Tag: Japan

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 file photo, former comfort women who served the Japanese Army as sexual slaves during World War II, shout a slogan in a rally before Korean Liberation Day of Aug. 15, which marks the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Japanese lawmakers met behind closed doors Friday to hear results of a probe into a study that was the basis of Japan's 1993 apology over its use of wartime sex slaves - a review that South Korea and China have slammed as an attempt to discredit historical evidence of such abuses. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Review confirms basis of Japan’s sex slave apology

Mari Yamaguchi · June 21, 2014 4:10 am

Japanese farmer Masami Yoshizawa, right, shows a black bull with speckles to the media as police officers block him from leading the bull off a truck he drove from Fukushima, northeastern Japan, in front of Agriculture Ministry in Tokyo Friday, June 20, 2014. Yoshizawa and fellow farmer Naoto Matsumura whose livelihoods were wrecked by the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant have staged a protest briefly at the ministry to appeal for help with the livestock, some of which have developed unexplained white spots on their hides. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Fukushima farmers appeal to Tokyo with live bull

Elaine Kurtenbach · June 20, 2014 8:47 am

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, right, shakes hands with United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, left, at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne Tuesday June 17 2014. The two leaders met to discuss the cooperation between the two organizations. (AP Photo/Keystone, Valentin Flauraud)

IOC awards Japan TV rights in 4-games, $1b deal

Stephen Wilson · June 19, 2014 12:14 pm

FILE - In this May 27, 2008 file photo, a visitor to the Tokyo International Anime Fair looks at cartoon figures on display in Tokyo. Japan's parliament has passed a law which bans possession of child pornography, but excludes sexually explicit depictions of children in comics, animation and computer graphics. The upper house voted Wednesday, June 18, 2014 to approve the law, which was passed by the lower house earlier this month. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

Japan bans child porn, but excludes manga, anime

Elaine Kurtenbach · June 18, 2014 12:03 pm

Endangered delicacy: Japan eel on species red list

Elaine Kurtenbach · June 13, 2014 7:49 am

In this undated photo released by Japan Ministry of Defense, Chinese SU-27 fighter plane is shown. China and Japan are blaming each other for a close encounter between military jets over the East China Sea. China's defense ministry says Japanese F-15 fighters followed a Chinese TU-154 plane on regular patrol Wednesday, June 11, 2014 and got as close as 30 meters (100 feet). Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Wednesday that two Chinese SU-27 fighters had posed a danger to Japanese aircraft by flying near them. (AP Photo/Japan Ministry of Defense)

China, Japan blame each other for jet encounter

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 8:06 pm

Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner answers a question during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, June 12, 2014. Boeing has inked a deal for five Japanese companies to manufacture key components for its twin aisle 777X jets. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Boeing, 5 Japanese suppliers ink 777X deal

Yuri Kageyama · June 12, 2014 10:24 am

Australia's Defense Minister David Johnston, left, and his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera, right, shake hands during a meeting in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Japan and Australia plan to move ahead with plans to develop a stealth submarine technology this week, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushes to give his country a more assertive global military role. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan, Australia eye sub deal, closer defense ties

Mari Yamaguchi · June 11, 2014 9:44 am

Oil declines slightly, remains above $104

The Associated Press · June 10, 2014 8:04 pm

Japan urges compromise with US to spur trade pact

Matthew Pennington · June 10, 2014 6:25 pm

Japan organizers to review venue plans for Tokyo

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 12:55 pm

‘The June 4th Incident’

Dennis Halpin · June 9, 2014 4:00 am