China, South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent visit to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine at a UN Security Council open debate on Wednesday.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a one-trillion-dollar spending bill in which a document is attached calling for Secretary of State John Kerry to encourage Japan to address the issue of "comfort women."
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent homage at a controversial war-linked shrine mirrors the unrepentant view of Japan's wartime aggression and undermines his stated aim to increase Japan's engagement in safeguarding world peace, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai said Thursday.
China's charge d'affaires to S.Korea Chen Hai on Wednesday strongly denounced Japanese rightwing politicians' recent activities of negating history and justifying military aggression, saying these who have done too much wrong will "be nailed to the pillory."
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'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.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday urged Japan to improve relations with its neighboring countries after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial war shrine in late December fueled tensions with China and South Korea.
Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly criticized Japanese Internal Affairs minister Yoshitaka Shindo for his Yasukuni Shrine visit.
The United States is disappointed at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a controversial war shrine, the State Department said Monday.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said that Pakistan has no scope of winning a fourth war, if any, between the two arch-rivals.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday morning made an offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during its autumn festival, according to local media.
"The Wind Rises", supposedly the last movie of Hayao Miyazaki, one of greatest Japanese animation masters,tells the story of a boy from a provincial town, his dreams of flying and how war destroys love and dreams.
The best solution, according to a number of experts on the matter, is for Japan's politicians to pay their respect to the lives lost during the war at Japan's official war cemetery, just minutes from the unofficial Yasukuni site.
Sixty-eight years ago, then Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced in a radio address the country's surrender to the allies. However, the ghost of militarism still haunts Asia and threatens to challenge the post-war world order, according to experts.
U.S. President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will discuss a range of security issues on Friday at the White House, with the Afghan war on their top agenda, the White House said on Tuesday.
People from across Europe commemorated on Wednesday, in one way or another, the 68th Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) that marks the end of the Second World War (WWII) in Europe.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to end its "belligerent approach," amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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