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ABE ECHOES JAPANS PAST WAR APOLOGIES BUT ADDS NONE
But in a potentially contentious break with previous expressions of contrition by Japanese leaders Mr. Abe did not offer a new personal apology of his own... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN IN ICE-BREAKER TALKS
Awkward Relations between China and Japan have long been soured by a row over islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
JAPANS PARLIAMENT APPROVES OVERSEAS COMBAT ROLE FOR MILITARY
The debate often doubled as a forum for airing views about Japan's most important ally the United States... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA SEAL MAJOR FREE TRADE DEAL
Related Stories China and Australia have sealed a major free trade agreement, as Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare address to parliament in Canberra... READ MORE›
U.S., JAPANESE NAVAL FORCES STAGE SHOW OF STRENGTH
The USS Ronald Reagan and the Japanese warship JS Izumo took part in the fleet review... READ MORE›
JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA ARGUE OVER A CHOCOLATE-COVERED PRETZEL STICK
South Korea and Japan fight over a group of guano-covered rocky islets in the sea between them... READ MORE›
STATUES PLACED IN SOUTH KOREA HONOR COMFORT WOMEN ENSLAVED FOR JAPANS TROOPS
SEOUL South Korea An unsmiling South Korean girl stares forward with an accusatory expression... READ MORE›
OBAMA ON ASIA: INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE JOBS
BEIJING President Obama arrives in Beijing on Monday for a week-long trip to three countries China, Burma and Australia for summits with other world leaders... READ MORE›
U.S. B-52 FLIGHT UPS ANTE IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISPUTE WITH NORTH KOREA
For weeks, North Korea has threatened to attack the U.S. and South Korea for holding joint military drills and for supporting U.N... READ MORE›
EXPERTS FAULT SOUTH KOREAN RESPONSE TO MERS OUTBREAK
Fukuda, who said transparency during an outbreak was the basis of trust, urged South Korea to continue to enforce a strong quarantine and monitoring system... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN SMOOTH ISLANDS ROW
Related Stories China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IS OPEN TO TALKS WITH ABE
Ties between South Korea and Japan, its former colonizer, have been strained for years, largely over issues rooted in their painful history... READ MORE›
THE 'NORTH KOREA GHOST BOATS' WASHING UP ON JAPAN
A scrap of what is thought to be part of the North Korean flag flying from one of the boats is also a clue... READ MORE›
I WANT TO APOLOGISE TO ANDREA AND LAUREN... I HAD A BAD NIGHT
In its ruling on Thursday, the Gwangju court said that Mr. Kim, the chief executive of Chonghaejin Marine, had helped the Yoo family embezzle company funds... READ MORE›
JAPAN PLANS LARGEST EVER DEFENCE BUDGET TO COUNTER CHINA'S REACH
Japan had been making annual cuts to its defence budget for a decade up to 2013... READ MORE›
JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE STOPS SHORT OF NEW APOLOGY IN WAR ANNIVERSARY SPEECH
Even so, we Japanese, across generations, must squarely face history... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S ABE AND CHINA'S XI HOLD ICE-BREAKING MEETING AS APEC STARTS
Leaders of China and Japan meet for mini-summit after two years of mounting tension over disputed islands in East China Sea... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA ROCKET LAUNCH: UN TO HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said North Korea is fully aware that multiple UN security council resolutions prohibit the use of ballistic missile technology... READ MORE›
CHINA ENLISTS SQUAD OF TRAINED MONKEYS TO CLEAR SKIES DURING MEMORIAL PARADE
According to Wang Minghzi of China's air force Peoples Liberation Army monkeys have mastered the skills necessary to destroy birds nests... READ MORE›
JAPAN PUTS MILITARY ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TEST
Tension rose in East Asia this month after North Korea's fourth nuclear test, this time of what it said was a hydrogen bomb... READ MORE›
WHO SAYS SOUTH KOREA'S MERS OUTBREAK LARGE AND COMPLEX
All of South Korea's cases have been linked to health facilities... READ MORE›
JAPAN OPENS RADAR STATION CLOSE TO DISPUTED ISLES, DRAWING ANGRY CHINA RESPONSE
A network of overlapping radar sites along the island chain would boost Japan's ability to monitor the East China Sea, he added... READ MORE›
US CARRIER STRIKE GROUP HEADS TOWARD W. PACIFIC NEAR KOREA
The White House said the two agreed to stay in close contact about North Korea and other issues... READ MORE›
JAPAN, S KOREA SCRAMBLE JETS AFTER CHINA FLIES BOMBERS
Japan and South Korea say Chinese military planes flew over East China Sea and the Sea of Japan for hours on Monday... READ MORE›
A LEGACY OF WWII, KOREAN RESIDENTS TEST NATION'S ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE NON-JAPANESE
In 1959 the North Korean government launched an effort to draw Koreans from Japan by promising them the rewards of a socialist paradise... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA MERS OUTBREAK IS 'LARGE AND COMPLEX', SAYS WHO, AS 14TH VICTIM DIES
The outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea is large and complex and more cases should be anticipated experts have warned... READ MORE›
AFTER CONCESSION TO SEOUL ON FORCED LABOR MEIJI INDUSTRIAL SITES ADDED TO WORLD HERITAGE LIST
At meeting June 21 of their foreign ministers, Japan and South Korea reached a basic agreement to cooperate on heritage listings of each other's sites... READ MORE›
REMAINS OF NEARLY 2750 KOREAN WARTIME LABORERS FOUND IN JAPAN SOUTH SAYS
About 300 Japanese companies still in operation are believed to have used such workers, South Korean officials said... READ MORE›
U.S.-PHILIPPINES CEMENT MILITARY ALLIANCE
China claims the whole of the South China Sea as its territory... READ MORE›
BATTLESHIP ISLAND A SYMBOL OF JAPAN'S PROGRESS OR REMINDER OF ITS DARK HISTORY?
Japan seeks Unesco recognition for Hashima island, known as Battleship island, but the bid makes no mention of its history as a site of slave labour... READ MORE›