Society
Chinese professor at Tokyo university missing after trip home
Asia University's Fan Yuntao has been unreachable, sources say
US-China tensions
China envoy calls on U.S. to define 'national security boundaries'
Xie Feng says talks on issues of concern should be reciprocal during Harvard visit
Defense
East Asia military spending up 6.2% as China tensions mount, report shows
Japan marks biggest rise since 1972; data comes amid rush of regional talks, drills
International relations
Former Japan PM Aso heads to New York in bid to meet Trump
Tokyo watching U.S. election with interest but says outcome won't change bilateral relations
Defense
China military's biggest shakeup in 9 years adds info, cyber, space units
Control of information is vital to 'winning a modern war,' Xi Jinping says
Your Week in Asia
Philippine-U.S. drills, South Korea GDP, Beijing revives auto show
Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
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International relations
China's Wang Yi touts South Pacific ties in Papua New Guinea visit
Foreign minister warns against conducting power rivalry in region
South China Sea
Philippines and U.S. to 'sink' ships in South China Sea drills
16,700 Filipinos and Americans to enhance interoperability in annual Balikatan exercise
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International relations
Taiwan's Lai poised to build on Tsai's Southeast Asia outreach
Expanding largely commercial ties may prove challenging as China's influence grows
Economy
China's foreign investment inflows fall 26.1% despite 'openness' vows
Officials downplay Q1 year-on-year decline as government woos investors
Terrorism
Five Japanese targeted in Pakistan suicide blast
Reports of 1 injury in group after incident in commercial capital Karachi
Politics
South Korea eases contentious medical school expansion
Universities allowed to halve new quotas as walkout puts government under pressure
Indo-Pacific
Japan studies Israel's air defense success with eye on Indo-Pacific
U.S.-Japan-Australia collaboration faces additional threat of China's hypersonics
Politics
Solomon Islands' pro-China prime minister reelected to parliament
Leader's bid to remain in control of government still undecided
US-China tensions
Florida ban on Chinese buying property goes to U.S. appeals court
Law has chilling effect for Asian Americans in general, say plaintiff's supporters
Markets
Asian stocks fall as concern over Middle East spurs selling
Nikkei and KOSPI down by 3%; yen strengthens, other currencies weaken
Middle East crisis
China says it opposes any Israel-Iran escalation amid balancing act
Murky reports of Israeli strike underscore Beijing's economic stakes, dicey diplomacy
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Opinion
China's technological development has run out of steam
Country no longer best place to watch for internet innovations
South China Sea
China claims South China Sea deal with Philippines' Duterte
Manila denies saying Marcos administration cannot confirm agreement
Politics
Wall Street channeled billions to blacklisted China firms: U.S. probe
BlackRock and MSCI focus of congressional panel investigation
International relations
Japan's Kishida to visit Brazil, Paraguay in overture to Global South
PM focused on building economic ties to counter Chinese and Russian influence
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International relations
Chinese warships at Cambodian base for months, CSIS analysis shows
Commander of Ream base says vessels deployed to train Cambodian navy for new ships
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Materials
China steelmakers show overcapacity strain as U.S. battens import hatches
Worsening earnings push manufacturers to seek new export markets
Opinion
Emerging U.S.-Japan-Philippine alliance is making waves in Asia
Marcos must race to build links that might withstand return of Trump
International relations
Jokowi asks China to help build new capital's transport system
Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi says '2+2' ministerial platform will deepen ties