets and Japanese reconnaissance planes over the East China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 11, 2014
Japan, Australia discuss joint development of military technology
The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and Australia held a meeting to discuss how they will cooperate in developing defense equipment and technology.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2014
U.S. foreign policy marked by blatant hypocrisy
It is a truth universally acknowledged that behavior by others inconsistent with social norms is condemned as hypocrisy but similar discrepancies in our own conduct is rationalized as understandable prioritization in the face of multiple goals. When the military deposed Egypt’s first freely elected president,...
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 10, 2014
Private U.S. report accuses another Chinese military unit of hacking
A private U.S. cybersecurity company on Monday accused a unit of China’s military of conducting far-reaching hacking operations to advance the country’s satellite and aerospace programs.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Prior to launch, Japan ‘strongly urged’ China to reconsider missile test in Pacific
A missile is fired from a Chinese Navy nuclear-powered submarine on Monday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has issued verbal warnings recently using the same language and the same tone, saying authorities “will take appropriate action at any time, as necessary.”
Japanese teen arrested for booting users off streaming service
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly creating a malicious program and canceling subscription accounts on the Bandai Channel.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.

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