Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia Pacific News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Japan Herald.com http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/cat/4a8b544d0e80ba53/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:34 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:34 -0400 30 Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, alluding to recent skirmishes on their Himalayan border, acknowledged on Monday, that there were some problems with good friend India but said that the two Asian giants should take a leaf out of their vast history to resolve all issues peacefully. "Since we are strategic partners and we are good friends that can speak to each other with candour, so we do not deny ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634189/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:10:03 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634189/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 An opinion poll conducted with samples across India has revealed that a large majority of people, 83 percent, considered China as a security threat, though 63 percent would like relations with China to strengthen. The poll, titled 'India Poll 2013: Facing the future - Indian views of the world ahead' conducted by the Lowy Institute for International Policy and Australia India Institute (AII), ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634187/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:10:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634187/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 In wake of Chinese Premier Li's visit to India, Ambassador of India in China Jaishankar during a press conference said that India is a priority in China's agenda of global development. Jai Shankar said that the present visit of the Chinese Premier Li to India is significant because it is his first visit to India. " India surely is a priority in China's agenda today on global development. This is ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633438/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:50:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633438/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday. Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, 21-18. World No.24 Gu Juan of Singapore was beaten by No.10 Minatsu Mitani at 21-10, 21-19 in women's singles while in men's singles, Derek Wong ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633030/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:40:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633030/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Scientists from China have obtained three ice cores from Mount Everest with the aim to understand more about climate change, an expedition leader said Monday. During the expedition that lasted more than a month, scientists drilled the ice cores at a mountain pass near the East Rongbuk glacier, which covers the north collar of the Mount Everest, Xinhua reported. The longest ice core measures 142 ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631858/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:20:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631858/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A court in China will compensate two men after they were acquitted of rape charges that led to their wrongful imprisonment for 10 years. The court in Zhejiang decided to give Zhang Hui and and his uncle Zhang Gaoping 1.11 million yuan (around $179,000) each to compensate them for depriving them of their personal freedom, as well as for causing mental damage, Xinhua reported. Zhang Hui was given ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630807/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:30:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630807/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 noon and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the KN-02 short-range missile launched on Monday ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629204/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:30:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629204/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping between May 27 and 30, an official said Monday. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei made the announcement at the daily press briefing Monday, reported ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628392/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:50:03 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628392/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India and China on Monday signed eight pacts, including sharing of information on water flow in the River Brahmaputra. The other pacts are on trade, commerce, education and culture. This followed the delegation-level talks between the visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh here this afternoon. In his press statement, Dr Singh said that the Special ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628383/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:40:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628383/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the country' s missiles launch is only part of normal military training for self-defense, the official news agency KCNA reported. The army military training, as a powerful deterrent to cope with the U.S. and the South Korea' s machinations of starting a nuclear war, "is the legitimate right of a ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628379/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:30:07 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628379/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India Monday asked China to provide greater market access to help lower the widening trade deficit that rose to $29 billion in 2012. During a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced India's concern on the widening trade gap. "I conveyed to Premier Li our concerns about the trade deficit and sought increased market access to China for our exports and ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628373/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:30:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628373/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India and China favour early resolution of their border dispute and want peace to be maintained on the frontier until then, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Manmohan Singh also told the media along with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that they had "wide ranging and candid discussions" on all matters of mutual concern and realised there was "a great deal of meeting of minds". The two ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628372/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:30:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628372/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement to the media Monday on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India: It is an honour for me to welcome Premier Li on his first official visit to India. It has been an immense pleasure to get to know him personally. I sincerely appreciate his reaching out to me on his first day in office and his choosing India as his first foreign destination as ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214627108/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214627108/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that India and China's relationship is essential for stability and prosperity in Asia and the world, while stressing the need "for an early resolution of the boundary dispute. "There are many areas of convergence between us. We agreed that the relationship is of growing significance and essential for peaceful development and stability and prosperity in ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626788/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:50:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626788/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India and China were "strategic partners and good friends" that could speak to each other with candour, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Monday while stressing on discussions on the border issue and river waters. Addressing the media alongside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the visiting premier said the two nations had worked to "maintain tranquillity and peace in the border areas". Describing ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626789/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:50:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626789/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the basis for continued growth and expansion of ties between India and China is peace and tranquility on borders separating the two countries. In a statement delivered at a joint media interaction that followed delegation-level talks between the two countries, Dr. Singh said that during his talks with Premier Li, he had emphasized on the need for ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626781/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:40:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626781/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India and China do have "difficult issues left over from history" but are destined to exist together, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said in a published article Monday. Writing in The Hindu newspaper, Li warned that there would be no Asian century if India and China failed to live in harmony and achieve common development. "There is no denying that China and India still have between them some ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626784/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:40:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626784/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday described the consensus reached on various issues between China and India as "a big stride forward" and called for conducting dialogue in a "mature and sensible way". It was fair to say that the two sides had "arrived at multiple, significant outcomes", Li said in his statement to the media alongside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Both countries had ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626772/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626772/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626026/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626026/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Special representatives of India and China will meet soon to discuss their disputed border where Chinese incursion sparked tensions recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Speaking to the media jointly with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Manmohan Singh said that while India and China have had differences, relations had been built steadily in the more recent times. He said both ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626025/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626025/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Australian building and construction industry will see a mixed recovery over 2015-16 after a number of challenging years, according to Master Builders Australia (MBA) forecasts released Monday. While the forecasts predict a positive growth for the industry, MBA reports that the current economic climate is creating headwinds that may impede the timing and strength of recovery. There's light ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626020/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:40:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214626020/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, on Monday said that global prosperity would not be possible without the simultaneous development of China and India. Keqiang, who received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning, told media that the combined population of China and India is a third of the world's population, and therefore, both ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214624464/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:50:04 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214624464/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China and India's combined potential are large enough to make the West anxious but there are "many weaknesses in the bilateral relationship", a state-run Chinese daily has said. Said the Global Times in an editorial Monday, the second day of Premier Li Keqiang's India trip: "As China's new premier, his selection of India for his first overseas trip has widely been interpreted as a sign that ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214624460/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:50:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214624460/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Australian opening batsman David Warner is facing a Cricket Australia (CA) disciplinary hearing for his vitriolic social media outburst at respected News Limited sportswriters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. Warner, whose captaincy aspirations have taken a hit, had been reported for breaching the code of behaviour of the CA, which will be deciding a date for the hearing ahead of this week's ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214623808/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:20:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214623808/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 French daredevil Jean-Michel Casanova scaled the 564 feet Bailong Elevator in China with no help from any machinery, safety net or safety equipment. Casanova's green-and-black sticky sneakers were the only help he needed in his dizzying feat. According to officials, Casanova climbed the huge steel tower in 68 minutes and 26 seconds, while spectators looked on in awe, the New York Daily News ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214623801/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214623801/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tunisian authorities say a street battle between radical Islamists and police has killed one Islamist protester on the outskirts of the capital, Tunis. Authorities said the man, in his late 20s, died of injuries sustained in Sunday's fighting in the Etadhamen district. The radical activists, also known as Salafists, threw stones at Tunisian police to protest a government ban on their annual ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214619477/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214619477/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 North Korea fired its fourth short-range missile in the past two days into waters off its east coast on Sunday, despite calls for restraint from South Korea and other countries in the region, as well as the United Nations. The latest launch into the Sea of Japan, confirmed by South Korean Defense Ministry officials, follows three coastal launches on Saturday that rattled the region. ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214619476/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:15:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214619476/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Team MRF achieved a 1-2 finish here Sunday with Esapekka Lappi and Gaurav Gill finishing in that order in the International Rally of Whangarei that also doubled up as the first round of the 2013 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. Visiting New Zealand for their first time, 22-year-old Finn Esapekka Lappi (co-driver Janne Ferm) led from start-to-finish driving the Skoda Fabia S2000. Lappi ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214616451/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:20:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214616451/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 An explosion at an unlicensed firecracker workshop in central China killed three people and left three others injured Sunday, officials said. The blast occurred around 9.50 a.m. in Yangzhai village in Henan province, Xinhua reported. Police suspect it was caused by illegally stored gunpowder. The workshop owner's wife and daughter and a neighbour were killed. The three injured include the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214614904/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:50:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214614904/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Workers prepare to launch the China section of the Myanmar-China oil and gas pipeline in Anning in southwest China's Yunnan province. Ren Dong / Color China Photo / AP ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634566/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:45:33 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634566/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Fake marriage amongst young Arab-Australians who identify as gay or lesbian has gone unreported until now, and there’s good reason. In the Arab World almost all 22 states and territories punish homosexuality with imprisonment - six of those still enforce the death ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634567/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:43:03 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634567/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A Chinese football club is in talks to appoint Sven-Goran Eriksson as their next manager, a spokesman said Monday, despite reports linking the former England boss to the Cameroon national side."Eriksson is one of the candidates," said Chen Jie, a spokeswoman for Guangzhou R&F, based in the capital of the boom southern province of Guangdong."The club is currently in talks with ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634568/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:42:41 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634568/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 At the same event, he also underscored the importance of being more conversant with the Chinese thought process for improving Indo-China relations. His counsel becomes even more relevant in the light of the recent friction between India and China over difference in interpretation of the border, resulting, recently, in a 19-km incursion in the Daulat Beg Oldi sector of the Depsang Valley in ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634569/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:37:17 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634569/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Tensions over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard are still going on. Looking through the history of the Philippines confronting China on maritime disputes, we find that the Phillipines has always held an unscrupulous and reckless attitude. For example, the naval face-off at Huangyan Island last year was triggered by Philippine navy which had attempted to ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634570/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:22 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634570/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China and India issued a joint statement Monday highlighting their commitment to expanding common ground in bilateral cooperation and coordination in various fields.The statement, released during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's ongoing visit here, said the two Asian giants "welcome each other's peaceful development and regard it as a mutually reinforcing ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634572/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:21 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634572/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Monday that China and India have established principles of settling the border issue that is left over by history."Both sides believe that we need to improve the various border-related mechanisms that we have put into place and make them more efficient, and we need to appropriately manage and resolve our differences," Li added.Li made the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634571/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:20 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634571/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) was striving to prevent the spread of bird flu virus H5N1, the official KCNA news agency reported Monday.The virus found in ducks at the Tudan Duck Farm in Pyongyang was introduced by migratory birds, the Academy of Agricultural Science said on May 7.The KCNA said the DPRK had briefed UN agencies on the situation and culled as many as 160,000 ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634573/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:17 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634573/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 (Nasdaq: BIDU), starting with the strong possibility that this latest in a sudden string of rumors about Sogou may be true. Sogou's chief executive has already said publicly the unit was for sale, naming Baidu as one of the leading bidders. The only slight contradiction in the mix comes from comments by Charles Zhang in an interview late last week, which I'll return to shortly. But ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634574/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:35:53 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634574/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 maids from being exploited in the Middle Eastern kingdom. The agreement guarantees Filipina maids benefits like a day off each week while preventing their hiring costs from being deducted from their salary among other safeguards, said labour secretary Rosalinda Baldoz in a statement. "We are very confident that cases of abuse will be less after this agreement takes effect because the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634564/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:21 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634564/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Three workers at Foxconn factories in China have fallen to their deaths in recent weeks and police are investigating, according to the company. On April 27 and May 14, two workers employed at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, separately fell to their deaths, according to the Taiwanese manufacturing giant. On May 11, another worker from Foxconn's Chongqing facility was also found ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634575/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:28:06 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634575/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 By Donny Kwok and Astrid Wendlandt HONG KONG/PARIS (Reuters) - France's Danone (DANO.PA) is aiming for a bigger slice of one of the world's fastest-growing dairy markets by investing 325 million euros ($417 million) in two deals with China ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634271/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:22:09 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634271/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 In 1944, during World War II, Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg found five copper coins on a beach in the Northern Territory, and marked the spot with an 'X' on a map. In 1979, he rediscovered the coins in a tin and sent them to a museum for identification, where they were proved to be 1000 years ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634561/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:09:34 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634561/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 South Korean men watch a TV news program reporting a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at a Seoul train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 20, ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634577/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:06 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634577/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Three members of the leftist rebel group New People's Army (NPA) were captured at their lair in Northern Philippine province of Quezon Sunday afternoon, military said later that day. Colonel Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos, spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said that troops from the military's elite 1st Special Forces Battalion swooped down at a house in Ilayang ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634578/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:04:06 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214634578/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A U.S. computer security firm says the Chinese military has resumed cyber attacks on American companies after a hiatus. Mandiant, which accused China of cyber attacks in a February report, says a Chinese army unit recently broke into the computer systems of more than 100 companies to steal trade secrets. It says the attacks started again just days after Chinese officials told Secretary of ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633339/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:43:43 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633339/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING -- A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633097/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:37:18 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633097/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China's industrial competitiveness will remain strong in 2013 despite it facing increasing production costs and competition from developing nations in labor-intensive sectors, according to a blue book released on Monday.The blue book, published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a government think tank, says China's industrial competitiveness will keep rising, thanks to its ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633378/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:33:30 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633378/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Monday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to safeguard the health and legitimate rights and interests of a number of Chinese fisherman reportedly detained in the country.According to media reports, private fishing boat "Liaoning Generic Fishing No. 25222" from Dalian City in northeast China's Liaoning Province was ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633379/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:33:25 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633379/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday urged South Korea to clarify its stance on the future of the suspended Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ).Seoul distorted the facts concerning the joint zone, the official KCNA news agency quoted a statement of the DPRK's General Bureau for the Special Zone Development Guidance as saying.Pyongyang would decide its action depending on ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633380/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:33:14 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633380/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 /enpproperty--> One in five Chinese people are suffering thyroid nodules and roughly 10 percent of all thyroid nodule cases are actually thyroid cancer, medical experts said at a event to mark the International Thyroid Awareness Week (May 20 to May 29). Experts said that China has more than 200 million people suffering from various kinds of thyroid diseases on the mainland. The ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633381/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:30:51 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633381/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Shia neighborhood in Baghdad has killed 13 people. The blast pushed the day's death toll from a deadly wave of bombings and shooting attacks across Iraq to 70. The officials say the latest blast struck on Monday afternoon in a busy market in the Shaab Shia neighborhood of the Iraqi capital. A police officer says 25 people wounded in the explosion. A medical official confirmed the casualty ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633425/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:27:33 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633425/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang before a meeting in New Delhi on Monday. The prime ministers of India and China on Monday emphasized the need for economic cooperation between the two fast-growing developing nations, saying that ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633384/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:17:59 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633384/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 If that's not enough for you, feel free to surf around for more troubling macro data. But rather than just spit out the figures,I'll focus on specific stocks and sectors that are at risk to help you protect your ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633108/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:45 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633108/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Back Bay bicyclist struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver yesterday afternoon near Beacon Street and Charlesgate West has been identified by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as 36-year-old Kanako Miura, a native of Japan and researcher of humanoid robots, who has been working at the school’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory since fall."Our hearts ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633386/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:14:27 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633386/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) stake, worth around $1.1 billion, in a move to exit an investment it made into the bank seven years ago. Goldman is selling the shares of China's largest commercial banking group in the range of $0.70 to $0.71, a discount of 2.5 per cent to 3.0 per cent compared to today's closing price. The firm sold $1 billion worth ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633388/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:11:51 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633388/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633389/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:11:49 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633389/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Research and Development Trend Forecast of Alumina Market in China, 2013-2017" report to their ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633390/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:04:09 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633390/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 LONDON: English speaking youngsters across the globe, who are 18 or under, use the word 'like' in conversation over five times as often as speakers who are over 70; 'because' is the most misspelled English word globally; the word 'love' is said and written over six times more frequently than the word 'hate'. These are the findings of a first-of-its-kind ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633391/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:03:10 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633391/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A September 30, 2000, file combo of TV grabs from France 2 footage taken during Israeli-Palestinian clashes in Netzarim in the Gaza Strip shows Jamal al-Dura and his son Mohammed, 12, hiding behind a barrel from Israeli-Palestinian cross fire. (via ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633392/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:03:05 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633392/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Rescuers work at the site of the eight-story Rana Plaza building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Thursday, May 9, 2013.(Photo:Agencies) Rescue workers in Bangladesh say they may have found a survivor buried amid the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed 17 days ago. Workers at the site had been clearing the rubble since the collapse April 24. More than 2,500 people were ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633394/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:01:06 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633394/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) declared on Friday the highest state of alert throughout the country to make smooth operation of coming Monday's national and local elections. "The red alert status is to ensure that all units in the AFP are prepared and are ready for the election this coming Monday," AFP spokesman Domingo Tutaan told a press briefing in Camp Aguinaldo on ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633393/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:01:05 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633393/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 South Korea and the United States wrapped up Tuesday their joint military drills which was denounced by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK)as "an irresponsible and dangerous action." The two-month Foal Eagle exercises, launched on March 1, were aimed to improve the readiness of U.S.-South Korea alliance to defend South Korea, with 10,000 U.S.troops and 200,000 South ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633396/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:01:04 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633396/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Hundreds of rescuers on Sunday continued to remove huge concrete slabs and chunks of debris of the collapsed building on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, in a grim search for more bodies 12 days into the country's worst industrial tragedy that killed nearly 600 people. In search for their missing loved ones, many were seen around the scene of the collapsed building and making trips to nearby ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633395/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:01:04 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633395/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Yahoo Japan reports hackers hit their site for the second time in less than a month, this time stealing 22 million user IDs. Yahoo Japan is telling its 200 million users to change their passwords, after hackers apparently stole 22 million user IDs in an online raid last week. It doesnt appear the hackers were able to steal passwords or password information, nor that the raid affected users ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633387/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:59:04 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633387/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon May 20, 2013 8:57am EDT * Gross margins turns positive for first time in three qtrs * Co says still evaluating options to boost cash position * Shares jump 13 pct in trading before the bell May 20 (Reuters) - Chinese solar products maker JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd halved its quarterly operating loss as it sold more panels in Japan, a high-margin market, and it expanded into emerging ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633382/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:57:07 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633382/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens shows Syrian rebels preparing to repel an attack by government forces, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, May 19, ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632235/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:43:53 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632235/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Fresh fighting has erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and rebel group M23 -- the first clash between the sides in nearly six ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632179/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:43:53 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632179/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 NEW DELHI -- The leaders of Asian giants India and China say they will take steps to build greater mutual trust a month after a tense dispute over their shared border. With words like friendship, peace and consensus, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, meeting in New Delhi, set out to move past the standoff that dominated headlines just weeks ago. ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632180/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:43:52 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632180/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633377/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:43:46 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214633377/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 14 people including a local politician in the latest attack to target provincial officials.Emergency services rushed to the scene and took the wounded to hospital after the bomber, who was wearing police uniform, blew himself up next to Rasoul Mohseni, the head of ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632334/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:42:24 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632334/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 North Korea has launced two short-range missiles Monday, according to data from the South Korean Ministry of Defense. Over the past few days, Pyongyang has launched a total of 6 missiles, 3 Saturday, 1 Sunday and 2 Monday. The ballistic missiles, fired into the Sea of Japan, are believed to be of the KN-02 type. Pyongyang routinely test-launches ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632237/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:37:18 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632237/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A wrecked truck is removed from the site of a car bomb attack in front of a crowded popular restaurant in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Two car bombings in the southern city of Basra, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. Iraq has seen a spike of attacks, including bombings hitting both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632142/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:35:34 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632142/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A new government report, made public on Monday, has predicted that China's maritime industry will see relatively fast growth in the next 17 years.The country's maritime industry is expanding fast and will reach a stable stage in 2030, said the report issued by the China Institute for Marine Affairs, attached to the State Oceanic Administration.In 2012, the maritime industry reported a ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631927/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:45 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631927/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the signing of a joint announcement to establish a strategic partnership, after their talks in Beijing, capital of China, May 20, 2013. Photo: XinhuaChina and Tajikistan established a strategic partnership on Monday, pledging to boost bilateral cooperation.The announcement was made during talks held between ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632238/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:39 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632238/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Farmers work at the terraced fields at the Xinhua County of Loudi City, central China's Hunan Province, May 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Liu ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632239/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:30 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632239/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Ai Weiwei, Forever Bicycle, 2012; Photo: PinchukArtCentre, by Dmytro Baranov Just like its economy, the Chinese art scene has been booming for the past few years. In the absence of any productive strategic partnership between Ukraine and China, as well as any noticeable political or economic ties, art is a fresh way to connect the two cultures. "China China," - which promises to be a ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632240/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:17 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632240/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Danone has struck two deals with the China Mengniu Dairy Company in a bid to take advantage of surging demand for internationally-branded milk and ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631955/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:25:43 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631955/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul. North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, South Korea said. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632241/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:25:14 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632241/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Jejomar Binay has called on Taiwan to assure the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there amid reports of attacks against Philippine nationals, an apparent backlash following the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman earlier this month. In a letter to Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Manila, Binay ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632242/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:20:26 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632242/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Two sides agreed to consult the other parties with a view to establishing a Joint Study Group on strengthening connectivity in the BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar) ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632243/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:20:16 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632243/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A police officer stands guard on Tiananmen Square: police and prosecutors are often placed under enormous pressure to find suspects guilty. Photograph: Diego ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632169/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:38 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632169/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A Free Video Presentation The evils of this deluge of paper money are not to be removed until our citizens are generally and radically instructed in their cause and consequences, and silence by their authority the interested clamors and sophistry of speculating, shaving, and banking institutions. Till then we must be content to return, quo ad hoc, to the savage state, to recur to barter in the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632249/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:37 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632249/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A poster for the December 2011 run of "Top Secret" in China (LA Theatre Works) A little less than two years ago, the play, "Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers," came to China by way of Los Angeles, playing to mostly student audiences in small theaters in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. I took in one performance on the campus of Peking University that felt ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632250/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:00 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632250/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632086/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:12:55 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632086/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 North Korea fired a short-range missile off its east coast Monday, marking the third consecutive day of launches, South Korean officials said. The North fired the missile between 11 a.m. and noon, local time, into the ocean, Yonhap News Agency reported. The country fired three missiles into the same location Saturday and a fourth Sunday. "North Korea again launched a short-range projectile ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632252/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:07:56 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632252/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Pervez Musharraf became the first former army chief to be arrested, breaking an unwritten rule that the top ranks of the military are untouchable, even after they have ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632253/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:03:53 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632253/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 ISTANBUL: A Brazilian and a Spanish tourist died on Monday and 23 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in a beauty spot in central Turkey, officials said. The accident occurred over Cappadocia's sculpted rock formations when one balloon collided with the basket of another balloon above and crashed to the ground, the governor of Nevsehir province, Abdurrahman Savas, told ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632254/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:03:41 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632254/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 AT least 12 people died and 11 were missing Monday after a blast destroyed an explosives workshop in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, state media said. The explosion scattered rubble up to 200 metres away, killing at least a dozen people at the factory owned by the Poly Explosives (Jinan) Company in Shandong's Caofan township, the semi-official China News Service ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632248/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:54:11 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632248/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 NEW DELHI ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632246/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:53:11 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632246/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Reuters © Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso attends the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Adnan ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631135/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:43:46 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631135/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Reuters © Liu Tienan, then head of the National Energy Administration and deputy chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), attends a news conference about Spring Festival transport in Beijing in this January 8, 2012 file photograph. The latest bureaucrat to fall from grace thanks to the Internet was Liu Tienan, sacked from his job last week as deputy chief ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631136/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:43:42 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631136/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 While many stars come to the French Riviera to party, the main business of Cannes is business itself. Selim El Azar, the chief executive of the Qatar-based Gulf Film, and Abdulaziz Al Khater, the new head of the Doha Film Institute, are both in Cannes this week to shake hands and make deals. Also on the sales-pitch circuit is the directing legend Martin Scorsese, drumming up interest in his ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631137/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:43:17 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631137/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 © Thomson Reuters 2012. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Thomson Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters is not liable for any errors or delays in Thomson Reuters content, or for any actions taken in reliance on such content. 'Thomson Reuters' and the Thomson ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631138/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:42:55 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631138/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A fresh survey spells out a revival in Japan's service sector, led by retail and property as shoppers re-open their wallets. But with the yen's downward run nearing an end, will the good times ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631139/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:42:54 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631139/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Director Takashi Miike gestures during a photo call for the film Shield of Straw at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631140/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:41:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631140/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 ZHUHAI, China ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632014/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:37:37 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214632014/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A poultry sample in south China has tested positive for H7N9 virus, the country's agriculture authority said on Monday.The avian flu virus, which has so far led to the deaths of 36 people nationwide, was detected in a sample of chicken that came from a market in the city of Zengcheng in Guangdong Province.After completing gene sequence analysis, the national avian flu reference laboratory ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631141/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:36:18 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631141/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 May 19 - Taiwan's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan claimed a stunning victory in the men's doubles final at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris to take the country's first ever gold medal in the history of the event. The seventh seeds went in as huge underdogs against the Chinese top seeds Hao Shuai and Ma Lin but in a thrilling clash, the duo prevailed in six ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630867/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:35:43 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630867/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make Japan ';the world’s easiest country for companies to do business in'; as part of his economic revival plan, which so far has been largely met with approval. The stock market has ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630947/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:35:42 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630947/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 -- When the Chinese smog arrives, the medical masks come in fashion. Every few months, this city of 1.5 million people in southern Japan, not far from mainland China, gets a dose of lung clogging courtesy of its neighbor. Coal factories in the cities of Tianjin ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631142/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:34:03 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631142/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The University of Sydney 2006 The Australian-trained doctor under fire for his involvement in China's controversial organ transplant program has defended the practice and responded to calls for him to be stripped of honorary titles from the University of ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631143/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:29:54 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631143/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — The country's go-between with Taiwan has come under fire for reportedly proposing a joint investigation of the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine Coast Guard personnel without authorization from President Aquino. As the government grappled with the fallout, the President called the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631144/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:30 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631144/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Essar Oil Ltd (ESRO.NS) will sign a $1 billion loan deal with China on Tuesday that sources with knowledge of the matter said would be backed by supply of refined products to top state oil producer ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630888/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:21:44 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630888/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING -- A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory Monday in eastern China, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris, state media reported. Rescuers were take care to avoid setting off additional explosions as they went through the site of the mid-morning explosion in Shandong province's Caofan township, the China News Service said. The company website ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631149/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:19:12 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631149/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday in his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just weeks after a military stand-off between the Asian giants in the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631080/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:18:27 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631080/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING, China - Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growing civil society and demands for stronger individual rights. Police and newspaper reports Monday said the man had been detained following the Friday event and ordered to serve 12 days in a detention centre for organizing an illegal ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630969/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:17:23 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214630969/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 PARIS (AFP) - French food industry group Danone is ramping up its presence in the growing Chinese market for dairy products with two deals on Monday to tap sales of yogurt and health foods, the firm said on Monday.Danone said it was investing about 325 million euros ($418 million) to strengthen its place in the potentially vast Chinese market, via two joint ventures in distribution and ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631151/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:15:42 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631151/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 BEIJING | Mon May 20, 2013 7:14am EDT BEIJING May 20 (Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party discipline authorities are investigating a former vice president at Agricultural Bank of China on suspicion of accepting bribes, media said on Monday, the latest casualty in a campaign against corruption. Yang Kun is being investigated by the party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631976/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:59 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631976/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Colonel Ghaddafi today in an interview thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631152/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:07:16 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631152/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Sunday that it has no intention to invite U.S. diplomats over the issue of an American citizen who was sentenced 15 years of compulsory labor by the country's Supreme Court on Tuesday. It is total silly speculation of talking about (Pyongyang taking) the detainee Pae's issue as a "political bargain stake," an unnamed ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631154/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:04:52 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631154/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Another fatal case caused by avian influenza H7N9 has been reported in China, the Committee on Health of Hunan Province said Wednesday. A 64-year-old woman died in the hospital of the city of Shaoyang in Central China. Thus, the number of deaths from the disease has reached people, whereas the number of people infected is left unchanged - 130. Reportedly, the deceased was the first patient in ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631155/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:04:45 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631155/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China's central government has ordered increased transparency in the handling of major accidents and other items of public concern following a fatal high-speed train crash last month. The general offices of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, and the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee said in a circular issued on Tuesday that information on major emergencies and items ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631156/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:04:42 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631156/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The men's water polo last-four berths were produced while hosts China finished 15th here on Tuesday evening at FINA World Championships. Hungary, Serbia, Croatia and Italy will vie for the final tickets on Wednesday. Hosts China greeted their first win at FINA worlds by beating South Africa 9-4 to take the 15th place among all the 16 participants. Tying on 7-7 after three periods, Beijing ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631157/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:04:41 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631157/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, May 18, ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629784/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:48:06 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629784/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A new study says little is being done to meet the growing demand for modern contraception methods in poor countries. The Guttmacher Institute says there’s an increasing desire for smaller families. Guttmacher says between 2003 and 2012 the number of women wanting to avoid pregnancy – and in need of modern contraception – rose from 716 million to 867 million. The sharpest ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629783/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:48:05 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629783/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A screenshot of NTD Television Asia Pacific's website. The broadcaster hopes to negotiate a new satellite contract with Chunghwa Telecom, but the latter has remained silent; many suspect the Chinese regime's influence. (Screenshot via The Epoch ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629322/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:45:42 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629322/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon May 20, 2013 6:43am EDT By Fiona Lau and Elzio Barreto HONG KONG May 20 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs launched on Monday the sale of about $1.1 billion worth of Hong Kong-traded shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , offering to sell its entire remaining stake in the world's biggest bank by market value. The sale by Goldman would be the final chapter in the Wall Street bank's ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631145/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:43:05 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631145/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Beijing, May 20 : Badminton has become an indirect victim of bird flu that has been affecting the country, given that the extensive slaughtering of infected ducks has created a shortage of feathers, an essential raw material for the birdies used in the sport, media reports ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629822/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:41:33 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629822/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 PESHAWAR, Pakistan ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631148/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:39:59 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214631148/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Uruguayan President Jose Mujica will visit China from May 25 to 28 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced at a regular news briefing on ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629823/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:38:21 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629823/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China has called on Pyongyang to intervene over North Koreans detaining a Chinese fishing boat, it said Monday, after the vessel's owner said armed hijackers had demanded a ransom for 16 ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629824/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:35:15 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629824/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 At least 55 people have been killed and 1.5 million affected after major flooding in southern China. State broadcaster CCTV said storms and torrential downpours hit Wuping County, in the province of Fujian, on Sunday, leaving 500 people trapped. One resident told CCTV that houses began flooding as water levels rose to nearly two metres (3.28ft). "The houses started flooding at ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629234/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:28:53 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629234/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 New Delhi : India is an "important neighbour", Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday while stressing that the main aim of his visit was to increase areas of mutual interest and intensify cooperation.At the end of formal talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mr Li, India and China signed eight bilateral agreements including key pacts in trans-border river management and ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629826/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:26:08 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629826/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 South Korean soldiers look through binoculars at the North from a military check point in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, May 19, ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629757/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:20:05 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629757/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A woman running a private banking operation in China has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of defrauding investors.Lin Haiyan was convicted of "illegal fundraising" for collecting 640 million yuan from investors by promising high returns and low risk, according to the Intermediate People's Court in Wenzhou, a centre for private sector business. It said the scheme ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629603/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:19:58 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629603/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including popular online phone service provider Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the country if they want to continue offering this facility ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629829/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:19:03 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629829/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese Premier will echo that theme. But New Delhi needs to look beyond the rhetoric and make hardheaded assessments about its relations with ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629830/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:19:03 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629830/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Taiwan's national space programme offered Wednesday its satellite images of the damage caused by powerful tsunamis that ravaged Asia at the weekend to affected countries and aid groups for free.The National Space Programme Office (NSPO) normally charges 3,000 euros (4,080 dollars) for each photograph covering an area of 600 square kilometres (240 square miles), the office said.The images ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629831/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:15:51 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629831/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Context, the critically acclaimed walking tour company whose small-group, scholar-led "walking seminars" have revolutionized day tours in cities across Europe and North America, announces its continued expansion into Asia with the opening of tours in Tokyo and Kyoto. Working with local historians, Context has opened with five innovative tours in each city, designed to help curious ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629364/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:15:02 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629364/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 From January 1, 2013, Shanghai extends visa-free stays to 72 hours for passengers from 45 countries. The 45 countries covered by the 72-hour visa-free policy are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629365/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:15:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629365/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in Japan. San Francisco Travel and SFO first retained representation services in Japan in 1987, making San Francisco one of the first cities in the U.S. to have an office in Tokyo. In 2000, a ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629347/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:59 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629347/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The North Korean dictatorship established by Kim Il Sung after World War II was taken over by his son Kim Jong Il in the 1990s. Now Kim Jong Il’s health is failing and a transfer of power appears imminent. Click here to learn about his heir-apparent, Kim Jung Un, and other members of the Kim family, who hold powerful positions throughout the North Korean ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629832/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:03 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629832/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 ATLANTA: President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629834/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:09:24 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629834/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail. Activists said it was the fiercest fighting in Syria's two year-old civil war involving Hezbollah, a Shi'ite group backed by Iran which they said appeared to be helping ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629833/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:09:23 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629833/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 WASHINGTON: The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on news gathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629835/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:09:23 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629835/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A slim lead over host China 10-9 ensured Italy a quarterfinal berth at Swimming Worlds women's water polo here on Thursday. China trailed 7-3 after first half and almost completed a fully comeback, which being held off by Italy at the crunch time in the final period. In Group B, Canada trounced New Zealand 11-4 to claim first after taking all three matches. Australia was second with 4 points ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629836/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:07:12 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629836/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Chinese swimmers maintained their momentum in swimming at the Military World Games on Wednesday, grabbing four more gold medals and obtaining 18 in total out of 36 available in the pool. After four days' competition at the Military World Games, which is set to close on July 24, Chinese military athletes altogether collected 18 golds from swimming and piled up 22 gold, leading the medals ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629267/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:07:06 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629267/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on earth next summer," said ambassador Sebastian Wood. Zuo ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629837/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:06:44 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629837/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 DHAKA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh raised its warning level Wednesday as cyclonic storm "Mahasen" approached which has brought lashing rains and strong winds to the country's southern coast, home to millions of poverty-ridden people. The danger signal No. 7 has been sounded for all ports in Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong where fishing boats, trawlers and maritime ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629838/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:06:40 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629838/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Benigno Aquino III Philippine President Benigno Aquino apologized Wednesday for the killing by the Filipino coastguard of a Taiwanese fisherman, and appealed for calm amid deepening outrage in Taiwan, his spokesman said. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Aquino had sent the chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office, which handles relations with Taiwan, to the island to make ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629840/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:06:37 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629840/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said here Wednesday that he and his cabinet will follow the statement made by then Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in 1995 on Japan's reflection and apologies to war-related history. Abe made the remark during a parliamentary committee session and said that he never denied Japan's invasion and colonial occupation, adding Japan deeply regrets having ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629839/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:06:37 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629839/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Taro Aso (File photo) Japan has never in the past 1,500 years had a smooth relationship with China, Japanese deputy prime minister Taro Aso was quoted Sunday as saying during a visit to India. "India shares a land border with China, and Japan has had maritime contacts (with China), but for the past 1,500 years and more there has never been a history when our relations with China went ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629841/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:06:36 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629841/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 May 20, 2013 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a short-range missile on Monday into the Sea of Japan, local media reported. The DPRK launched the missile off its east coast into the sea of Japan between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. local time on Monday. ';North Korea (DPRK) fired one KN-02 short-range missile today. South Korean military will closely monitor the North ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628621/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:46:58 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628621/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Sun's Las Vegas 51s section /inline-content --> Building the "finest Triple-A facility in the country" might be easier said than done for the new ownership of the Las Vegas 51s minor league baseball franchise. Some of those others stadiums are pretty impressive -- even the cookie-cutter ones of similar design. Last week, Summerlin Las Vegas Baseball Club LLC, a joint venture ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628622/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:44:24 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628622/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India News: China's Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday began a three-day visit to India, his first foreign trip after assuming office in March. Bolstering Sino-Indian economic and trade relations, which saw below-potential expansion in the post-crisis years, is high on Li's ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628623/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:43:45 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628623/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India News: New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh issued a statement saying that India and China were committed to 'peace and tranquillity' along the border, at the end of formal talks between Chinese premier Li ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628624/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:43:45 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628624/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Justice Secretary Leila De Lima. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines--Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Monday questioned the conclusion made by Taiwanese investigators that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) murdered a Taiwanese fisherman off Bashi Strait in the northern Philippines. De Lima's remarks echoed Malacaang's position that rejected the conclusion of a team of ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628625/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:52 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628625/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 * Key 7-day money rate jumps 68 bps to 4.38 pct * Trading time extended for a few big banks to raise funds - traders * Dealers remain cautious over companies' tax payments (Adds extension of trading time) By Chen Yixin and Kazunori Takada SHANGHAI, May 20 (Reuters) - China's money rates rose on Monday, with the key seven-day money rate jumping to a more than three-week high due to ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629827/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:42 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629827/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 EU commission has announced that it will adopt both anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations on Chinese mobile telecommunication equipment. This is a fresh move to further stove trade frictions between the two sides, already at odds over recent EU proposal to levy punitive duties on Chinese solar panels. By wielding the baton of trade protectionism, EU, instead of ridding itself of the ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628626/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:06 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628626/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A project designed to diversify offerings at rural school cafeterias has so far benefited 450,000 students in China, according to the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF). In recent years, some rural schools have witnessed an increase in the number of boarders, whose need to eat safe and nutritionally balanced meals cannot be guaranteed because of a lack of proper kitchen equipment, CYDF ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628628/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:01 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628628/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh agreed here Monday to jointly develop large-scale cooperation projects, and called for establishing an economic corridor among China, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh so as to push for closer links between the two major ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628627/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:42:00 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628627/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday urged Asia-Pacific nations to cooperate in sustainable water management in a bid to effectively handle natural disasters.The lady prime minister made the remark at the Leader Forum of the Second Asia Pacific Water Summit, which was attended by leaders and senior officials of nine countries in the region.The forum will wrap up the week-long summit ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628629/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:41:52 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628629/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 While many vendors and ODMs expect notebook shipments in the second half of 2013 to significantly increase from the first, Taiwan-based component makers generally hold conservative outlooks, saying that many new tablet and smartphone models will be launched in the second half and will have a negative impact on notebook ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628631/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:40:45 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628631/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Taiwan-based analog IC vendors are facing increasing competition from China-based rival companies, which are now aiming to replace Taiwan makers as the major analog IC suppliers in China, according to industry ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628630/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:40:44 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628630/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Trial production of Apple's 5th-generation 9.7-inch iPad will begin soon and volume production will begin in July, with monthly shipments ramping up to 2-3 million units in September, according to sources with Taiwan's supply ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628632/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:40:39 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628632/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 /enpproperty--> China Grand Auto topped the ranking of the 100 biggest auto dealer groups in China last year with revenue of 72.6 billion yuan, according to a recent report by Automobile Dealers Association. Sinomach Automobile Co Ltd, with more than 62 billion yuan in revenues, claimed the second ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628439/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:39:51 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628439/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 /enpproperty--> Chinese manufacturer of special-purpose vehicles Tri-Ring Group may buy Polish bearings maker FLT Krasnik for some 300 million zlotys ($95 million) in the largest investment yet by a Chinese firm in Poland, Reuters news agency reported recently. Officials of Krasnik and its majority owner ARP, the state industry development agency, visited Tri-Ring last month to discuss a ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628633/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:39:50 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628633/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Japan factor is looming large in Sino-U.S. relations. If China and the United States fail to fully understand, as early as possible, its paramount importance from a strategic and long-term point of view, and earnestly work together to deal with it effectively, the U.S. strategy of rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific would go astray, and East Asia would be destabilized. As a result, the Japan ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628634/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:39:34 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628634/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 KABUL, Afghanistan ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629219/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:38:14 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629219/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Melbourne 3000 There are claims that some workers who deliver parcels for Australia Post are being paid less than the minimum wage, and are not covered by worker's compensation or superannuation.Fiona Lawson claims she is owed almost $16,000 by the contractor who employed her and is planning to launch legal action in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.Ms Lawson took a sub-contractor job ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628473/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:37:56 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628473/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that more than 100 Hezbollah members have been wounded in the fighting around the town of ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628668/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:37:13 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628668/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China is demanding that North Korea releases a fishing boat and crew who are reportedly being held at ransom. The boat's owner claims the 16-strong crew were held at gunpoint and then seized by North Koreans in Chinese waters on May 5. Yu Xuejun, who was not on board at the time, has said a £66,000 fee was demanded for the return of the vessel. The issue gained attention when ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628573/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:33:32 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628573/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Australia is considering relaxing visa requirements for UAE citizens in a bid to boost trade between the two countries and encourage more Emirati students to study at Australian universities, the UAE Foreign Minister has ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629164/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:47 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629164/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ariel Communications Ltd, based in Hemel Hempstead, UK and IFIS Asia Holdings Pte Ltd (IFIS), Singapore, have signed a Distributor Agreement that covers the Asia-Pacific region. The agreement significantly strengthens the ability of both Ariel and IFIS to capitalise on the fast growing APAC market for FX and DMA CFD trading systems. The ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628636/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:31 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628636/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 New Delhi : At the end of formal talks between Chinese premier Li Keqiang, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh issued a statement saying that India and China were committed to 'peace and tranquillity' along the border. Here is the full statement by PM to the media:It is an honour for me to welcome Premier Li on his first official visit to India. It has been an immense pleasure to get to know ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628637/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:30:57 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628637/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory in eastern China today, killing five people and leaving another 20 missing, according to state media.Rescue work was continuing at the site of the mid-morning explosion in Shandong province's Caofan township, the Xinhua News Agency said.The company website said the factory run by the Baoli group manufactures 10,000 tons of industrial ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628517/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:25:31 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628517/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including popular online phone service provider Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the country if they want to continue offering this facility ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628643/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:24:51 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628643/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China has asked North Korea to immediately release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew, who have been held since May 5, diplomats said. The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Koreans to ensure the safety of the detained fishermen, Chinese diplomat Jiang Yaxian told the official Chinese Xinhua News Agency. China's Global Times reported 16 Chinese fishermen were kidnapped May 5 by ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628644/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:20:15 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628644/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 China's official media, in its extensive coverage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's Indian visit, sought to play down the Asian neighbors' border disputes. Li, who made India the first stop on his first foreign tour since becoming the China's No. 2 leader, arrived in New Delhi Sunday on a three-day trip. The visit comes after last month's tense situation resulting from a ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628767/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:20:15 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628767/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 By Jens Kastner TAIPEI - In Taiwan, the borderline between the realms of politics and organized crime has always been murky; some people say that gangsters on the island do not bribe politicians but become them. Yet a recent mass attempt by outlaws to become members of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has perplexed observers. The pro-independence party's offices in ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628645/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:13:36 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628645/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 By Emanuele Scimia A specter has been haunting the Western Hemisphere since mid-summer 2012, the specter of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) routinely patrolling the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. At first sight, it might seem that Beijing is truly laying the groundwork for its foothold in the Atlantic Rim. Not least, Chinese government signed a free-trade agreement ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628646/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:13:35 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214628646/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 SEOUL ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629828/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:02:17 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214629828/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Car bombs have exploded in mainly Shi'ite sections of Iraq's capital, and in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214627281/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:56:43 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214627281/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people, including a local senior politician. Police said Monday's blast outside the Baghlan provincial council building killed the head of the provincial council, Rasoul Mohseni. Some of his bodyguards were among those killed or the several people wounded. The ... http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214627226/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:56:43 -0400 http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/sid/214627226/scat/4a8b544d0e80ba53