Japan’s investors flee China as bilateral tensions increase
After peaking in 2012, Japan’s investment in China had nosedived to a historic new low, dropping by 25 percent in 2015, China’s own statistics show. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Taiwan’s Ma lands on Taiping against wishes of U.S. and others
Taiwan’s lame-duck President Ma Ying-jeou made a one-day trip to the Taiwan-held island of Itu Aba or Taiping in the Spratly’s chain in the South China Sea, causing unease (more…)
U.S. calls in vain for China to cut its lifeline to North Korea
China snubbed a U.S. appeal for Beijing to stop its supply of oil to North Korea and cease importing coal from the Pyongyang regime. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Election in Taiwan of Tsai Ing-wen enhances Taipei-Tokyo ties
The Jan. 16 landslide election victory has given Dr. Tsai Ing-wen a major boost in international standing as Washington and Tokyo gave her an immediate and full endorsement, and (more…)
China to set up aviation engine consortium to solve bottleneck
The Chinese government is poised to announce by the end of this month the formation of an aviation engine consortium known as the National Aviation Engine Group, Inc. aimed (more…)
Japan threatens to repel armed Chinese vessels with naval force
The maritime dispute between China and Japan has suddenly escalated in the past two weeks, with both sides vowing to intensify coercive measures on the high seas. (FULL STORY) (more…)
China snubs Seoul’s proposal for North Korea consultation
China refused to take President Park Geun Hye’s call for consultative talk on North Korea’s latest nuclear test. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Japan passed toughest condemnation of N. Korean nuclear test
In a rare moment of national unity, Japanese parliament unanimously passed a tough-worded resolution condemning North Korea’s latest nuclear test. Both houses of the Diet passed the resolution within (more…)
Japan to return all plutonium stock to U.S. by March to appease China
The government of Japan will ship all of its plutonium in storage on Japanese soil to the U.S. for safekeeping by the end of March, Tokyo confirmed this week. (more…)