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Dec 6, 2015
Japan triumphs in The Queens match play tournament
Japan collected a total of 41 points to beat the South Korean, European and Australian teams and claim victory at The Queens women's golf match play tournament on Sunday.
SOCCER
Dec 4, 2015
Hasselbaink named QPR manager
Former Dutch international Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been named as new manager of Queens Park Rangers, the Championship club announced on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2015
South Korean professor slams indictment for 'comfort women' book that questions Seoul's line
A South Korean academic has lashed out at her indictment by prosecutors last week over a book published in 2013 that they say defames Korean women and girls forced into sexual slavery.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2015
JR West, aquarium solve turtle-linked rail disruptions
West Japan Railway Co. and Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe have jointly developed a system to prevent turtles from getting caught between railway switches.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 28, 2015
Asia mostly backsliding on democratic values
In Japan, lawyers are fortunately not arrested by the state for doing their job, as they are in China. Nor are academics faced with indictment for challenging mainstream history narratives, as in South Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2015
U.S., U.K., French foreign ministers to visit Hiroshima's A-bomb park during G-7 meeting
The foreign ministers of three nuclear powers — the United States, Britain and France — plan to visit Hiroshima's peace park for the first time when they gather in the city in April for a Group of Seven meeting, a diplomatic source said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 21, 2015
South Korea crushes U.S. to win Premier 12 title
South Korea didn't need any ninth-inning heroics in the Premier 12 final.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 20, 2015
South Korean prosecutors indict professor for defaming 'comfort women' in book
South Korean prosecutors have indicted a South Korean professor for writing a book in which she allegedly defamed Korean women forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2015
Shopping complex opens doors at expo site in Osaka
About 4,000 visitors Thursday got a peak at Expocity, the new 170,000-sq.-meter shopping and entertainment complex build on the site of the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 16, 2015
Abe tells Park Japan-South Korea ties are improving
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told South Korean President Park Geun-hye that bilateral ties, strained over historical and territorial issues, appear to be improving after their first one-on-one summit earlier this month, a Japanese official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 13, 2015
Park urges Japan to quickly present solution on 'comfort women' issue
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has again urged the Japanese government to resolve the "comfort women" issue, saying it is "high time to make a decision."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 7, 2015
South Korea's new state textbook 'corrects' history
South Korea recently announced plans for a revisionist textbook that will whitewash that country's history and has the academic community outraged over political meddling. At least the move gives South Korean President Park Geun-hye something in common with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 5, 2015
Park-Abe reconciliation comes on heels of TPP, China-Japan thaw
The recently sealed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, Washington's urging for better relations with Tokyo and a thaw in ties between Japan and China appear to be why South Korea's leader decided to meet with her Japanese counterpart at last.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 4, 2015
Despite talks with Abe, Park unlikely to concede on history
Although the leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed this week to take prompt action on the issue of Korean women and girls forced into wartime Japanese brothels, it remains uncertain whether they will settle the dispute by year's end.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2015
USJ drew record number of visitors in October
The Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka had its best month ever in October, drawing around 1.75 million visitors as Halloween events attracted a large number of non-Japanese and families.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015
Abe, Park hold first bilateral talks since taking office, address 'comfort women' dispute
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye agree to try to resolve as soon as possible the dispute over the 'comfort women.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2015
East Asia leaders agree to revive annual trilateral summit
In a sign of a warming relations among Japan, China and South Korea, the leaders of the three countries agreed Sunday to revive their annual trilateral summit after a 3½-year hiatus, with plans to meet in Japan next year.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2015
Top Japanese, Chinese diplomats agree to further improve ties
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday agreed with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, that the two countries should strengthen rapprochement efforts amid thawing ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 31, 2015
Chinese premier Li arrives in Seoul for three-way summit, discusses North Korea with Park
South Korean President Park Geun Hye and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday agreed to stay in close touch in dealing with North Korean issues, according to South Korea's presidential office.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 31, 2015
Park to convey Korean desire to join TPP in summit with Abe
South Korean President Park Geun-hye plans to express Seoul's desire to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership when she meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday.

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