July 7 is an anniversary that should be remembered by both Chinese and Japanese.Seventy-seven years ago, at Lugou Bridge, known as Marco Polo Bridge to the Western people, Japanese troops attacked Chinese defenders in the nearby fortress town of Wanping, marking the beginning of the eight-year Anti-Japanese War.
South Korea on Tuesday expressed concerns over the Japanese cabinet's reinterpretation of its pacifist constitution, which will allow Tokyo to exercise collective self-defense right, urging Japan to hold fast the spirit of its constitution.
China on Tuesday urged Japan to respect Asian neighbors' security concerns and not to harm China's sovereignty and security interests as Japan approved a resolution to allow it a larger military role in Asia.
The Japanese cabinet on Tuesday rubber-stamped a resolution that will allow the country to exercise the right to collective self-defense by reinterpreting the pacifist Constitution, despite strong criticism from home and abroad.
Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) plan to meet next week in China over the abduction of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s as the DPRK agreed earlier to launch new investigations, according to local media Wednesday.
Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold talks on Pyongyang's abduction of Japanese citizens, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday.
The Japanese government consulted with relevant officials in the U.S. government regarding the conclusion of talks held between Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Stockholm last month, local media reported Wednesday.
South Korea's foreign ministry said Tuesday that its director general-level diplomat will head to Tokyo later this week to hold talks about Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women.
China on Saturday published more than 110,000 confidential Japanese documents from wartime to expose Japan's history of invasion.
Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday made a commitment to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the disputed Diaoyu Islands between Japan and China fall under U.S.-Japan security treaty, but the commitment would become a risky war trigger at the hawkish Japanese leader's hands.
About 150 Japanese lawmakers from a nonpartisan group on Tuesday morning visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine during the spring festival.
A Japanese civil group on Monday sued with the Tokyo District Court over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, stating Abe's move was unconstitutional.
South Korea and Japan confirmed differences on Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women after holding the first director general-level talks on the " comfort women" issue.
Japanese Fishery Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday that he is determined to "maintain the solid policy of preserving whale-eating culture and securing of whale meat," according to local media.
A multimedia exhibition, showcasing stories through the memories of survivors who witnessed the tumultuous events of World War II(WWII) in Brunei Darussalam (Dec 1941 - June 1945) is being held from April 3-8 at the Inspiring Hall, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD).
Ten more people have been asked to present written accounts to serve the investigation of a bribery allegations relating to the capital Hanoi's urban railway construction project Line 1.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks with Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday in Tokyo, and they discussed energy cooperation in the United Arab Emirates.
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