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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday that China’s rapidly expanding military power was a “serious concern” for Japan and the international society. (Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Arleigh-Burke guided missile class destroyer USS John Finn conducted a routine south-to-north Taiwan Strait transit on March 5, the U.S. Navy said in a statement on Tuesday. The transit occurred through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that is beyond any coastal state’s territorial seas, according to the statement. (Reporting by …

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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States have named envoys to launch a new early round of talks on ways to share the cost of keeping American troops in South Korea, the countries said on Tuesday. The appointment of South Korea’s Lee Tae-woo and the United States’ Linda Specht comes unusually …

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By Iain Withers and Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Some big Chinese developers are set to offload more real estate in Britain to raise cash, property agents say, making the most of a slowly thawing market and buyers betting on a recovery. Data compiled by MSCI Real Assets for Reuters shows that Chinese developers have …

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By Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s presumed president Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday promised a “very smooth” transfer of power later this year and opened the door to privatising state-run firms while maintaining government control of key economic sectors. Speaking at an investment forum, Prabowo, who unofficial vote counts show won the …

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By Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China will try to stabilise a property sector with targeted measures while providing financing to “justified” projects, Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday, as Beijing looks to resolve a glut of unfinished properties that have worried homebuyers. The policy message in Li’s annual report to China’s …

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s economy may grow more than 5.1% this year from the year before with the presidential election wrapped in one round in February, its central bank governor, Perry Warjiyo, said on Tuesday. In remarks made at an investment forum, he said growth will come from exports, domestic consumption and investment. He also …

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By Jenna Zucker TORONTO (Reuters) – Randy Garutti knows street food: He has been Shake Shack’s chief executive officer since its inception as a hot dog cart in New York’s Madison Square Park. But when Garutti visits Tokyo, which boasts seven of the country’s 13 Shake Shack locations, he makes sure to sample all aspects …

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HANOI (Reuters) – The streets of Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi were enveloped in thick smog on Monday which dramatically reduced visibility due to air pollution caused by high levels of particulates from vehicle emissions and construction-linked fine dust. Levels of hazardous small particles known as PM2.5 in the air in Hanoi were at 187 micrograms …

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