SUPERPOWERS - AFRICA DAILY

Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)

Hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he intends to release a new statement on Japan's attitude to World War II, just a day after unveiling plans to rev...

Warnings of Okinawa terrorism

Feb 01, 2013 (UPI)

A former Japanese minister warned Okinawan resentment to a U.S. military presence on the island could lead to terrorism. Shozaburo Jimi, a former Japanese minis...

White House backs embattled Pentagon pick

Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)

The White House Friday defended its nominee for defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, after his perceived weak performance at a Senate confirmation hearing. It also d...

Commentary: Global snafu

Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)

At age 92, he spoke and answered questions without a pause and with a blend of humor and statesmanship. The venue was the Council of Foreign Relations, where he...

Fule 'concerned' about Ukraine probes

Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)

The integration chief for the European Union says he's concerned about the recent escalation of investigations aimed at associates of Yulia Tymoshenko. EU Commi...

Japan ex-minister warns of Okinawa unrest, secession

Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)

A former Japanese minister has warned domestic terrorists could strike Tokyo if the government fails to address anger in Okinawa over a heavy US military presen...

Republicans hammer at Obama's pick for Pentagon

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

The Vietnam war veteran tapped to lead the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, came under a withering attack from Republican critics on Thursday as he struggled to explain h...

Outside View: Demise of American politics

Jan 30, 2013 (UPI)

The Irish bon vivant Oscar Wilde naughtily observed that the reason the politics of academic life were so sharp was because the stakes were so small. In the Uni...

Obama's Pentagon pick to face critics at Senate hearing

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

The Vietnam War veteran picked to lead the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, will face a tough grilling Thursday from Republicans who have painted him as hostile toward Is...

Obama's Pentagon pick grilled by Republican critics

Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)

The Vietnam war veteran picked to lead the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, faced a rough reception at his confirmation hearing Thursday as Republican critics reopened th...

Japan to launch coastguard unit for disputed isles

Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's coastguard said Tuesday it would create a special unit comprising 10 new large patrol boats to boost its surveillance of an island chain at the centre o...

Blind activist urges no compromise on changing China

Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)

Dissident Chen Guangcheng voiced confidence Tuesday that China's political system will eventually open up as he urged fellow activists and the United States not...

Japan revises guidelines for teaching Senkaku ownership

Jan 29, 2013 (UPI)

Japan's education ministry has revised guidelines for teaching high school students the disputed Senkaku Islands and the smaller Takeshima islets are "integral ...

China's military at 'high risk' on corruption: watchdog

Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)

China's armed forces are battling a major corruption problem, with little political oversight and no whistleblower mechanism to counter graft, watchdog Transpar...

Japan underestimated China in territorial row: ex-envoy

Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's government underestimated how China would react to its decision to buy islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute, Tokyo's former envoy to Be...

Japan PM points to beefed-up military in speech

Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)

Japan faces a "diplomatic and security crisis", Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday, a day after his defence minister announced plans to strengthen the milita...

Bo trial not until March: China state media

Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)

Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai will not stand trial until March at the earliest, state media said Monday, as dozens of journalists descended on a court r...

Walker's World: Cameron's EU gamble

Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)

The pledge by British Prime Minister David Cameron of an in-out referendum on Britain's continued membership of the European Union has delighted most of his Con...

China, Japan scholars seek way out in islands row

Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)

As fears grow over a simmering island dispute between China and Japan, scholars from both nations are hoping to lower the temperature with expansive talks in Wa...

Okinawa leaders stage anti-US military rally in Tokyo

Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)

Political leaders from Okinawa and their supporters staged a protest Sunday in the Japanese capital Tokyo against the heavy US military presence in their southe...