Australian researchers, main stream media and citizens criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was in flagrant disregard of the strong opposition of his Asian neighbors, for his visit last month to Tokyo' Yasukuni Shrine, the memorial which enshrines Japan's war dead including 14 Class-A war criminals of World War II.
China here on Tuesday dismissed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's intention to explain his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.
China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake in eastern Jiangxi Province, has recently seen a sharp decrease of water level to a record low of only 7.93 meters. Due to the lake's prolonged dry seasons in recent years, an escalating water shortage has caused drinking water scarcity, crippled the local fishing industry, and threatened the lake's ecology. China Report takes you to the scene.
The United States is disappointed at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial war shrine, the State Department said Monday.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Saturday declared that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the Yasukuni shrine was a mistake that must be corrected.
A poll conducted in Japan has shown that nearly 70 percent of respondents think Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should take diplomatic relations into consideration in deciding whether to visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, expressing their concerns over the controversial practice of the premier.
A poll conducted in Japan has shown that more than half of interviewees are against allowing the country to exercise the right of collective self-defense.
Led by nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Japanese government approved its first national security strategy Tuesday. Based on it, new defense program guidelines and a mid-term defense buildup plan were adopted.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called for a senior minister of his Cabinet to speed up talks on the sluggish Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal and insisted an agreement be found at an early juncture.
A special Diet committee on Thursday approved a controversial state secrecy bill, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition coming one step closer to having the bill enacted in the Upper House on Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he planned to set up two separate bodies within the government to ensure a clearer understanding of the designation of state secrets, amid increasing public and political resistance to a secrecy bill the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led bloc wants enacted Friday.
Japan's Diet enacted a law on Wednesday, paving the way for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to create a U.S.-style National Security Council (NSC) responsible for inter-ministerial and government agency coordination on matters of foreign and defense policies and protocols.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely visit the controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine by the end of the year, according to government and media sources Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to expand efforts to fight the country's decades- old deflation, announcing his resolve to implement an all-out growth strategy.
Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe on Tuesday reconvened a panel of experts to continue discussions on lifting the nation's self-imposed constitutional ban on exercising the right of collective self-defense.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called on his government to take a more proactive stance to ensure global peace and stability amid what he called a shifting geopolitical and security environment in East Asia.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unlikely to reshuffle the current cabinet until next summer.
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