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    US touts closer ties with Myanmar

    Published on 31/12/2016

    » NEW YORK - The United States on Friday trumpeted the deepening relationship with Myanmar and underscored its commitment to the Southeast Asian country's success.

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    TPP leaders vow efforts to implement pact

    Published on 20/11/2016

    » LIMA, PERU - The leaders of the 12 member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreed Saturday to step up efforts to implement the free trade agreement in a veiled counter to US president-elect Donald Trump over his protectionist stance.

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    Japan pledges 100bn yen in loans for Vietnam

    Published on 15/09/2015

    » TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Tuesday that his country will extend 100 billion yen ($835 million) in loans for Vietnam to boost the Southeast Asian economy's infrastructural development, as Tokyo and Hanoi aim to strengthen ties on the economic and security fronts.

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    Blast rocks US Army warehouse

    Kyodo News, Published on 24/08/2015

    » TOKYO - An explosion occurred early Monday at a warehouse at a United States military base in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture but there were no reports of injury, local authorities said.

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    Vietnam's Communist leader expects Obama visit this year

    Kyodo News, Published on 07/07/2015

    » Vietnam's top leader expects US President Barack Obama to visit his country later this year and hopes Washington to remain involved in issues related to the South China Sea, a report in the Southeast Asian country said.

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    Japan turns wary on joining AIIB

    Published on 24/03/2015

    » TOKYO — Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso expressed wariness Tuesday about Japan joining a new Chinese-led Asian development bank, backtracking on more positive comments made last week.

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    Asean waits for China to present AIIB "structure"

    Published on 22/03/2015

    » KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Handadzlah said Saturday the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is still waiting for China to present the "structure and model" of its proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

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    China's Xi to make first US state visit

    Kyodo News, Published on 11/02/2015

    » Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Washington in September for his first state visit with US President Barack Obama, China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, a summit that is likely to include discussions on a range of issues from cyber security to climate change.

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    US set to move troops off Okinawa

    Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2014

    » The US Congress decided Tuesday to lift a freeze on funding for transferring some Marines from Okinawa to Guam, a move that could help an effort to reduce the Japanese island's burden of hosting US forces.

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    Xi pushes China trade vision as APEC leaders meet

    AFP, Published on 11/11/2014

    » President Xi Jinping pushed China's road map for free trade as Asia-Pacific leaders held talks on Tuesday focused on narrowing differences over how to open up commerce across the vast and economically dynamic region.

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