Caroline Kennedy to be named ambassador to Japan
NHK -- Jul 13 US President Barack Obama is set to name Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former president John F. Kennedy, as the new ambassador to Japan. …
Japan: Risk of Incident From ‘Coercive’ Acts By China / fighters were scrambled more than 300 times against Chinese planes flying near Japan’s airspace for the year to March
Jul. 9, 2013 - 08:48AM | By SHINGO ITO for AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | TOKYO — China’s “coercive” behavior in waters around islands at the center of a bitter dispute with…
Fukushima Nuke Plant manager dies of cancer
Tuesday, 09 July 2013 Masao Yoshida (AFP Photo / Japan Pool via JIJI Press) The ex-head of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Masao Yoshida, 58, died at…
Poor English saved Japanese bankers during 2008 crisis: Aso
Politics Jun. 29, 2013 - 03:00PM JST TOKYO — Japan’s banks emerged from the 2008 global credit crisis largely unscathed because senior employees did not speak English well enough to…
Hollande tells Japanese business leaders eurozone crisis is over
By MALCOLM FOSTER Politics Jun. 09, 2013 - 06:34AM JST ( 7 ) French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during his lecture in Tokyo, Saturday.AP Photo/Koji Sasahara TOKYO —…
China trying to strengthen its claim to Okinawa
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN National May. 20, 2013 - 06:49AM JST ( 25 ) BEIJING — China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by…
Chinese general says Ryukyu islands do not belong to Japan
Politics May. 17, 2013 - 06:45AM JST ( 72 ) BEIJING — A senior Chinese military officer has said the Ryukyu Islands—which include Okinawa and its U.S. military bases—“do not…
10 million sign petition for rescue of abductees from N Korea
National Apr. 27, 2013 - 07:10AM JST ( 10 ) TOKYO — An association started by the family of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea, is preparing to…
China calls Japan-U.S. island drill ‘provocative’
Reuters -- Apr 25 China said on Wednesday that "provocative actions" would not sway it from defending its territory, after Japan confirmed it would conduct military drills with the…
China, Japan tense over disputed islands : Eight Chinese government ships had entered waters near the contested islands
CNN -- Apr 24 The fragile relationship between China and Japan came under fresh strain Tuesday as ships from both sides crowded into the waters around a disputed group…
Chinese ships track Japanese nationalist flotilla
canberratimes.com.au -- Apr 23 Eight Chinese government ships have entered Japanese territorial waters near disputed islands, the most in a single day since Tokyo nationalised part of the archipelago,…
Abe vows to expel by force any Chinese landing on disputed isles
National Apr. 23, 2013 - 01:20PM JST ( 3 ) A Chinese marine surveillance ship cruises near the disputed islets in the East China Sea.;AFP TOKYO — Prime minister Shinzo…
N. Korean missile launchpad moved into firing position – report
Published time: April 11, 2013 01:38 Edited time: April 11, 2013 03:45 AFP Photo / Ed Jones A North Korean missile launcher has moved into the firing position with…
Japan seizes nuclear-related materials from N Korea cargo : ( Singapore-flagged ship )
Crime Mar. 19, 2013 - 06:50AM JST ( 5 ) TOKYO — Japan has seized aluminium alloy rods which can be used to make nuclear centrifuges from a Singapore-flagged ship…
Japan cracks seabed ‘ice gas’ in dramatic leap for global energy / radically change the world’s energy outlook.
Japan has extracted natural "ice" gas from methane hydrates beneath the sea off its coasts in a technological coup, opening up a super-resource that could meet the country's gas needs…
Abe: China radar-lock on Japan ship ‘dangerous’
Politics Feb. 06, 2013 - 12:45PM JST TOKYO — The radar-lock that a Chinese frigate put on a Japanese warship was “dangerous” and “provocative,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday,…
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