Around 400 people, most of whom with Chinese or Korean ancestry, gathered in front of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday, protesting against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his re- interpretation of Japan's pacifist constitution.
Members of four Japanese peace groups gathered here Monday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the beginning of China's eight-year anti-Japanese war, expressing their aspiration for peace and friendship.
The Japanese government on Monday said it had no problem with a potential visit by upper house lawmaker Antonio Inoki to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
It would be "foolish" for Australia to let itself to be drawn into any kind of strategic alignment with Japan that would be directed against China, warned Hugh White, a renowned Australian strategist.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) came under fire Friday as one of its lower house lawmakers admitted making sexist remarks to a female Diet member during a committee hearing in April.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pledged on Thursday to lift some of Japan's sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).The vow was made following Pyongyang's commitment to reinvestigating the issue of Japanese nationals being abducted by DPRK agents in the 1970s and 1980s.
South Korean civic groups on Wednesday rallied in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to protest against Japan's reinterpretation of its pacifist constitution to allow itself to exercise the right to collective self-defense.
Following the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deciding to allow Japan's forces the right to exercise collective self-defense in some situations despite monumental national protests on Tuesday, both opposition parties and members of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations have called on the government to retract its decision.
The Japanese government has launched a special team under the National Security Secretariat to prepare relevant legislation for exercising the collective self-defense right following the Cabinet's decision the previous day to lift the ban on it, local media reported Wednesday.
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.
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.
Japanese e-commerce and Internet giant Rakuten Inc. is planning to invest in Malaysian-owned budged airline carrier AirAsia Bhd, with the two companies eyeing the launch of a joint venture next year, pending government approval, local media reported Thursday.
The Japanese government on Friday submitted its final draft decision on lifting the ban on collective self-defense to the ruling bloc, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet expects to approve as early as July 1, local media reported.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Muslim rebel leader Al Haj Murad Ebrahim have met for the second time in Japan and discussed on the peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ( MILF), a senior government official disclosed Thursday.
China on Wednesday called on the Philippines not to add to tensions in regional maritime disputes as it and Japan vowed to enhance security cooperation to cope with China.
The Myanmar Ministry of Finance will shape a capital market in the country after joining the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Japan International Agency (JICA), official media reported Wednesday.
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