Politics & Diplomacy
Hashimoto to retract sex suggestion for U.S. military
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto aims to retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use the local adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex crimes.
Politics & Diplomacy Apr 4, 2013
Senkaku row prompts China to demand postponement of summit with Japan, South Korea: sources
China wants a trilateral summit it was to attend in late May in Seoul with Japan and South Korea to be postponed because of its dispute over the Japan-held Senkaku Islands, sources say.
Politics & Diplomacy Feb 3, 2013
U.S. to Abe: Collective self-defense off agenda
Washington does not want Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bring up the issue of collective self-defense at the Japan-U.S. summit scheduled for later this month.