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Japan, France sign defense pact to spur cooperation, joint development

Japan and France signed a deal on military equipment and technology transfers on Friday, in a move t...

Mar 14, 2015 10:53 AM EDT

China envoy urges Japan to stick to apology script: China Daily

China will question Japan's commitment to peace if it adopts an ambiguous or defiant stance regardin...

Mar 13, 2015 09:50 AM EDT

Commerzbank to pay $1.45 billion to resolve probes on Iran, Olympus

Commerzbank AG (CBKG.DE) has agreed to pay U.S. authorities $1.45 billion to resolve an investigatio...

Mar 13, 2015 05:27 AM EDT

Top diplomats set to meet to discuss China, Japan, South Korea summit

The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are preparing to meet this month for their fir...

Mar 12, 2015 09:13 AM EDT

U.S. asks Vietnam to stop helping Russian bomber flights

The United States has asked Vietnam to stop letting Russia use a former U.S. base to refuel nuclear-...

Mar 11, 2015 11:24 AM EDT

U.N. expert wants North Korea to answer for decades of abductions

A United Nations human rights investigator recommended an international strategy on Monday to press ...

Mar 09, 2015 09:49 AM EDT

Japan, North Korea could resume abduction talks this month: Nikkei

Japan and North Korea could resume talks as early as this month over an investigation North Korea is...

Mar 07, 2015 02:09 AM EST

Japan, China to hold first security talks in four years

Japanese and Chinese officials will hold their first security talks in four years in Tokyo later thi...

Mar 05, 2015 09:31 AM EST

Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea

U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was s...

Mar 05, 2015 04:55 AM EST

Michelle Obama heads to Asia to promote girls' education

First lady Michelle Obama will travel to Japan and Cambodia this month as part of a U.S. global effo...

Mar 03, 2015 09:36 AM EST

Small step by Tokyo district could be giant leap for LGBT equality

Same-sex couples in Japan are awaiting the results of a debate in a Tokyo local assembly that may gi...

Mar 03, 2015 09:32 AM EST

Japan PM ex-adviser praises apartheid in embarrassment for Abe

A former adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has praised apartheid as a model for how Japan could e...

Feb 14, 2015 08:22 AM EST

Japan global PR message could misfire with focus on wartime past

A push by Japan to correct perceived bias in accounts of the country's wartime past is creating a ro...

Feb 10, 2015 04:26 AM EST

Skepticism, confusion over Australia submarine tender pledge

Officials in Australia and Japan on Monday expressed scepticism and confusion over a pledge by Prime...

Feb 09, 2015 06:24 AM EST

Working with global community only way to fight terrorism: Japan PM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted to debate the possibility of Japan's mil...

Feb 02, 2015 05:43 AM EST

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