The Philippines and Japan coast guards are set to conduct bilateral exercise about combating piracy and armed robbery at sea this week off Manila Bay, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Monday.
"Wartime sex slavery happened. The victims have come forward to tell their brutal stories. So, we want their stories, written or in art form, to be remembered forever," said Rechilda Extremadura, director of a Philippine organization for wartime sex slaves.
As Britain’s Iraq Inquiry Report turns the world’s attention to former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision to go to war, a Japanese citizens group is conducting its own Iraq inquiry in lieu of a government effort.
According to the Japan News, senior officials of the Japanese and U.S. governments agreed on Tuesday to effectively narrow the range of personnel who make up the civilian component of the U.S. military under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
China accused Japan on Monday of using its fighter jets to stage provocative actions over the East China Sea.
Japan’s re-embrace of nuclear power, on display last week with the recertification of two ageing reactors, is prompting some critics to warn that Tokyo is neglecting the lessons of Fukushima.
Japan and the United States will amend an archaic pact that governs the way U.S. military personnel and base-linked civilian workers are dealt with legally following rising instances of crimes committed by U.S. service people in Japan.
Seven Japanese were killed as a result of the standoff with gunmen at a restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on July 2.
Despite Beijing's repeated call that outsider countries play a constructive role on the South China Sea issue, Tokyo seems to have stepped up its meddling moves, at the cost of regional stability and without giving any thought to its relations with China.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged Japan not to "hype up" the South China Sea issue.
Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hiroshi Moriyama admitted he accepted 200,000 yen (1,955 U.S. dollars) in September last year from the head of the Japan Poultry Association, while working as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's committee head dealing with the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The Japanese government stayed alert on possible economic turbulence following Britain's decision to leave the European Union and held a meeting Monday morning discussing measures to cope with after-effects of it.
Hilaria Bustamante was only 16 years old when, one day more than 70 years ago, three Japanese soldiers abducted her, hauled her onto a military truck and brought her to a garrison where she was reportedly imprisoned and repeatedly raped for a year.
The Japanese government on Friday expressed its concerns over a Britain's referendum result to leave the European Union, with rapid moves reflected the outcome affecting in both stocks and forex markets here.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began an upper house election campaign on Wednesday with a pledge to rev-up the economy as surveys showed his ruling bloc ahead, despite doubts over Abe’s growth recipe and his push to revise the pacifist constitution.
Japan should modernize its energy system rather than restart obsolete nuclear reactors that were shut down on safety concerns following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Thousands of Okinawans rallied on an Ounoyama track field in Naha on June 19 to express their outrage over a former U.S. Marine who is under arrest in connection with the slaying of a local woman.
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