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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 12, 2015
New guidelines leave the U.S. defending Japan
During his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was eloquent in stating why Japan enjoyed being allied with America. But it isn't evident what the U.S. receives in return.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2015
Okinawa governor to visit U.S. to air opposition to military base transfer
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga will visit Washington and Hawaii from late May to convey local opposition to the relocation of the Futenma military base within his prefecture, prefectural government officials said Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2015
Japan has no future if it only follows U.S.: Chinese military officer
A senior Chinese military officer has warned a group of senior Japanese politicians that Tokyo should avoid expanding its security alliance with Washington if it doesn't want relations with Beijing to deteriorate, a source with direct knowledge of their meeting said+.
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2015
Chinese paper slams Japan for lack of WWII contrition
China praises Germany and blasts Japan in an article contrasting their approaches to reflecting on World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2015
Senior Chinese leader urges Abe to admit wartime mistakes
China's fourth highest-ranking leader, Yu Zhengsheng, said Friday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to more readily admit Tokyo's past militarism and voiced dissatisfaction with his recent remarks ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2015
Keidanren chief to meet South Korea's president next week
Sadayuki Sakakibara, head of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), Japan's most influential business lobby, will meet South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul next Wednesday, the Japan-Korea Economic Association said Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2015
Abe's absence from WWII ceremony to not affect dialogue: Russian envoy
The Russian ambassador to Japan indicated Thursday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's absence from a World War II-related event in Moscow later this week will not affect the schedule for bilateral dialogue, including President Vladimir Putin's possible visit to Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2015
Japan, China agree to boost exchanges in first consular talks in three years
Japan and China agreed to boost people-to-people exchanges on Thursday during the first talks between their consular officials in three years, the Foreign Ministry said in Tokyo.
JAPAN
May 7, 2015
Australia to get classified Japanese data on stealthy submarines ahead of bid, sources say
Japan will agree this month to give Australia classified submarine data, an unprecedented step signaling Tokyo's intent to join competitive bidding to sell Canberra a fleet of stealth subs, said two Japanese officials familiar with the plan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 6, 2015
Philippine and Japanese coast guards hold anti-piracy drills
Philippine and Japanese coast guard teams staged an anti-piracy drill on Wednesday, featuring the storming of a cargo vessel after a mock hijack, in a show of maritime cooperation between the two nations amid rising tension in Asian waters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Park signals two-track foreign policy toward Japan
President Park Geun-hye signals that South Korea will pursue a two-track diplomacy toward Japan, separating current governmental relations from historical issues stemming from Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Abe missed chance in U.S. to mend ties, South Korea's Park says
South Korean President Park Geun-hye says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe missed an opportunity to improve ties between their countries by not apologizing for Japan's wartime use of sex slaves during his U.S. trip.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Japanese lawmakers visit Beijing in bid to improve bilateral ties
A group of senior Diet members from the ruling and opposition parties arrived Monday in Beijing in the hopes of keeping up momentum for increased exchanges with China.
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2015
Abe, Obama exchange 'thank you' tweets
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama have exchanged tweets in a sign of their closer personal ties following Abe's official visit to the United States last week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2015
North says Japan's abduction summit in NYC a bid to deceive world
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells more than 200 business leaders in Los Angeles during his visit to the United States that an aversion to risk has hindered Japan's attempts to replicate the success of Silicon Valley as a hub of innovation.
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2015
Abe must address home audience
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs consider whether singling out China as the reason for strengthening of Japan's security alliance with the U.S. will, in fact, help make the region 'remarkably more stable.'
JAPAN / History
May 1, 2015
Government releases list of over 10,000 Japanese who died in Soviet detention
The government on Thursday released a list of 10,723 Japanese, including soldiers and civilians, who died while being held as prisoners by the former Soviet Union following World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2015
Nearly half of Japanese oppose new joint defense guidelines with U.S.: poll
A new telephone survey by Kyodo News found that 47.9 percent of respondents said they were against the revised defense guidelines, while 35.5 percent supported them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2015
Chinese bank initiative, TPP potential keep Abe, Obama close
U.S. President Barack Obama offered a generous welcome to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week. It was an apparent bid to further cement ties with a close East Asia ally as they both deal with a more assertive China.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2015
Security alliance with U.S. should cover Indian Ocean, says Abe
Prime Minister Abe said Wednesday he would like the newly revised security alliance with the United States to cover the Indian Ocean as well as the Asia-Pacific region.

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