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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

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 pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery

May 18, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Cabinet Secretariat, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, China, Elaine Kurtenbach, Far East, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Imperial Army, Japan Communist Party, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Tomoko Kami, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24, WWII, Yasukuni Shrine

Conservative LDP wins landslide victory in Japan

December 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Foster The Associated Press TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in a landslide election victory Sunday, Dec. 16, after three years in opposition, according to unofficial results, signaling a rightward shift in the government that could further heighten tensions with China, a key economic partner, as well as […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, DPJ, East China Sea, Japan Restoration Party, Kazuhisa Kawakami, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, Momoko Mihara, NHK, New Komeito, North Korean, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Senkaku Daioyu, Tokyo, Vol 31 No 52 | December 22 - December 28, Yasukuni Shrine, Yukiko Kada

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

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