Japan

China Conducts ‘Strategically Important’ Flyover Over Waterways Near Japan And Taiwan

December 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

China has conducted what they call a routine flyover exercise over strategically important waterways near Taiwan and Japan. Japan scrambled two jets to monitor the Chinese [...]

Young North Korean Man Flees to Japan By Boat

July 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Japanese police have reported they have found a man claiming to be a North Korean citizen wandering around The port city of Senzaki this weekend. According to CNN and NHK the [...]

Japan: American Toyota Executive Arrested

June 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

Toyota Motor Corp’s Managing Officer and Chief Communications Officer, Julie Hamp has been arrested in Japan today because it is alleged she illegally brought pain [...]

Japanese PM Calls Snap Elections For December After Economy Goes Into A Recession

November 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for snap elections in December. The elections have been called after economic data showed the Japanese economy had gone into a [...]

China And Japan Hold “Ice Breaker” Talks At APEC Summit

November 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

Japan and China have held sideline talks at the APEC summit in Beijing. The talks have been billed as “ice-breakers” between the two nations. Japan and China have had [...]

Australia: A Strong Japan Is In The Interest Of the Region’s Stability

June 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

In addressing a national press conference in Japan the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that it was in Australia’s interest and in the region’s interest that the [...]

Japan Summons Chinese Ambassador Over Airplane Near Miss Over East China Sea

June 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Japanese government has summonsed the Chinese ambassador in Tokyo yesterday over an incident in the East China Sea that involved two fighter jets that flew dangerously [...]

Japan: PM”Relationship Between Japan and China Comparable Germany And Britain Before World War I

January 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the rocky relationship between Japan and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the rocky relationship between Japan and China is [...]

Japanese Prime Minister Offends Chinese And Koreans By Visiting Controversial Shrine – USA Disappointed

December 26, 2013 // 0 Comments

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has sparked outrage in China and Korea by visiting the Yasukuni Shrine which houses the remains of Japanese war criminals from World [...]

Japanese Emperor Akihito Turns 80

December 24, 2013 // 0 Comments

Japanese Emperor Akihito has celebrated his 80th birthday, waving to a huge crowd from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Flanked by his family Monday, Emperor [...]