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US JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 5, 2016
China slams Japan's defense minister for ducking Nanking Massacre questions
China on Friday accused Japan's new defense minister of recklessly misrepresenting history after she declined to say whether Japanese troops massacred civilians in China during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2016
Putin to meet Abe, South Korean president in early September
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the first days of September, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2016
China puts Japan in cross hairs with blistering, sustained attack over alleged role in sea ruling
China has claimed to have unmasked Japanese malfeasance and "manipulation" amid a campaign to discredit an international tribunal ruling two weeks ago that largely invalidated Beijing's claims to most of the South China Sea.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2016
Plan for new Korean school in Tokyo threatened by Koike election
Yuriko Koike could complicate already strained Japan-South Korea ties if she follows through with her promise to kill a plan to lease a property in Shinjuku Ward for use as a Korean school.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2016
U.S. reiterates plan to return Okinawa land in bid to ease anger over bases
The U.S. military said Friday it plans to return 4,000 hectares of land in Okinawa to Japan in an apparent attempt to ease local anger.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 29, 2016
North Korea threat prompts Japan to upgrade Patriot batteries in time for Olympics: sources
Japan is upgrading its Patriot PAC-3 missile defense system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, adding range and accuracy needed to intercept more advanced North Korean ballistic missiles, four sources with knowledge of the plan said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2016
In policy platform, Democrats train their guns on Trump
In a rebuke to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and the GOP, the Democratic Party's policy platform has touted Washington's network of alliances — including its defense pact with Japan — as "a source of tremendous strategic advantage."

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