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WARTIME HISTORY

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JAPAN
Jan 6, 2016
Protesters in Tokyo denounce 'comfort women' deal
Activists fighting for women coerced into work at Japanese wartime military brothels urge Tokyo to scrap its deal with Seoul.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2015
Abe won't visit Yasukuni Shrine on anniversary of war's end: sources
As expected, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rules out a visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Abe advisory panel cites wartime 'aggression' but fails to address recent revisionism
A key advisory panel to Shinzo Abe published its report Thursday on Japan's modern history and postwar reconciliation, strongly criticizing the wartime "aggression" against other Asian countries but touching little on recent controversies over what is widely regarded as the prime minister's revisionist moves.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2015
Chinese seek damages from Japan over forced labor during war
A group of 13 Chinese forced laborers sue Japan for the way they were treated at a labor camp in Akita and a dockyard in Osaka during the war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
May 30, 2015
Lee urges Japan to come clean on WWII atrocities
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong calls on Japan to admit to its wartime misdeeds so it can play a more active role in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 23, 2015
Xi calls for friendly cooperation at Sino-Japanese exchange event
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a ceremony on people-to-people exchanges with Japan, calling for friendly bilateral cooperation.
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2015
Don't duck war responsibility
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe must carefully consider the impact of his upcoming war anniversary message to avoid damaging ties with China and South Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2014
Abe's shrine offering riles China, South Korea
China said Friday it "resolutely opposed" Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's monetary donation to war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
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JAPAN / History
Aug 13, 2014
Senior MSDF officers flocking to war-linked shrine
More than 100 senior Maritime Self-Defense Force officers have made an annual visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine this year.
JAPAN / History
May 24, 2014
'Comfort women' memorial set to be unveiled in metro Washington
A monument to the women who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels will be unveiled in a Washington suburb this week, local authorities involved in the project confirmed.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2014
S. Korea, Japan talk sex slaves, forced labor
Senior officials from Japan and South Korea met Thursday in Tokyo as part of efforts to improve bilateral relations strained by historical issues related to Japan's 1910 to 1945 rule of the Korean Peninsula and a territorial dispute over islets in the Sea of Japan, which Seoul calls the East Sea.
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JAPAN / History
May 8, 2014
Journalist backtracks on best-seller after Nanjing switcheroo
A veteran foreign correspondent discovers that the Japanese translation of his new book twists his views on the Nanjing Massacre.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2014
Chinese vice premier raps Abe, but upbeat on mending ties with Japan
Vice Premier Wang Yang criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's tough stance toward China in a meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe but expressed hope of improving bilateral relations.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2014
Japan, South Korea to hold high-level talks on Wednesday
Director general-level talks are scheduled to pave the way for an Abe-Park summit and to discuss issues that include Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 30, 2014
Xi remarks on Nanjing tally upset Tokyo
The Foreign Ministry has lodges a protest over President Xi Jinping's assertions on the number of Chinese killed by the Japanese army during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2014
China's top diplomat denounces Japan's take on historical issues
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday criticized Japan's leaders for mishandling historical issues, saying their recent words and deeds are running counter to the spirit the two countries shared when they normalized diplomatic relations in 1972.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2014
NHK chief tells board 'comfort women' remarks no big deal
The controversy swirling around NHK shows no sign of simmering down, with Chairman Katsuto Momii reportedly playing down the explosive nature of the remarks he made at his first news conference in January over the wartime brothels used by the Imperial Japanese military.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 3, 2014
Yasukuni: It's open to interpretation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni Shrine in December stirred outrage at home and abroad because he was perceived as promoting his revisionist views on wartime history and violating the constitutional separation of state and religion.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2014
Take pride in mending dark past, U.S. scholar tells Japan
Gerald Curtis advises Japan to “take pride in admitting what you're not proud of” instead of hunkering down on the history issue.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2013
Japan stands by 'aggression' portion of 1995 war apology
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday that the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stands by the 1995 statement on Japan's wartime conduct, including the statement that refers to Tokyo's "aggression," apparently to allay concerns in China and South Korea.

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