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CHINA JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 10, 2015
Statement adviser to Abe: Acknowledge Japan waged 'war of aggression'
A noted political and diplomatic scholar widely considered to be a close adviser to Prime Minister Shinu00adzo Abe takes a surprising stance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2015
Abe calls for swift security legislation at LDP convention
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Sunday for swift enactment of legislation to enable Japan to defend its security more robustly as his Liberal Democratic Party held its annual convention.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2015
China eager to learn from Japan's economic missteps
China is poring over Japanese history for economic lessons to keep its massive economy away from the recession and deflation that has blighted Japan for 20 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 7, 2015
Chasing Chinese planes 400 times a year stretches Japan's top guns
Fighter pilot Jun Fukuda sits edgily on the couch in his flight suit, waiting for the call that sends him sprinting to his jet. On any given day, he will chase and warn off Chinese military planes nearing Japanese airspace.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2015
China launches Japanese, English versions of website on Senkakus
Japan on Wednesday lodged a protest with China over the launch of English and Japanese versions of a Chinese government website asserting Beijing's claim to the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2015
China to publish records of Japan's past militarism for WWII anniversary
The move is intended to help “keep in mind our history as a warning for the future,” said Yu Zhengsheng, the Communist Party of China's fourth-highest ranking member.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2015
Chinese desire for fancy toilet seats spurs 1,400% rally in Laox shares
Thousand-dollar rice cookers and toilet seats that know when you enter the room.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2015
In likely jab at Japan, China to hold parade, to mark end of WWII
China will hold a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II this year and invite the leaders of major countries involved in the war to attend, the Foreign Ministry said, events probably aimed at Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2015
On eve of domestic political confab, China says Japan is shirking war guilt
A spokesman for China's top political advisory body accused Japan on Monday of hiding its responsibility for World War II and urged the country's leaders to "express deep remorse" ahead of the 70th anniversary of the war's end.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 28, 2015
Top U.S. diplomat optimistic about East Asian trilateral summit
A top U.S. diplomat expressed hope Friday that an upcoming meeting of the foreign ministers of Japan, South Korea and China could lead to their first trilateral summit despite icy relations in the region.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 19, 2015
Japan, China may resume security talks in April: sources
Japan and China plan to hold in bilateral security talks in Tokyo as early as April — the first in four years between their foreign and defense ministries, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2015
Embassy in Beijing issues safety alert to Japanese after media report getting terrorist attack info
The Japanese Embassy in Beijing is warning Japanese nationals living in China of possible terrorist attacks in public locations during the seven-day holidays that started Wednesday in conjunction with the Lunar New Year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
Komeito urges Abe to retain remorse for 'aggression' in WWII statement
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II should retain wording from past apologies, according to a high-ranking Komeito official.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 17, 2015
China's defense budget expected to defy economic lilt
President Xi Jinping is expected to authorize robust defense spending for this year despite China's slowing economy, determined to strengthen the country's armed capabilities amid growing unease in Beijing at Washington's renewed focus on Asia.
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2015
University of Tokyo, top school in China to form strategic partnership
Japan and China's top universities will expand their collaboration to open the door for more academic and student exchanges, a move encouraged by the first meeting last year between the two countries' current leaders, university officials said.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 6, 2015
East Asia foreign minister talks set for Seoul in March
Japan, China and South Korea are planning to hold a foreign ministerial meeting in late March in Seoul, Japanese government sources said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2015
Abe could ease doubts by apologizing over WWII, says former leader Fukuda
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could help remove international doubts about Japan's stance toward its wartime past by apologizing over World War II in a statement he is planning to help mark the 70th anniversary of the war's end, said Yasuo Fukuda, one of Abe's predecessors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 20, 2015
Abe using overseas trips to test waters in preparation for WWII 70th anniversary statement
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is promoting Japan as a postwar peace-builder as he tests the waters for a statement marking the 70th anniversary of its World War II defeat that risks irritating China and South Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jan 14, 2015
Japan complains after China says 300,000 died in Nanking Massacre
Japan told China in late December that it wasn't appropriate for Chinese President Xi Jinping to say that 300,000 people were killed in the 1937 Nanking Massacre, government sources said on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2015
Nakatani confirms crisis hotline with China is near
Defense Minister Gen Nau00adkau00adtau00adni confirms that Japan and China will soon launch a maritime and airspace crisis management mechanism to prevent inadvertent clashes in the East China Sea.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Nippon Steel boosts efforts to woo U.S. Steel workers and politicians
Nippon Steel, Japan’s top steelmaker, is sending Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President Takahiro Mori to Pittsburgh next week where he’ll meet with local staff and elected officials.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.

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