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Two years after tsunami, Japan's small business owners stuck in limboTwo years after the Japan earthquake and tsunami, problems including limited government assistance and lagging reconstruction work are holding back recovery for聽many local businesses.听
North Korean bombast and war games? Seoul residents take it in strideSouth Koreans appeared more focused on protesting the new president and chatting about K-Pop than the prospect of imminent attack from North Korea.
Propaganda or paranoia? North Korea threatens South Korea againAs South Korea and the US continue their annual joint military exercises Monday, North Korea cut off a phone hot line to the South and repeated its threat to nullify the Korean War armistice.
Two years after Japan's nuclear meltdown, what happened to Fukushima's orphans?In some cases, the government is providing special care. But other orphans are falling through bureaucratic cracks.
After Fukushima: Japan's new model for farmsJapan鈥檚 government hopes to promote indoor farms in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that wiped out irrigation canals, roads, and other infrastructure on 60,000 acres in Japan.
North Korea steps up rhetoric: How far will it push?While North Korea does not have the capability to launch a nuclear strike against the US, analysts say they are paying attention to these new threats.
Power of the Catholic Church slipping in PhilippinesAbout 80 percent of Filipinos are Catholic, and they traditionally looked to the church for political and moral guidance.听Recent reforms, however, are overriding church positions.
China agrees to sanction North Korea, but how far will it go?Though the mood in Beijing toward Pyongyang has gradually worsened since聽North Korea went ahead with recent missile tests,聽China is unlikely to come down too hard.
FocusChina-Japan island dispute opens door to misunderstandingsStubbornness over conflicting claims to the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands in the East China Sea holds out the prospect of competing maritime patrols and continued tensions, raising the risk of an incident.
FocusWill China's new leaders really take on North Korea?Making real sanctions bite would threaten the North Korean regime's stability, and an imploding North Korea could mean refugees flooding across the border, say Chinese scholars.
China's next leaders aim to launch new economic eraAs the National People's Congress gets under way, expectations are high that China's new leaders will promote economic reform and tackle corruption. But entrenched interests pose a serious obstacle.听
FocusWill China, Japan, and South Korea hit the 'reset' button for Asia?In a historic moment of coincidence, new leaders are taking the helm in China, Japan, and South Korea, providing an unprecedented moment for the region to refresh relations.- Is Indonesia, one of big tobacco's last frontiers, closing?Not fast enough for anti-smoking campaigners. But Indonesia is slowly taking steps to end its status as one of the great growth markets for tobacco companies.
- Chinese Communist Party: 20-somethings unsentimentalThe Chinese Communist Party inspires little support among young Chinese professionals: the best they can say is that it's a necessary nuisance.
Chinese Communist Party: Communism under constructionThe Chinese Communist Party does ideological gymnastics to create theory to justify party practice.
Cover StoryChinese Communist Party: Would Mao recognize the paradox?Chinese Communist Party: As the National People's Congress begins March 5 with a new generation of leaders, the party remains the backbone of power, but it is little-respected by the people, and its paradoxical capitalism would confound Mao.
South Korea's first female president inaugurated today. Will she bring change?South Korea鈥檚 new president, Park Geun-hye, was sworn into office today, taking the helm at a tumultuous time.
Why Bangkok struggles to bring peace to Thailand's 'Deep South'The insurgents have not outlined their political aims and their leaders' identities are unknown. Also, the current government has little political pull in the region.听
'Life of Pi鈥檚' Oscars give limelight to TaiwanWhen Ang Lee, who won an Oscar for directing 'Life of Pi,' announced that he couldn鈥檛 have done the movie 鈥榳ithout the help of Taiwan,鈥� the island cheered.
What Japan's hawkish Prime Minister Abe wants from ObamaPrime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Washington today to discuss regional security and economic issues with President Obama. His overriding concern is confirmation of the strength of US-Japan ties.
