Japan’s ruling party under fire over links to far-right extremists
Calls for Liberal Democrats to distance themselves from extremists come amid campaign of terror targeting academics ...
View ArticleJapan tips its hand via North Korea
By Peter Lee The big story in Asia affairs today is a little trip that was supposed to stay a secret: the dispatch of Isao Iijima, adviser to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to meet with senior...
View ArticleJapan considers resuming talks with North Korea: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime minister, the Asahi Shimbun and other...
View ArticleObama visit to South Korea tinged by mourning
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Barack Obama is sitting down with South Korea's President Park Geun-hye, whose attention is unavoidably split between her economic agenda with Obama and the...
View ArticleWhy Seoul Is Wary of US-Japan Ties
By Shim Jae-hoon on 10:23 am October 12, 2013. Category Asia-Pacific, Commentary, International, Opinion Tags: Japan, South Korea The front-page picture in Korean newspapers told the story of the Asia...
View ArticleNorth Korea criticises 'reptile media' for saying Kim Jong-un ordered executions
Newspapers in Japan and South Korea report that leader feared the reputation of his wife, Ri Sol-ju, might be damaged ...
View ArticleBiden visits Asia amid Japan-SKorea's toxic ties
Gallery: Biden visits Asia amid Japan-SKorea's toxic ties Travel Deals $99 & up -- Atlantis Bahamas 5-Day Sale for 2014 Travel See all travel deals » FOSTER KLUG, The Associated Press Posted:...
View ArticleBiden visits Asia amid Japan-S. Korea's toxic ties
SEOUL, South Korea -- When South Korean fans at a soccer game against Japan unfurled two massive banners honoring men considered national heroes for battling Japanese invaders, organizers took them...
View ArticleJapanese woman abducted by North Korea died of drug overdose: report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents decades ago as a schoolgirl, died from an overdose of medication in 1994 and was buried in a pit with other corpses,...
View ArticleJapanese woman abducted by North Korea died of overdose, report claims
Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents decades ago as a schoolgirl, died from drug overdose in a psychiatric hospital in 1994 and was buried in a pit with other corpses, a...
View ArticleJapanese woman abducted by North Korea died of drug overdose - report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Megumi Yokota, a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents decades ago as a schoolgirl, died from an overdose of medication in 1994 and was buried in a pit with other corpses,...
View ArticleAsahi reports spurred ever bolder Yoshida
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe Asahi Shimbun’s erroneous articles on the issue of so-called comfort women made the late Seiji Yoshida famous and fueled his activities in South Korea, which were in turn...
View ArticleThe need for Japan-ROK bilateral cooperation: Opinion
(Commentary reprinted from the Association of Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies) By Dr. Junya Nishino Excessive pessimism on improving Japan-ROK relations is prevalent at the moment. Japan-ROK...
View ArticleUnraveling the ‘comfort women’ issue — Asahi under probe — / Report’s timing...
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe Asahi Shimbun’s morning edition on Jan. 11, 1992, carried another “scoop” at the top of its front page. The main headline read: “Comfort stations; records show military...
View ArticleJapan Marks 'Restoration Of Sovereignty' For The First Time
Japan marked for the first time Sunday the end of the allied occupation of the country following its defeat in World War II. "We have a responsibility to make Japan a strong and resolute country that...
View ArticleDistrust between Japan and South Korea sky high, new poll finds
Distrust between South Korea and Japan is sky high, a new poll showed, as ties between two of Washington’s key Asian allies continue to deteriorate over historical grievances. A record-high 73 per cent...
View ArticleFormer Korean slaves demand Japan drop bid to give war factories Unesco world...
Koreans used as slave labour in Japanese factories during the second world war have demanded that Tokyo withdraw its bid to give some of those sites Unesco world heritage status, as Seoul ramps up its...
View ArticleMyth and Truth in East Asia part 2
The Yomiuri ShimbunChilly Ties with South Korea Public, private sectors pouring oil on flames Bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea have chilled dramatically in recent years. South Korean...
View ArticleKorea-Japan Summit Unlikely This Year
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that he hopes to "exchange opinions" with the leaders of Korea and China at the East Asia Summit on Thursday after a trilateral meeting failed to...
View ArticleSouth Korea—chilly ties— / S. Korea preoccupied with satisfying public
The Yomiuri ShimbunThis is the seventh installment on the chill in Japan-South Korean relations. Leaders of countries participating in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum sat around a dinner...
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