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Japan FM leaves for Spain, France amid China row
Jan 07, 2014 (AFP)
Japan's foreign minister left for Spain and France on Tuesday, where he was expected to press Tokyo's case in its spat with China. In a message on his ministry'...
Harry Potter wizard invoked as Japan admits no hope of China summit
Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)
The diplomatic bickering between Japan and China descended into name-calling in the British press Monday, with ambassadorial claim and counter-claim invoking th...
Chinese tycoon wants to 'rebuild' New York Times
Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese tycoon said Monday he is serious about buying the New York Times and wants to work on "rebuilding its credibility and influence" by reforming its awar...
US urges Tokyo to improve ties with neighbours after shrine visit
Jan 05, 2014 (AFP)
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has urged Japan to improve relations with neighbouring countries after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial war...
A tale of two leaders in China and Japan
Jan 03, 2014 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping and Shinzo Abe of Japan are locked in a spiralling diplomatic standoff but their burgeoning rivalry contrasts with striking persona...
China plans joint military command system: state media
Jan 03, 2014 (AFP)
China's armed forces plan to set up a joint operational command system to "enhance efficiency" in crisis response, state media reported Friday. At present the P...
China envoy compares Japanese militarism to Voldemort
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
China's ambassador to Britain has invoked Lord Voldemort, the villain of JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, in a diplomatic standoff between Beijing and Tokyo ov...
Censored China paper insists on right to truth
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese newspaper at the centre of rare protests over government censorship last January when its New Year message was altered insisted on its right to "expre...
Colleague of China's ex-security chief sacked for graft
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
A former close colleague of China's ex-chief of internal security Zhou Yongkang has been sacked for "suspected severe violations of disciplines", state media sa...
Arson damages Chinese consulate in San Francisco
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
An arsonist severely damaged the front door of China's consulate in San Francisco in a "despicable" attack, Chinese officials said Thursday, urging US authoriti...
Beijing's aircraft carrier returns from South China Sea
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
Beijing's first aircraft carrier has returned from a training mission in the South China Sea, state media said, completing a 37-day deployment carried out amid ...
Japan rescues Chinese balloonist trying to reach islands
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese man who tried to fly a hot-air balloon hundreds of kilometres to islands disputed between Beijing and Tokyo was rescued by Japan's coastguard after di...
China mulls revamping military regions: Japan report
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
China is considering reorganising its seven military regions into five in a bid to respond more swiftly to a crisis, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported...
Japan's Abe should learn from Germany: Xinhua
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese state media kept up the heat on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the first day of 2014, urging him to learn from Germany in dealing with divisive h...
Abe says Japan's pacifist constitution may be revised by 2020
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
Japan's nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said the country's pacifist post-World War II constitution which limits its military to self-defence could be ...
China activists push limit with demands to end 'dictatorship'
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
Their banners have urged an end to China's "dictatorship", scorned the regime as "rogue" and dared leaders to disclose their assets as a step against graft -- a...
Walker's World: The bumpy year ahead
Dec 30, 2013 (UPI)
The global economy is confounding the conventional wisdom of the past decade and the coming year will see a remarkable shift. The developed world, written off b...
Abe 'not welcome' by Chinese people: govt
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
China on Monday said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was "not welcome" by the Chinese people after he visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine. Abe...
Chinese president queues for pork buns at Beijing eatery
Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping caused a stir with a weekend visit to a local Beijing restaurant, where he queued and bought his own steamed buns. In a move appare...
Abe's shrine visit raises risk of conflict: analysts
Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's inflammatory visit to a Tokyo war shrine demonstrates his determination to drag pacifist Japan to the right, and nudges Northeast As...
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