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Asia Pacific brings you news and in-depth coverage of regional issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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Stories
China-Japan relations increasingly strained
The rhetoric between Asia's two superpowers is growing ever more belligerent with China warning over the weekend that if Japan carries out a threat to shoot down foreign drones encroaching on its territory it would be an act of war.
Japanese secrets legislation prompts rights concerns
A legislative push by Japan's government to clamp down on intelligence leaks is set to pass the country's parliament, sparking major concerns about Freedom of Information.
Japan under scrutiny over refugee intake
C A Myanmarese human rights group based in Japan is calling on the international community to raise the difficulties asylum seekers face in Japan.
PNG struggling to deal with abandoned children
Papua New Guinea social worker John Glynn says the issue of abandoned babies and children is a serious social problem that is bound to get worse.
Pacific HIV rates level off
The number of people who have HIV has stabilised in Pacific nations while the rate is rising in Asia.
India introduces health warnings on tobacco products
India is the second largest tobacco producing nation in the world and one million Indians die each year from cancer caused by smoking and chewing tobacco.
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