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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2013
Beijing bird flu case asymptomatic
Bird flu was found in a 4-year-old Beijing boy who shows no symptoms of the infection, health authorities said, suggesting more people may be catching the H7N9 influenza virus than reported.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 15, 2013
Online, Chinese heap scorn on North Korea
The views posted on Chinese Internet sites about the diplomatic faceoff with long-term ally North Korea have been anything but diplomatic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2013
After days of escalating threats, China makes veiled criticism of ally North Korea
Responding to regional worries over North Korea’s bellicose threats, China on Sunday expressed concern and what appeared to be veiled criticism of its longtime ally.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2013
Can China’s new government end corruption?
The typical Chinese public servant today collects feudal wages, yet he can afford cars, homes, travel, luxury goods and a Harvard education for kids.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2013
Nissan sees rebound in China this quarter
Nissan Motor Co., the most successful Japanese automaker in China, expects sales in the world’s largest automobile market to rebound within three months as demand for Japanese-branded vehicles recovers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 5, 2013
China touts sea burials as space for graves shrinks
In a country of almost 1.4 billion people, life for Chinese is an unending struggle for resources. And it doesn’t get easier in death. Prices for graves are skyrocketing, driven by decades of unbridled development and scarce city land. The government’s answer to this conundrum: sea burials.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2013
Senkaku row prompts China to demand postponement of summit with Japan, South Korea: sources
China has demanded that a trilateral summit it was slated to attend in late May in Seoul with Japan and South Korea be postponed because of its ongoing dispute over the Japan-held Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, sources said Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 3, 2013
War with China is not inevitable, so tread carefully
America’s path plus China’s immature ambitions threaten Japan’s future. Japanese constitutional change would just add to uncertainty in the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Apr 2, 2013
In China, anger grows over abuse of street vendors
In a country infamous for heavy-handed officials, the government employees who harass and sometimes beat and extort money from street vendors are among the most despised.
EDITORIALS
Apr 2, 2013
Negotiating free trade accords
Japan must prepare thoroughly for upcoming negotiations on free trade pacts with Europe, the United States, South Korea and China.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2013
Resource issues threaten Asia’s continued rise
Asia’s re-emergence on the global stage after a two-century decline is accompanied by an insatiable appetite for natural resources that it doesn’t have.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2013
India’s five thoughts on China’s new leadership
Only the fifth of five principles that China’s new leaders have offered for Sino-Indian relations seems tricky: the accommodation of ‘core concerns.’
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Five myths about Chinese hackers
The Internet, poorly secured, has been a tremendous boon for spying for every major power. Where Beijing crosses the line is in economic espionage.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Reasons why Beijing won’t push Pyongyang
One reason Beijing is loath to squeeze Pyongyang is that a nuclear North Korea is seen as complicating U.S. security calculations more than China’s.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Testing times for U.S., China
It’s easy to imagine the U.S. as a threat to China when the U.S. spends six times more on defense and has pacts with Japan, India and South Korea.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2013
Is China a world-beating model of governance?
Is the Chinese Communist Party giving the world a glimpse of a superior post-democratic system of goverment
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 25, 2013
Beijing sees lessons in Soviet past
Chinese Communist Party officials and intellectuals say President Xi Jinping’s fixation on the Soviet Union may prove crucial to China’s future direction.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2013
Asia and a post-U.S. Mideast
Dependence on imported oil motivated the U.S. military presence in the Mideast after 1945. With energy self-sufficiency in sight, will the U.S. pull back
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2013
Chinese rights genie at work
While criticism of China’s human rights record clearly has merit, it is important not to lose sight of the genuine democratic change happening there.
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2013
China completes its transition
With the transition to the so-called fifth generation of leaders complete, China faces formidable environmental, economic and diplomatic problems.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.

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