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EDITORIALS
Apr 23, 2014
Resuscitating Japan-China ties
It’s high time leaders of Japan and China stopped fanning the flames of narrow-minded nationalism and started talking to each other in an effort to put bilateral relations back on track.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 23, 2014
Nonbinding Pacific maritime deal seen as road map to averting conflict
Countries embroiled in territorial rows in the East and South China Seas agreed Tuesday to abide by a maritime communications deal to try to ensure accidental naval altercations do not develop into a conflict.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2014
China steps up purge of online porn amid wider censorship push
China has shut down more than 100 websites carrying pornography and closed thousands of accounts on social media sites in an renewed effort to clean up the Internet, state media reported.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2014
Military risks China’s wrath with first step west in 40 years
Japan on Saturday began its first military expansion at the western end of its island chain in more than 40 years, breaking ground on a radar station on a tropical island off Taiwan.
JAPAN / History
Apr 19, 2014
Taking a maiden stab at expansionism in Taiwan
Taiwan is Japan’s forgotten colony.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 18, 2014
Weibo’s Nasdaq debut highlights Chinese censorship
Weibo Corp. executives on Thursday toasted the Chinese social media firm’s debut at Nasdaq’s New York headquarters.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 18, 2014
SDF should utilize Shimoji airport
A political professor assserts that Japan’s air power would have a better chance of survival against possible Chinese salvos of ballistic and cruise missiles if Shimoji airport in Okinawa Prefecture were transformed into a military or dual-use facility.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 17, 2014
For China’s Xi, purging corruption a means to install loyalists
Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to use a purge of high-ranking officials suspected of corruption to instal people close to him and reform-minded bureaucrats into critical positions across the Communist Party, the government and the military, sources say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 17, 2014
China subverts Hong Kong bid for Tiananmen Square museum
A planned museum dedicated to China’s brutal crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests has run into a legal challenge in Hong Kong that some say is motivated by Communist Party interests ahead of the event’s 25th anniversary.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Apr 15, 2014
New China law to take on nation’s polluters
Smog-hit China is set to pass a new law that would give Beijing more powers to shut polluting factories, punish officials and even place protected regions off-limits to industrial development, scholars have said.
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.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 11, 2014
Prominent Chinese activist scorns court after prison term upheld
A prominent Chinese rights activist expressed defiance on Friday after a court upheld his four-year jail sentence, saying the pall of communism and dictatorship would eventually give way to freedom and justice.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 11, 2014
Apocalypse near? ‘Year of the Bear’ implosion haunts China
“It’s like a horror movie. People like to watch but don’t want to be in it,” quipped economist Andy Xie about his popular lectures where he predicts a collapse in China’s property and stock markets.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2014
Evolving tale of two Chinas
The fear that China may try to take over their island is what prompted Taiwanese students last month to protest a services trade pact with China then stage a ‘sunflower’ sit-in of Taiwan’s parliament.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 10, 2014
China warns U.S. ahead of Obama’s visit, fearing high-profile tilt over disputed isles
In one of the many frank exchanges U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had in China this week, Gen. Fan Changlong told him how one of his uncles died as a slave in a Japanese mine during World War II.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2014
Japan’s jet scrambles against Chinese planes hit record high
Japanese fighter jet scrambles against Chinese planes hit a record high in the year that ended in March, the Defence Ministry said Wednesday, as Sino-Japanese ties were strained by disputes over territory and interpretations of history.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2014
China calls on U.S. to restrain ally Japan as tension simmers
China called on the United States on Tuesday to restrain ally Japan and chided another U.S. ally, the Philippines, at the end of talks between American and Chinese defense chiefs that showed the strain of regional territorial disputes on Sino-U.S. ties.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2014
Costs skyrocket in search for Flight MH370
The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is on track to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, becoming the most expensive search in aviation history with 26 countries contributing planes, ships, submarines and satellites to the international effort.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 7, 2014
Australia says new ‘pings’ best lead yet in Malaysia jet search
An Australian ship searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner picks up signals consistent with beacons from its black box recorders — the most promising lead yet.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 7, 2014
Abbott walks China-Japan tightrope on trip to Asia
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, having called Japan his country’s closest friend in Asia, will seek this week to overcome Chinese unease about his loyalties in a region beset by territorial tensions.

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