U.S. and Japan announced on Monday new guidelines for bilateral defense cooperation, allowing Japan's self defense forces to take on more ambitious global role that the Shinzo Abe administration has been seeking.
A minister of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet visited the war criminal-honored Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday, one day after Chinese President Xi Jinping told Abe that history issue is a major matter of principle concerning political basis of bilateral ties.
China-Japan relations witnessed yet another sign of thawing on Wednesday when President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe here on the sidelines of an Asia-Africa summit at the latter's request.
Katsuya Okada, leader of the Japanese largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan ( DPJ), on Monday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to be careful about his statement to be released in the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
The New York Times on Monday blamed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his country's failure to settle its wartime history, one week before he sets foot on U.S. soil for a visit.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would disappoint U.S. President Barack Obama over the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade talks as the Japanese conservative leader said Friday that his country would not make easy concessions on accelerating the negotiations.
The United States on Thursday emphasized that Japan should approach history issues "in a way that promotes healing and reconciliation."
Japanese media and public on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to face up to history squarely, citing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's words"facing World War II crimes is key to reconciliation"during a lecture in Tokyo.
Japanese dailies carrying stories that run contrary to proven and incontrovertible historical occurrences such as Nanjing Massacre committed by Japan's Imperial Army during World War II, have simply confirmed their role as ultra-conservative mouthpieces, experts believe.
As the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II draws closer, a spotlight from heavyweight political figures here as well as the international community is being firmly trained on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will craft and deliver a new statement on the historic day.
Japan's ruling coalition parties discussed on Friday whether the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) should be allowed to play an expanded role in overseas operations and even without a UN mandate in certain scenarios.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told an Upper House session on Tuesday he plans to draft legislation to allow the nation's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to be deployed overseas to rescue Japanese nationals deemed in danger.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a policy speech in Diet on Thursday, reiterating his determination to push for economic reforms but avoiding mentioning the most controversial security legislation which may enable the country to expand the role of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF).
Japan's cabinet approving for the first time a new charter allowing funds from the nation's Official Development Assistance (ODA) program to be used to supply support to foreign military troops involved in exclusively non-combat operations, has drawn some concern and skepticism from notable political pundits and the public alike.
The killing of two Japanese hostages taken by the Islamic State (IS) has outraged people around the world, especially in their homeland, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowing to "make the terrorists pay the price."
Japan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday morning was desperately trying to verify the authenticity of yet another audio message purportedly from Japanese hostage Kenji Goto who is being held by Islamic State (IS) terror group and who are demanding an Iraqi terrorist on death row in Jordan be brought to Turkish border in exchange for a Jordanian pilot's life.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday condemned a possible kill of a Japanese hostage held by the Islamic State (IS) militants after a likely video released late Saturday suggested that a Japanese captive, Haruna Yukawa, was killed.
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