An assertive China stirs an anxious conversation
The harsher China’s tone, the more eager its neighbours are to get closer to the US. There must be a moral there for policymakers in Beijing, writes Philip Stephens
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Japanese service companies are seeking to tap into Chinese growth, but the question will be: how successfully can they tailor their high service quality standards to Chinese needs?
Japan faces food pressure from China
Japan, which used to be the largest soybean importer, now has to compete with China which buys more than ten times the roughly 3.6m tonnes it purchase each year
Japan reacts over rare earths ban
Beijing’s de facto ban on rare-earth exports to Japan imposed during the two countries’ diplomatic feud will propel Tokyo to seek new sources of the strategic minerals, according to Japan’s new economics and
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Kaieda fears spat will hurt recovery
An affection for things Chinese does not stop Japan's new economics minister from highlighting the threat posed to his nation’s fragile recovery by the latest Sino-Japanese diplomatic dispute
Japan may demand compensation from China
Japan may demand compensation from Beijing for the repair of coast guard vessels damaged in a collision with a Chinese fishing boat, underscoring continued territorial tensions between Asia’s biggest economies
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Japan stands ready to intervene again in foreign exchange markets, but also plans broader economic and monetary policies that will help to weaken the yen, says its prime minister
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