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JAPAN
Feb 28, 2013
Japan to demand that South Korea return stolen Buddhist statues
The government will demand that South Korea swiftly return two Buddhist statues that were stolen last year from a temple on the Nagasaki Prefecture island of Tsushima.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2013
Possible human rights probe of North puts Seoul in bind
The U.N. human rights chief declared recently that it was time for a "long overdue" investigation into what she called unparalleled rights abuses in North Korea. The probe, unprecedented in scope, could help establish whether Pyongyang's leaders are committing crimes against humanity.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2013
Challenges for President Park
Park Geun Hye, South Korea's first female president, has taken the reins of a country beset by stubborn internal as well as international problems.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2013
Tokyo, Seoul vow future-oriented cooperation, with history in mind
Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and new South Korean President Park Geun Hye agreed Monday that the new governments in both countries should closely cooperate in a future-oriented manner, Aso told reporters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 26, 2013
Park to usher in new era of friendship, or side with China?
Park Geun Hye was inaugurated Monday as South Korea's first female president, ushering in what many in Japan hope will be a new era in improved bilateral relations, which were strained by her predecessor, Lee Myung Bak.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2013
South Korean merchants plan Japan boycott
South Korea's self-employed merchants said Monday they plan to boycott Japanese products to protest Tokyo's latest sovereignty claim to a pair of islets controlled by South Korea, according to Yonhap News Agency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2013
Don't send top official to Shimane's Takeshima fete, Seoul warns Tokyo
Seoul will retaliate if Tokyo sends a senior official to an event held by Shimane Prefecture to promote Japan's claim to a pair of South Korea-controlled islets, the South's foreign ministry warns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Feb 15, 2013
Abe risks much with sex slave issue
Among the components that make up the conservative agenda advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one stands out for its potential to inflame international relations: a review of Japan's official stance on the forced recruitment of Asian and European women and girls into wartime army brothels.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2013
A question of Chinese sovereignty
China's 'historic rights' claims in the South China Sea have prompted Southeast Asian nations to argue that China is flouting international law.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2013
Turning the page on history books
Textbook publishers may one day no longer have to give 'special consideration' to neighboring Asian nations when describing historical events they might find offensive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2012
Beijing's Senkaku goal: Sub 'safe haven' in South China Sea
What's at stake in the smoldering diplomatic crisis with China over the uninhabited Senkaku Islands, which only seem to attract fishing boats and ultranationalists?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 17, 2012
Clarifying the economic damage of the Senkakus row
Japan's overseas tourist industry can just write off all of 2012 thanks to the two territorial disputes.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2011
Matters of concern with China
Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto met with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Beijing on Monday. The meeting took place at a time when China is causing friction with neighboring countries, including Vietnam and the Philippines because of its activities in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Feb 6, 2011
Yang Sok Gil: Writing about wrongs at home and abroad
Yang Sok Gil is renowned for his novels describing, with remarkable humanity and humor, people's wanton desires and the problems they cause, often from the viewpoint of minorities in Japan or elsewhere.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 21, 2011
Thirst growing overseas for nihonshu
Last year more nihonshu than ever was shipped overseas. From Seoul to San Francisco, tipplers are saying kampai to sake.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 12, 2009
Won on the wane
Never better time to spend that yen in South Korea, where despite an inflation, the duck and movie tickets are a bargain.
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2009
United front against North Korea
Prime Minister Taro Aso and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed in their Sunday meeting in Tokyo that North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs pose a grave threat, and that Japan, South Korea and the United States must closely cooperate to counter it. The two leaders also agreed that the international community cannot accept North Korea as a nuclear power and should make the insular nation realize that it will pay a high price for its provocative acts.
Reader Mail
May 31, 2009
A notion that feeds hypocrisy
Regarding Paul de Vries' May 26 article, "Expat life in Japan: the good, the bad and the meaningful": It's rather interesting that de Vries, instead of realizing the errors of his ways, continues to defend his ideal of "group accountability."
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2002
'Spirited Away' doing well in Seoul
The Japanese animated movie "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" ("Spirited Away") is having a successful run in South Korea.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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