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TERRITORIAL DISPUTE

JAPAN
May 19, 2015
Japanese visa-free visits to Russian-held isles halted
A visit this month by Japanese to the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido under a visa-free exchange program has been canceled due to Russia's request for the submission of certain travel documents, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 23, 2015
New security law may drag SDF into conflicts in South China Sea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to expand Japan's noncombat role in armed conflicts beyond "areas around Japan" could see Tokyo becoming dragged into action in the South China Sea in support of U.S. forces, government and ruling party sources say.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2015
Russian-held islands 'shrink' by 33 sq. km
The total area of the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan has shrunk by about 33 sq. km — thanks to more accurate mapping techniques by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI).
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2015
China launches Japanese, English versions of website on Senkakus
Japan on Wednesday lodged a protest with China over the launch of English and Japanese versions of a Chinese government website asserting Beijing's claim to the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2015
Taiwan activists threaten to land on Senkakus if Japan doesn't remove facilities
A Taiwan-based group of activists petitioned the Japanese government on Monday to dismantle facilities recently established on the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2015
South Korea summons Japanese diplomat to protest Takeshima ceremony
South Korea's Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned a senior Japanese diplomat to lodge a complaint over Tokyo's dispatch of a government representative to an annual ceremony in Shimane Prefecture pressing Japan's claim to a pair of South Korean-administered islets.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2015
High-ranking official to attend Takeshima Day ceremony
The government is sending a high-ranking official to the ceremony this Sunday commemorating the day of Japan's incorporation of the Takeshima islets, despite the organizer's request for a Cabinet member.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2015
Senior government official to attend Takeshima Day ceremony
The government plans to send a senior official to a ceremony this month commemorating the designation of two islets controlled by South Korea as Japanese territory.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2014
China defends dispatching ships to Senkakus
China on Wednesday defended its decision to send Coast Guard vessels to waters near islands it disputes with Japan just weeks after the countries agreed to work toward improved relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2014
U.S. shies away from Takeshima/Dokdo dispute in response to online petitions
Washington has urged Tokyo and Seoul to settle their sovereignty dispute over a pair of South Korea-controlled, Japan-claimed islets, an issue that has damaged ties between the two U.S. allies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2014
Japan maintains there is no territorial row over Senkakus: Kishida
Japan's position that there is no territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands remains unchanged, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 10, 2014
Abe, Putin agree to prepare for Japan visit next year
In a move that Tokyo hopes will ultimately lead to a breakthrough in a long-running territorial row, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin agree to begin preparations for the Russian president to visit Japan next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2014
Putin meets former Prime Minister Mori, is given letter from Abe
Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori held talks Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and handed him a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Japan sought Taiwan's silence on Senkakus when U.N. seat row flared in '71
Japan told Taiwan to pipe down on its claims to the Senkaku Islands in exchange for support on keeping its U.N. seat in 1971, declassified documents show.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2014
China's reach for leverage
China's random and sporadic acts of provocations over territorial disputes seem to fail to intimidate its opponents in the Asia-Pacific region, but each push and probe tests retaliatory assets and calls into question the U.S. capacity, and will, to come to the aid of a beleaguered ally.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 14, 2014
Vietnam seen as a potential role model for Japan
Although tourism and trade between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam have expanded rapidly in recent years, when compared with other ASEAN countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, Vietnam has maintained a fairly low profile in the Japanese media. But suddenly the country is being...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2014
Chinese jets, SDF flirt with 'Top Gun' scenario near Senkakus
Chinese fighter jets flew within a few dozen meters of Japanese military planes over the East China Sea, officials in Tokyo said Sunday, prompting Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera to accuse Beijing of going "over the top" in its approach to disputed territory.
JAPAN
May 11, 2014
Japan to track visa-free visitors to Russian-held islands
The government will set up a database to track Japanese who visit the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido via the visa waiver program in an effort to attract new visitors and widen public understanding of the situation, a government source said Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2014
U.S. reluctant to specify Senkakus in Obama-Abe statement
The United States is reluctant to mention the islets at the center of a dispute between Japan and China in the statement to be released after next week's summit, a person familiar with Tokyo-Washington ties said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2014
Kishida to postpone visit to Russia over U.S. ties
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to postpone his planned visit to Russia, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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