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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2014
Three ministers visit Yasukuni on surrender day anniversary; Abe refrains
Three Cabinet ministers visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2014
Japan imposes asset freeze on North Korean shipping firm
The government on Friday froze the assets of the operator of a North Korean ship seized for smuggling arms, the Foreign Ministry announced, just as Tokyo is engaged in talks with Pyongyang to return Japanese citizens kidnapped decades ago by North Korean agents.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2014
Abe-Xi summit may hinge on marking of WWII defeat at Yasukuni
Any chance that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will get his wish for a summit with China may hinge on the commemoration of the 69th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II at Tokyo's contentious Yasukuni war shrine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2014
Instant camera gets mojo back with cute focus, Korean push
Digital cameras and smartphones have become so pervasive that many people think film cameras are now fit only for antique collectors.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2014
Free Hug activist hopes to mend fences in Asia
It was August 2011 when Koichi Kuwabara hit the streets of Seoul with a mission in mind.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 13, 2014
As pope heads to South Korea, alleged religious freedom in North is just a show for the outside world
Tucked between trees and paddy fields in a quiet suburb in the west of Pyongyang, Chilgol Church is one of four state-operated churches in the capital of a country that espouses freedom of religion but effectively bans it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2014
Barren rocks fuel South Korean passions in islet spat with Japan
Holding a notepad full of questions, 15-year-old Ko Yu-jeong rushes up to a South Korean diplomat after his speech, asking how she can better argue the case for her country's control of a set of islets also claimed by Japan.

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