Chuyên mục: Japan

How Asia-Pacific Publics See Each Other and Their National Leaders

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Japan Viewed Most Favorably, No Leader Enjoys Majority Support

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Japan Viewed Most Favorably by Publics in the Asia-Pacific RegionThe coming decades promise to be the Asian Century, when the most populous region, with some of the world’s fastest growing economies, is likely to become the global nexus of commercial, cultural and geopolitical activity. For this reason, how people in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, see each other and their leaders is of growing importance. Tiếp tục đọc “How Asia-Pacific Publics See Each Other and Their National Leaders” →

Da Nang looks for more Japanese investment

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VNS
Updated  August, 31 2015 08:50:51
A Tokai Viet Nam worker tests products at factory in Da Nang’s Hoa Khanh Industrial Zone. The company invested US$10 million in producing spare auto parts for the Southeast Asian market and international brands such as Toyota, Honda and Nissan. — VNS Photo Cong Thanh

DA NANG (VNS) — Viet Nam has become the second biggest destination for Japanese investors in ASEAN – after Thailand – with 1,463 members in the Federation of Japanese Chambers of Commerce and Industry in ASEAN (FJCCIA).

Japanese companies have started 176 new projects in Viet Nam in the first seven months of the year, said Atsusuke Kawada, chief representative of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) in Ha Noi. Tiếp tục đọc “Da Nang looks for more Japanese investment” →

Japanese culture, cuisine and art festival opens

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Updated
August, 29 2015 09:22:55
DA NANG (VNS)— Hundreds of Vietnamese and Japanese residents in Da Nang and Hoi An participated in the annual Viet Nam-Japan Culture Exchange at the city’s Administrative Centre Park yesterday.

The event, which will run until Sunday, displays pavilions of cuisine, traditional calligraphy, art performances and dances from different parts of Japan.

Visitors can try on a kimono, yukata, and paper folding (kirigami, origami) as well as tasting Japanese cuisines.

The event will also feature performance by Otawara artists along with demonstrations of Aikido, Sumo and Japanese sword play. — VNS

Thế giới chuyển dần đến 100% năng lượng tái tạo – điện, sưởi ấm – làm mát và giao thông vận tải

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English: World Moves Toward 100 Percent Renewable Energy– First Electricity, Then Heating/Cooling, and Finally Transportation

Ngày càng nhiều đô thị, thành phố, tiểu bang và thậm chí toàn bộ quốc gia thiết lập mục tiêu 100% năng lượng tái tạo, trong đó chính sách hỗ trợ đóng vai trò rất quan trọng cho sự thành công này.

July 31, 2015 By Junko Movellan, Correspondent.

Việc chỉ sử dụng năng lượng tái tạo trong ít nhất một lĩnh vực hiện nay đã trở thành một mục tiêu khả thi cho 8 quốc gia. Diane Moss, Giám đốc sáng lập của Viện Chính sách Năng lượng tái tạo 100, đã bàn luận về bước tiến đáng chú ý này tại một trong những buổi hội nghị tại chương trình Intersolar Bắc Mỹ[1] năm 2015.

Đan Mạch, Scotland, và Aruba là một trong những quốc gia đặt mục tiêu sử dụng 100 phần trăm năng lượng tái tạo. Bên cạnh 8 quốc gia đã nêu, Viện Chính sách Năng lượng tái tạo 100 cho đến nay đã công bố 55 thành phố, 60 khu vực và 9 dịch vụ công cộng trên thế giới đã chính thức thiết lập mục tiêu 100 phần trăm năng lượng tái tạo, và Moss chỉ ra rằng con số này có thể còn lớn hơn và đang tăng lên đều đặn.

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Patrolling international skies: Understanding joint air patrols

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July 29, 2015

In examining recent suggestions for joint patrolling of the South China Sea, analysts have tended to focus on the surface vessels of various nations’ coast guards and navies. Yet the flight of a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon hosting a CNN film crew over disputed waters in the South China Sea in May highlighted the potential of air power – specifically maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) – in executing the possible missions of joint patrols. To explore the potential effectiveness of South China Sea joint air patrols it is important to first be clear about the often overlooked distinctions in missions, locations, and concepts. Tiếp tục đọc “Patrolling international skies: Understanding joint air patrols” →

2015 South China Sea Developments: A Five Minute Guide

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• July 15, 2015

By Emily Chen

The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies has prepared a timeline summarizing security developments in the South China Sea during the first half of 2015. The included chronology and infographic covers events through July 15, 2015 and provides a short assessment of present power projection capabilities among the relevant countries. Tiếp tục đọc “2015 South China Sea Developments: A Five Minute Guide” →

Japan’s Long-term Energy Plan Shoots for Ultimate Balance in Economics, Environment and Safety

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Renewableenergyworld – Japan’s new long-term energy plan draft called 3E+S aims to heavily increase energy independence and emphasize safety in a post-Fukushima environment.
July 9, 2015

What is 3E + S? It is neither a mathematics problem nor chemical equation. It is Japan’s latest long-term energy plan, which was released by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) on June 1stf for review. The draft plan aims to establish an optimum energy mix by the year 2030.

The three Es stand for the first letters in Energy Security, Economic Efficiency and Environment and the letter S stands for Safety. Safety is crucial to the energy plan in the wake of the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl when the devastating tsunami and earthquake hit northeast Japan in 2011. Since the disasters, Japan’s electricity generation mix has drastically changed. Tiếp tục đọc “Japan’s Long-term Energy Plan Shoots for Ultimate Balance in Economics, Environment and Safety” →

Philippine Navy and Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Forces in the South China Sea

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July 1, 2015

Japan,Philippines, South China Sea

AMTI – For the first time since the Second World War, a Japanese naval reconnaissance plane landed on the western most Philippine island of Palawan to take part in a training exercise with the Philippine Navy (PN) from June 22 to June 26. On June 21, a Maritime Self-Defense Force (MDSF) P3-C Orion with 20 crew members from Kanoya Air Base in Kagoshima Prefecture arrived in the Philippines to take part in a training exercise that showed the increasing tempo of Philippine-Japan maritime security cooperation.  Tiếp tục đọc “Philippine Navy and Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Forces in the South China Sea” →

CSIS: Countering China’s Gradual Creation of a Fait Accompli in the South China Sea

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July 7, 2015

Countering China’s Gradual Creation of a Fait Accompli in the South China Sea:
Providing Civilian Air Patrol Capability by Utilizing the U.S.-Japan Alliance

Hiroshi Waguri

Increased tensions over China’s maritime sovereignty claims in the Western Pacific pose a challenge for the international system. A confrontation between China and Japan in the East China Sea continues mainly between Japan’s national coast guard ships and China’s government and civilian fishery vessels, but it seems to have reached a kind of moderate stalemate as the two governments have resumed working-level talks aimed at establishing a maritime communication mechanism between Japan and China. While the situation bears watching, U.S. statements reiterating that Article V of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, which obligates the United States to defend Japan, applies to the Senkaku islands, as well as the continuous presence of Japan’s coast guard and Maritime Self-Defense Forces around the islands, must have played a major role in achieving the current relative stability. Tiếp tục đọc “CSIS: Countering China’s Gradual Creation of a Fait Accompli in the South China Sea” →

China pushes ahead with high risk, high cost nuclear

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Paul Dorfman 20.05.2015

Chinadialogue.net – China accounts for almost half of the world’s new-build of nuclear reactors but recent delays, cost overruns and safety scares are challenging the country’s plans for atomic energy, writes Paul Dorfman

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The Qinshan nuclear power plant under construction in Haiyan County in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang. China could have around 50 such stations hooked up to the grid by the end of the decade (Image by baike)

Nuclear power has had a makeover. What was once seen as a futuristic source of limitless energy has been reframed as a response to global warming, an ideal solution for countries looking for a continuous source of low-carbon power. But who are these countries? Tiếp tục đọc “China pushes ahead with high risk, high cost nuclear” →

Growing Maritime Security Concerns in Southeast Asia: A Greater Need for Further Regional Cooperation

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The United States, Japan and Vietnam stand a lot to gain from expanding their strategic partnerships to battle regional maritime challenges.

Hoang Anh Tuan – Nguyen Vu Tung
June 19, 2015

The National Interest – Cooperation between Japan, the United States, and Vietnam has been improving dramatically over the last several years—a reflection of both the changing strategic environment in the region, as well as a deepening sense of trust among the three countries.

Recent events—especially when one examines specific instances of warming bilateral ties with Vietnam—demonstrate how far relations have come. For example, during U.S. secretary of defense Ashton Carter’s recent visit to Vietnam from May 31 to June 1, 2015, he and his Vietnamese counterpart, Gen. Phung Quang Thanh, signed a Joint Vision Statement on Defense Relations—a remarkable development in the defense ties between the two nations, as relations were only normalized just twenty years ago. Tiếp tục đọc “Growing Maritime Security Concerns in Southeast Asia: A Greater Need for Further Regional Cooperation” →

TPP mắc kẹt ở Hạ viện Mỹ

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14/06/2015 08:47 GMT+7

 

TT – Tương lai của Hiệp định đối tác xuyên Thái Bình Dương (TPP) đang trở nên mờ mịt, sau khi Hạ viện Mỹ bỏ phiếu cản trở việc trao quyền đàm phán nhanh cho Tổng thống Barack Obama.

Tổng thống Mỹ Barack Obama đã đến đồi Capitol vận động các nghị sĩ Dân chủ nhưng bất thành - Ảnh: Reuters
Tổng thống Mỹ Barack Obama đã đến đồi Capitol vận động các nghị sĩ Dân chủ nhưng bất thành – Ảnh: Reuters

Sáng 12-6 (giờ Mỹ), Tổng thống Obama và Bộ trưởng Lao động Thomas Perez đã đến đồi Capitol vận động các nghị sĩ Đảng Dân chủ bỏ phiếu thông qua việc trao quyền xúc tiến thương mại (TPA), hay còn gọi là quyền đàm phán nhanh, cho chính phủ. Phải có TPA thì Washington mới có thể hoàn tất đàm phán TPP với 11 quốc gia Thái Bình Dương, bao gồm Úc, Nhật và Việt Nam. Tuy nhiên, nỗ lực của ông Obama đã công cốc. Tiếp tục đọc “TPP mắc kẹt ở Hạ viện Mỹ” →

China says it lodged repeated complaints with Japan over South China Sea

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Politics Jun. 13, 2015 – 04:55PM JST ( 25 )

BEIJING —China’s Foreign Ministry says it has lodged repeated complaints with Japan over Tokyo’s criticism of Chinese behavior in the disputed South China Sea, warning Japan not to undermine improving relations between the two Asian rivals.

Last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he agreed with Philippine President Benigno Aquino to oppose unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the South China Sea. Tiếp tục đọc “China says it lodged repeated complaints with Japan over South China Sea” →

China to Japan: Stay Out of South China Sea

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China is not happy with Tokyo’s recent attempts to insert itself into the South China Sea conversation.

Image Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of JapanChina to Japan: Stay Out of South China Sea

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By Shannon Tiezzi
June 13, 2015

Australia Has a Larger Role to Play in the South China Sea

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by  • June 4, 2015

Both the tone and substance of South China Sea discussions in Australian policy circles has undergone an important shift in recent months. What was previously a second-tier security concern to be watched closely and engaged diplomatically, but at a safe distance, has become a heated discussion about concrete responses. Australian policymakers are as concerned as anyone about China’s breakneck land reclamation in the Spratly Islands and the threats, both legal and military, they pose to the global commons. Australian officials and thinkers are seriously considering options to contest Chinese assertiveness, in tandem with the United States and other partners, which would have seemed distant possibilities a year ago. Tiếp tục đọc “Australia Has a Larger Role to Play in the South China Sea” →