Government agencies in New Zealand and Japan are seeking to strengthen joint research into " functional foods" with government funding, New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) announced Friday.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has voiced concerns over prevalence of racist statements and actions in Japan during a two-day review that concluded Thursday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent an offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine through his aide Kouichi Hagiuda on Friday on the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender to the World War II.
Located in Kudankita in Chiyoda Ward in central Tokyo, Yasukuni Shrine is regarded as the most notorious Japanese shrine worldwide, especially in the international political arena, as each and every visit here by officials upsets and incenses Japan's neighboring countries.
Books and publications carrying disparaging content about South Korea and China have been growing in popularity in Japan to the point that some bookstores even have a dedicated corner for such xenophobic literature.
Aug. 13 in 1945 was the last moment of a long dark night in China. Although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may not agree, it was the darkest before dawn for Japan as well.
A Chinese group has asked Japan to return a 1,300-year-old stone stele looted by Japanese soldiers early last century from northeastern China.
by Xinhua writers Wang Cong and Ren Qinqin
A Vietnamese top legislator on Monday pledged to use Japanese Official Development Assistance ( ODA) effectively during a reception to a Japanese delegation.
Cambodian academics said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visits to Cambodia and Laos this weekend aim at strengthening bilateral ties and countering the rising influence of China on the Southeast Asian nations.
The Japanese government seems to have stepped up a lobbying campaign around the world to create the illusion that the Chinese-owned Diaoyu Islands belong to Japan.
The US-Japan alliance, a bilateral arrangement made in the Cold War, should not undermine China's territorial sovereignty and legitimate rights, a Chinese spokesman said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies threaten the peace of Japan and lead the country down a dangerous path, a Japanese expert warned Saturday.
Japan's Social Democratic Party chief Tadatomo Yoshida said Tuesday that it is the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe himself who worsens the country's security environment.
Hiroshi Watanabe, governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said during a visit to Vietnam on Tuesday that Japan will continue to maintain official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam despite a recent scandal relating to Japan's ODA in the country.
Three people died and 47 others were injured across Japan as a powerful typhoon moved through the country's southernmost main island of Kyushu on Thursday morning after lashing the islands of Okinawa, local press reported.
The season's eighth typhoon Neoguri made landfall near Akune city in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan's southwest Kyushu area early Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
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