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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

Horror in Japan as video purports to show hostage beheaded

February 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elain Kurtenbach and Karin Laub Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Appalled and saddened by news of journalist Kenji Goto’s purported beheading by Islamic State extremists, Japan ordered heightened security precautions Sunday and said it would persist with its non-military support for fighting terrorism. <!–more–> The failure to save Goto raised fears for the life […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Gen Nakatani, Haruna Yukawa, Iraq, Islamic State, Jordan, Junichi Goto, Junko Ishido, Kenji Goto, Mari Yamaguchi, Mayuko Tamura, Security Council, Syria, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13, Yassin Rawashda, japan

Japan’s ruling party heads for election landslide

December 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ruling coalition was headed for a resounding victory in lower house elections Sunday, firming up Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s hold on power as he prepares to push forward on several politically difficult fronts.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, Associated Press, Buddhist-backed Komei, Elaine Kurtenbach, Emily Wang, Finance Minister Taro Aso, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Hiroshi Yamada, Internal Affairs Ministry, Liberal Democratic Party, Liberal Democrats, Mari Yamaguchi, NHK, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 52 | December 20 - December 26, Yoshiko Takahashi, japan

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

Japan’s last WWII straggler dies at 91

January 25, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – Hiroo Onoda, the last Japanese imperial soldier to emerge from hiding in a jungle in the Philippines and surrender, 29 years after the end of World War II, has died. He was 91. Onoda died Jan. 16 at a Tokyo hospital after a brief stay there. Chief […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Brazil, Imperial Army, Mari Yamaguchi, Norio Suzuki, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines, Shoichi Yokoi, Tokyo, Vol 33 No 5 | January 25 - January 31, WWII, Yoshihide Suga, Yoshimi Taniguchi, japan

Japan’s ruling bloc wins upper house elections

July 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a comfortable majority in the upper house of parliament in elections July 21, giving it control of both chambers and a mandate to press ahead with difficult economic reforms. The win is an endorsement of the Liberal Democratic […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, China, Chinese, Elaine Kurtenbach, Kyodo News, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Mari Yamaguchi, NHK, NTV, Naohisa Hayashi, New Komeito, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, Vol 32 No 31 | July 27 - August 2, japan

Japanese PM dissolves parliament

November 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcom Foster The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the lower house of parliament on Friday, Nov. 16, paving the way for elections in which his ruling party will likely give way to a weak coalition government divided over how to solve the nation’s problems.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2012, DPJ, East China Sea, GDP, Koichi Nakano, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Mari Yamaguchi, Michiyo Komaki, Shintaro Ishihara, Sophia University, Sunrise Party, Tokyo Gov, Toru Hashimoto, Vol 31 No 48 | November 24 - November 30, japan

Japanese, Chinese ships exchange warnings

September 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Foster THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO, JAPAN (AP) — Chinese and Japanese government ships exchanged warnings Friday, Sept. 14, in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, while Tokyo called on Beijing to protect its citizens amid anti-Japan protests and reported assaults in China.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Chinese Marine Surveillance, Diaoyu Islands, East China Sea, Elaine Kurtenbach, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura, Japanese Coast Guard, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Mari Yamaguchi, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, State-controlled China Central Television, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 39 | September 22 - September 28, Yasuhiko Oku, Yasukuni Shrine, Yoshiyuki Terakado

Japan rattled by aftershock one month after tsunami

April 14, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SENDAI, Japan (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled Japan’s northeast on Monday just hours after people bowed their heads and wept in ceremonies

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Atsushi Yanai, China, Eric Talmadge, Iwate Gov, Mari Yamaguchi, Marina Seito, Masataka Shimizu, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Russia, SENDAI, Takuya Tasso, Tokyo Electric Power Co, United Kingdom, Vol 30 No 16 | April 16 - April 22, Yuhei Sato, Yuri Kageyama, japan, letter

Thousands of Asians rally for jobs and more pay on May Day

May 6, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers thronged the streets of Asian cities Saturday in annual May Day marches, demanding job creation and minimum wage hikes.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Bayu Ajie, Boy Rafli Amar, Chan Yuen-han, GST, HK, Hong Kong, Indonesia, JAKARTA, Kuala Lumpur, Leung Yiu-chung, Mari Yamaguchi, Matthew Cheung, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Sakuji Daikoku, Vol 29 No 19 | May 8 - May 14, Yoyogi Park, japan

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