East Asia
Okinawa poll boosts Japan's US base relocation plan
A candidate who backs the central government's plan to relocate a US airbase has won a key local election
JapanDisunity on North Korea will dissipate nuclear fallout
The major global and regional powers have condemned Pyongyang's nuclear test and threatened a tough response
North KoreaContradictions bedevil Japan's economic plans
The government has recommitted to achieving fiscal balance by 2020 -- even as its own estimates show this goal receding
JapanGraft claims set back Abe's agenda
A key minister in the Abe government has been accused in the media of taking bribes
JapanChina slowdown prompts 'supply-side' response
The slowdown of China's economy is forcing Beijing to seek a new kind of policy response
ChinaLabour crackdown may backfire as China's economy slows
As economic growth hits a 25-year low, labour protests are rising and the authorities are cracking down
ChinaXi's Middle East tour eyes business, not politics
President Xi Jinping is visiting China's key oil suppliers in the Middle East
ChinaNew president will reorient Taiwan's foreign policy
Taiwan's China-sceptic party has for the first time captured both the presidency and legislature
Taiwan
