Tag: Japan

Junichi Ihara, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asia and Oceania Affairs Bureau, right, listens to Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador in charge of normalizing relations with Japan, right, during their meeting at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, China Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Japan-NK hold talks despite missile launch

Washington Examiner · July 1, 2014 5:31 am

FILE - In Jan. 26, 2012 file photo, shoppers ride on escalators at an electronics retailer in Tokyo. Japan's industrial output has recovered slightly in May from a decline following an April sales tax, stabilizing as factories produced more machinery, vehicles and electronic devices. Factory output in the world's third-largest economy climbed 0.8 percent in May from a year earlier, and was up 0.5 percent from the month before, the economy ministry reported Monday, June 30, 2014. Output fell 2.8 percent in April. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan May data show economy slowing but resilient

Elaine Kurtenbach · July 1, 2014 3:01 am

The stories of 12 Japanese abducted by North Korea

Mari Yamaguchi · July 1, 2014 12:23 am

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Thousands protest greater Japanese military role

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 2:19 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, June 26, 2014, a protester wears a hand-shaped mask reading: "Stop Wars" during a rally in front of the Japanese prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Japan's ruling party and its coalition partner were near agreement Friday, June 27 on a major shift in the country's restrictive defensive policy that would allow the military to help defend other nations. The planned change is part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to allow Japan to play a more assertive role in international security amid China's growing military presence and rising regional tensions. The banner at right reads: "We will never let Japan go to war." (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Japan ruling bloc near agreement on security shift

Mari Yamaguchi · June 27, 2014 2:11 pm

Filipino Narcisa Claveria, 84, who claims to have been a sex slave during World War II, shouts slogans during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, June 25, 2014. A group of alleged Filipino "comfort women" demanded recognition following the announcement of the affirmation of the Kono Statement as a result of the Japanese government investigation on the alleged WWII sexual slavery in Korea. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Filipino ex-sex slaves demand justice from Japan

Washington Examiner · June 25, 2014 8:44 am

In this Monday, June 23, 2014 photo, Tokyo assemblyman Akihiro Suzuki bows to apologize for his remarks to his female colleague Ayaka Shiomura during a press conference at Tokyo Metropolitan City Hall in Tokyo. The uproar over the rude comments aimed at Ayaka Shiomura by several male lawmakers, including Suzuki, reflects both greater awareness of women's issues and the pervasiveness of traditional chauvinist attitudes in business and political circles. The latter poses a major challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of greater advancement for Japan's well-educated but underemployed women, a mainstay in his arsenal of strategies for reviving the economy. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Sexist views dent Japan push for women’s rights

ELAINE KURTENBACHMARI YAMAGUCHI · June 25, 2014 2:27 am

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Abe formally announced an outline of his long-awaited growth strategy, a slew of reforms meant to revitalize the economy and restore its global competitiveness. The plan, approved by the Cabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed changes to labor regulations, government pension fund investments, corporate governance and tax policies that Abe says are needed to spur corporate investment and innovation. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Abe’s grand plan to revive Japan’s economic might

Elaine Kurtenbach · June 24, 2014 11:34 am

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Abe formally announced an outline of his long-awaited growth strategy, a slew of reforms meant to revitalize the economy and restore its global competitiveness. The plan, approved by the Cabinet earlier in the day, includes dozens of proposed changes to labor regulations, government pension fund investments, corporate governance and tax policies that Abe says are needed to spur corporate investment and innovation. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan unveils strategy to restore cutting edge

Elaine Kurtenbach · June 24, 2014 11:17 am

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Tokyo assemblyman apologizes over sexist heckling

Mari Yamaguchi · June 23, 2014 12:53 pm

"Imperial stone seals with animal design knobs" of Qing dynasty is displayed at the Tokyo National Museum during a press preview of the "Treasured Masterpieces from the National Palace Museum Taipei " in Tokyo, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Taiwan art exhibit in Japan salvaged by name fix

Elaine Kurtenbach · June 23, 2014 9:33 am

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