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Abe visits Fukushima ahead of March 11 anniversary

March 8, 2014 - 23:02
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday, 3 days before the 3rd anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (NHK)
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Japan not considering sanctions on Russia

March 7, 2014 - 06:34
Japan's foreign minister says the government has no plan at the moment to impose sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. (NHK)
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Abe asks Iran to resolve nuclear issue quickly

March 6, 2014 - 02:06
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has encouraged Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to take positive moves to speedily resolve Iran's nuclear issue. (NHK)
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S. Korea slams Japan over comfort women at U.N. meeting

March 5, 2014 - 23:01
In his speech at a U.N. meeting Wednesday, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se criticized Japan over so-called comfort women, who were forced into prostitution for Japanese soldiers during the wartime, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said. (Jiji Press)
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Sister of ex-lawmaker Tokuda found guilty of poll violation

March 5, 2014 - 22:52
Tokyo District Court on Wednesday found a sister of former House of Representatives lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda guilty of violating the public offices election law in his campaign for the 2012 Lower House poll. (Jiji Press)
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Reconstruction plan for Fukushima village

March 5, 2014 - 22:49
Evacuees from a village near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have drafted a plan to start rebuilding with solar power and public housing. (NHK)
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China steps up appeal to West in Japan propaganda battle

March 5, 2014 - 22:11
China took reporters on Thursday on an unusual trip to a camp which housed Western prisoners of the Japanese in World War Two, a further sign of Beijing broadening efforts to drive a wedge between the West and Japan over its wartime past. (Reuters)
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China steps up pressure on Japan at opening of parliament session

March 5, 2014 - 10:34
China on Wednesday cranked up pressure on Japan over historical issues at a meeting of the country's top legislature and said it will raise national military spending by 12.2 percent this year to 808.23 billion yuan ($131.57 billion), continuing double-digit expansion for the fourth straight year. (Kyodo)
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China's defense spending 2.7 times more than Japan's

March 5, 2014 - 05:58
The Chinese government said Wednesday that its defense spending in 2014 will rise 12.2 pct from the previous year to 808.23 billion yuan, or about 13.44 trillion yen, with the growth set to exceed 10 pct for the fourth straight year. (Jiji Press)
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US F-15 makes emergency landing at Kadena

March 4, 2014 - 22:17
A US Air Force F-15 fighter jet on Tuesday made an emergency landing at the US Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. (NHK)
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N. Korea fires 7 projectiles from east coast

March 4, 2014 - 10:56
North Korea fired seven projectiles into waters off its eastern coast Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's Defense Ministry. (Kyodo)
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Japan's plutonium stocks no reason for concern - IAEA chief

March 3, 2014 - 22:24
There is no reason for concern that plutonium held by Japan could be diverted for nuclear arms purposes, the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Monday, after objections raised by China in another dispute between the east Asian neighbours. (Reuters)
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Japan holds unofficial talks with N. Korea, raises abduction issue

March 3, 2014 - 22:03
Japan and North Korea held unofficial talks in Shenyang, China, on Monday on the sidelines of a meeting of the Red Cross societies of the two countries, with a Japanese source indicating Tokyo raised the abduction issue in the talks. (Jiji Press)
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South Korea warns Japan over war sex slavery review

March 1, 2014 - 22:39
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Saturday warned Japan would face "isolation" if it pushed ahead with a move to revisit an apology over wartime sex slavery. (India Times)
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Lower House passes largest-ever draft budget

February 28, 2014 - 23:34
Japan's Lower House of the Diet has passed the country's largest-ever draft budget. (NHK)
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China designates war-related anniversaries as national days

February 27, 2014 - 22:12
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China passed legislation on Thursday to designate two key anniversaries of the war with Japan as national days, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. (Jiji Press)
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N. Korea launches projectiles believed to be short-range missiles

February 27, 2014 - 22:01
North Korea on Thursday fired four projectiles believed to be short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, South Korea's Defense Ministry said. (Kyodo)
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Japan Red Cross says plans talks for return of remains from North Korea

February 27, 2014 - 21:47
Officials from the Japanese and North Korean affiliates of the Red Cross will hold talks next week on the return of the remains of Japanese nationals from North Korea, a Japanese Red Cross official said on Thursday. (Reuters)
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Murayama raps Abe over sex slaves

February 27, 2014 - 21:42
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on Thursday blasted Shinzo Abe for considering revising the 1993 Kono statement, the first official acknowledgment that the Imperial Japanese Army had forced women into sexual servitude at wartime brothels set up by the military. (Japan Times)
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Japan to hand over plutonium to US

February 26, 2014 - 22:37
Japan is preparing to hand over to the United States its stockpile of research-purpose plutonium. It was purchased decades ago from the US and other countries. (NHK)
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