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Xinhua Asia-Pacific News Summary at 10:00 GMT, May 18

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Japan's main opposition party on Thursday described Abe's push to amend the nation's pacifist constitution for the first time since the end of World War II as being "a serious infringement on the legislative process."

Following Abe making a televised address recently announcing his intention to amend a key pacifist clause of the nation's charter to legitimize the existence of the Self-Defense Forces by 2020, the main opposition Democratic Party has claimed Abe has intervened in the parliamentary process. (Japan-Abe-Infringement)

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YANGON -- A Chinese naval fleet comprising three warships -- Changchun, Jingzhou and Chaohu of Escort Task Group called at the Myanmar International Terminals Thilawa (MITT) in Yangon's Thanlyin township Thursday morning.

As its continuous voyage from Malaysia's Penang, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy fleet will stay for four days in Myanmar for the friendly call. (Myanmar-China-Naval Fleet)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a special envoy of South Korea's newly-elected President Moon Jae-in agreed in talks Thursday to resume the shuttle diplomacy between the leaders of both countries.

The shuttle diplomacy formerly saw the leaders visit each other's countries about once a year, but the dialogue has been suspended since the end of 2011 under the then administration of President Lee Myung Bak.(Japan-S.Korea-Talks)

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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand opened an innovation institute in China's eastern city of Hangzhou, a key step towards developing stronger research links with Chinese researchers, Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith said on the spot on Thursday, according to a New Zealand government release.

The University of Auckland Innovation Institute in Hangzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province presents a great opportunity to help New Zealand research organizations commercialize their intellectual property into the Chinese market, Goldsmith said. (New Zealand-China-Innovation Institute)

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NEW DELHI -- Indian government has accorded sanction to build 10 nuclear reactors in the country to boost power generation, officials said Thursday.

The approval to indigenously build the pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) for nuclear power generation, was granted by federal government during a cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday evening. (India-Nuclear Reactors) Enditem