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October 23, 2015

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of October 23, 2015

Ashlyn Anderson, Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Ariella Rotenberg, and Gabriel Walker look at the top stories in Asia this week. 1. Xi Jinping visits the United Kingdom. Fresh off his trip to the U…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

March 4, 2016

China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of March 4, 2016

Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, and Gabriel Walker look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. U.S. admiral proposes reviving naval coalition with Australia, India, and Japan. On Wednesday, Admiral…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

March 15, 2011

China
Japan and China’s New Nuclear Accountability

  The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, is seen in this satellite image taken on November 21, 2004. (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters)   China’s nuclear indust…

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo. is seen in this satellite image taken on November 21, 2004.
Blog Post by Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Unbound

August 2, 2011

Japan
Japan’s Nuclear Quandary

An aerial view shows Kyushu Electric Power's Genkai nuclear power plant, in Genkai town, Saga Prefecture, in this picture taken by Kyodo on June 9, 2011. The Japanese government moved closer on Wedne…

An aerial view shows Kyushu Electric Power’s Genkai nuclear power plant, in Genkai town, Saga Prefecture, in this picture taken by Kyodo on June 9, 2011. The Japanese government moved closer on Wednesday to securing approval from local authorities to restart the first of 35 nuclear reactors shut for regular maintenance or kept idle since the March earthquake and tsunami. Japan’s trade and energy minister, undeterred by several dozen anti-nuclear protesters urging him to go home, tried to persuade local governments in the southern Saga prefecture that it was safe to restart nuclear reactors shut since a deadly natural disaster struck the country’s northeast on March 11.
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

March 12, 2012

Japan
Japan’s Day of Remembrance

Yesterday, the Japanese people remembered the tragedy of March 11, 2011 as the nation looked back on the year since a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the northeastern Tohoku region. A large…

Child looks at candle flame during event to pray for reconstruction of areas devastated by March 2011 quake and tsunami, in Iwanuma.
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound