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Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 24, 2015
South Korean court orders Mitsubishi Heavy to pay Korean women for forced labor
The plaintiffs had been seeking compensation after being forced to work at Mitsubishi Heavy's factories in places such as Nagoya starting in 1944, when they were aged 13 to 15.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 24, 2015
Story of Japan's industrial rise deserves to be told, forced labor and all
Proposed Kyushu UNESCO sites could be a showcase for East Asian cooperation or festering points of contention.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2015
Japan, South Korea mark 50 years of postwar ties
Tokyo and Seoul celebrate the 50th anniversary of postwar diplomatic ties, with the leaders of both countries attending ceremonies held in their respective nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2015
Top envoys meet in pursuit of Japan-Korea thaw
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, agreed Sunday to step up their efforts to set up a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Park Geun-hye "at an appropriate time."
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2015
Stop using the term 'sex slaves': Tokyo
Tokyo has demanded Seoul stop using the term "sex slaves" when referring to the "comfort women," Japan's euphemistic term for the tens of thousands of females who were forced to provide sex for Japanese troops before and during the war, sources close to Japan-South Korean relations said Saturday.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2015
China, Japan discuss easing 3/11 curbs on food imports
A farm ministry official has met with a senior Chinese official in charge of food inspections to request that restrictions be eased of foods from areas tainted by radiation by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, sources said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jun 21, 2015
Time running out for South Korean 'comfort women' as average age approaches 90
Year after year, their numbers dwindle. Now, with the average age of former "comfort women" in South Korea approaching 90, time is running out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jun 21, 2015
Suspicion tarnishes 50th anniversary of Japanese-South Korean ties
As Tokyo and Seoul mark 50 years since normalizing bilateral relations after the war, the anniversary is unlikely to yield much to celebrate as trust issues continue to fester.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 20, 2015
In search of Japanese and American shared values
There is a good deal of blather about the shared values that are ostensibly the foundation of the alliance between Japan and the United States. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama invoked this mantra when they met in Washington to finalize new Japan-U.S. defense guidelines that hardly...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2015
Putin says islands dispute can be resolved, lays blame on Japan for soured ties
In the quest to address a a decades-old territorial dispute, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that it is necessary to hold a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2015
Japan, China agree to hasten setup of maritime communication system
Japan and China agreed Friday to speed up the process of setting up a maritime communication mechanism to avert accidental clashes in nearby waters, despite their continuing dispute over the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2015
In a reversal, Japan to let India reprocess spent fuel from Japanese reactors
Japan has given in to India's demand that it be allowed to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from Japanese-made reactors, negotiation sources said, marking a major shift in Japan's stance against proliferation.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2015
Lawyers' group seeks nullification of Osprey deployment plan at Yokota
The president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations urged the Japanese and U.S. governments on Wednesday to nullify the plan to deploy Osprey military aircraft to Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 17, 2015
Indians in Japan — a love story beset with challenges
While the recent increase in the number of Indian residents in Japan might appear substantial, it is small compared to the influx seen in some other countries. So why the big difference?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2015
Japan rejects report from North Korea due to lack of info on abductees: sources
North Korea failed to include information about Japanese abductees in a report it presented to Japan during negotiations in the spring, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2015
Speculation swirls over result of Abe-Hashimoto meeting
Speculation is swirling among the politically well-connected that Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto may have agreed to help Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pass contentious security legislation when the two met in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2015
First A-bomb exhibition in 20 years in Washington begins
An exhibition underscoring the misery inflicted on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. atomic bombings in 1945 has gotten underway in Washington for the first time in 20 years.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 14, 2015
North Korea fires three short-range missiles into Sea of Japan
North Korea fired three short-range ship-to-ship missiles off its eastern coast into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, according to South Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2015
China plans to build coast guard base near Senkaku Islands: sources
Japan's thaw with China grows shaky as China prepares to build a large coast guard base close to the Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2015
Beijing says Tokyo's activism in South China Sea could harm warming ties
China warns that Japan's lobbying over territorial disputes in the South China Sea might undo recent progress in improving bilateral ties.

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