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South Korea, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, an important breakthrough for the Northeast Asian powers. The deal, which […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Associated Press, China, Foster Klug, Japanese Embassy, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Korean Peninsula, Mari Yamaguchi, North Korea, Northeast Asian, SEOUL, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

Most clicked 2015 stories – (According to Google Analytics!)

December 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

What did Northwest Asian Weekly website readers find the most intriguing to click on this year? Here is the list of the top 15 in 2015, based on Google Analytics. 1. Manny Pacquiao fights back at Mayweather’s “reckless” jabs By Greg Beacham Pacquiao has rarely skimped on excitement during his remarkable career as an eight-division […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Beat Bobby Flay, Chinatown International District, Donnie Chin, Dragon Fest, Eddie Huang Perfectly, Filipino American History Month, Imperial Lanes, Japanese Americans, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Luchang Wang, Lunar New Year, Pacific Islanders, Recognized White House, Sushi Kappo Tamura, Taichi Kitamura, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 53 | December 26 - January 1, Yours Mallika Exploring, blog

Japan’s leader says he will express remorse for World War II

January 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In a year that marks the 70th anniversary of World War II’s end, a question weighs on the minds of policymakers in Asia and as far away as Washington, D.C.: What will Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe say about his country’s role in the war?

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Emperor Akihito, Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jen Psaki, Koichi Nakano, Manchurian Incident, New Year, Sophia University, South Korea, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16, Yu Bing

China and Japan agree to resume dialogue

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China and Japan reached agreement to ramp up high-level contacts, the strongest indication yet of a possible meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping, East Asia, East China Sea, Evan Medeiros, Foreign Ministry, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Mari Yamaguchi, National Security Adviser Shotaro Yachi, Tokyo, Top White House, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Yasukuni Shrine

Opponents to fight new U.S. military base on Okinawa

January 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – Threatening lawsuits and protests, opponents are gearing up to fight a decision by Okinawa’s governor that could pave the way for a new U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Associated Press, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, China, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Democratic Party, Emily Wang, Hirokazu Nakaima, Hiroshi Ashitomi, Japanese Defense Ministry, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jun Okumura, Lolita Baldor, Marine Corps Futenma, United States, Vol 33 No 2 | January 4 - January 10, Yuichi Higa, Yuriko Nagano

China: Abe not welcome after war shrine visit

January 4, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong Associated Press BEIJING (AP) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday accused Japan’s prime minister of hypocrisy and said he would not be welcome in China after he visited a shrine honoring Japan’s war dead.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Asia, Associated Press, Beijing, China Abe, Chinese, Foreign Ministry, Hyung-jin Kim, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Junichiro Koizumi, Korean Central News Agency, North Korea, Qin Gang, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 2 | January 4 - January 10, Yasukuni Shrine, commentary

Japan gives Myanmar $504M loan, forgives past debt

June 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Japan’s government on May 26 extended its first loan to Myanmar in 26 years and canceled the remainder of the Southeast Asian country’s debt, as Tokyo looks to re-establish strong economic ties with the former pariah nation.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, China, Foreign Ministry, Hitachi Ltd, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Lin Aung, Marubeni Corp, Mikio Numata, Mitsubishi Corp, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Southeast Asian, Sumitomo Chemical, Sumitomo Corp, Thailand, Tokyo, Vol 32 No 23 | June 1 - June 7, YANGON

Japan talk of warning shots heats up China dispute

January 26, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan says it may fire warning shots to keep foreign aircraft from violating its airspace in the latest verbal blast between Tokyo and Beijing that raises concerns that a dispute over hotly contested islands could spin out of control.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, China News Service, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Christopher Bodeen, East China Sea, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, Japanese F-15s, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Qin Gang, State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Taiwan, Tokyo, United States, Vol 32 No 5 | January 26 - February 1, attention

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