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SENKAKUS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2013
Japan business chiefs shunned by Xi and Li
A high-profile business delegation comprising more than 100 Japanese executives arrives in Beijing only to be snubbed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2013
China eyeing contentious air defense zone in East China Sea: paper
The Chinese People's Liberation Army is considering setting up an air defense identification zone that would overlap with Japan's over the East China Sea — a move that is likely to heighten tensions between the countries.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2013
Japan, S. Korea, China to make joint effort for trilateral summit
South Korea, Japan and China have agreed to try to arrange a trilateral summit despite their frosty relations over contrasting perceptions of wartime history and territorial disputes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2013
Japanese, Chinese experts call for level-headed discussions
Japanese and Chinese experts released a joint statement Sunday stressing the urgent need for their governments to start dialogue aimed at easing tensions over conflicting claims to a cluster of tiny islets in the East China Sea.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2013
Protest is lodged over China's latest intrusion
Japan lodged a protest Monday with Beijing over the Chinese ships that are repeatedly intruding into Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2013
Japan's video campaign on Takeshima to continue despite Seoul's protests
Japan will continue its video propaganda campaign over a pair of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan despite the protests and demands by Seoul that Tokyo's video on the subject be taken off a popular video-sharing website, the government said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2013
Beijing fete to mark 35th year of friendship treaty with Tokyo seen as thaw
The China-Japan Friendship Association has communicated to its Japanese counterpart its intention to hold a ceremony in Beijing on Oct. 22 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the signing of a bilateral treaty of peace and friendship, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2013
Google Maps naming policy prompts Japan to request home page bans
The government has asked local authorities and state-run universities not to post maps provided by Google Inc. on their websites because some of them include foreign place names that undermine Japan's territorial claims, sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2013
Okinawa Ospreys can be sent to islets claimed by China: U.S. general
The commanding general of the U.S. Marines in Okinawa tells Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima that MV-22 Osprey aircraft stationed at the Futenma air station could be dispatched to the disputed Senkaku Islands if needed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2013
Senkakus protest in Hong Kong draws little attention
About 40 people took part in a protest march Sunday in Hong Kong to condemn Japan's effective nationalization last year of the disputed Senkaku Islands, claimed by China and Taiwan, and its 1931 invasion of northeast China.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2013
U.S. hopes Japan and China resolve dispute through 'friendly' means
The top U.S. diplomat for East Asian affairs expressed concern Saturday over the persistent wrangling between Japan and China and said he hopes Asia's two biggest economies will settle the Senkaku dispute and other disagreements in a peaceful manner.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2013
Japan-based Chinese scholar missing, reportedly under investigation by Beijing
Zhu Jianrong, a Chinese scholar based in Japan who comments on Tokyo-Beijing relations is under investigation in China for alleged espionage, Chinese sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 10, 2013
China urged to stop drone flights near Senkaku Islands
Japan on Tuesday communicated to China its "interest" in a drone flight near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea the previous day, a senior Foreign Ministry official said, effectively calling on China to curb similar flights.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 6, 2013
China says its view of Japan is unchanged, despite first Xi-Abe chat
Beijing said Friday its diplomatic position toward Tokyo has not been eased just because the top leaders of the two countries exchanged words for the first time.
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2013
Sales of China-bound package tours from Japan off 75%
People who bought or reserved China-bound package tours for the April to September period at four major Japanese travel agencies fell to one-fourth of the previous year's level amid soured bilateral ties and concerns over air pollution on the continent, the agencies' data showed Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2013
China: Xi chat with Abe on fringe of G-20 talks 'difficult'
A senior Chinese diplomat expressed "difficulty" Tuesday over the possibility of arranging bilateral talks between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of next week's Group of 20 summit in Russia.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2013
China: Japan hurts trade with words
Hurtful words and actions by Japan and its politicians are partly to blame for the way Chinese trade with Japan has been slumping since early this year, a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2013
China, Japan experts mull ways to avoid armed Senkaku confrontation
Chinese and Japanese experts on maritime and international relations huddled this week in Tokyo to discuss ways to keep the simmering tensions over the Senkaku Islands from escalating into a military clash.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2013
Senkakus a 'core interest,' Chinese military scholar tells Japan
A Chinese scholar affiliated with the military told a nonpartisan group Japanese lawmakers earlier this month that the group of islands at the center of their fierce bilateral dispute is a "core interest" of Beijing, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 17, 2013
Anti-Japan protests mark anniversary
The first anniversary of the anti-Japanese protests that flared in China over the Senkakus finds frustration over widening income gaps trumps nationalistic fervor among Chinese.
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Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
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Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
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