The recent visit by Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang to Japan is said to be a historical marker, opening a new chapter in the bilateral relations, said Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on Thursday.
South Korea's presidential spokesman said Monday that it has no reason to reject summit talks with Japan if the neighboring country shows sincere attitude toward historical issues, opening door for such talks possibly at the Nuclear Security Summit slated for later this month.
Red Cross officials from Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold a two-day meeting from March 19 in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Totally 14 people injured after a 6. 1-magnitude quake that hit southwest Japan early Friday morning, while agency said quakes of around intensity 4 could occur in the coming week, according to local media Friday.
The United States said on Monday that it was encouraging Japan's leadership to handle the historical issues in a manner that contributes to better ties with neighboring nations.
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang will pay a state visit to Japan on March 16-19 at the invitation of Japanese Emperor Akihito, Vietnamese foreign ministry announced on Sunday.
Officials from China, Japan and South Korea started a two-day Trilateral Table Top Exercise (TTX) on Thursday in Tokyo, which aims at increasing natural disaster coping capacity.
Truly following the world-recognized "Murayama Statement" has become a tough test for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Administration as the prime minister had increasingly resorted to play of words on the key issue of Japan's attitude toward its wartime wrongdoings.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Thursday that his landmark 1995 apology for the nation's wartime atrocities and the 1993 Kono statement admitting culpability and apologizing for Japan's forcible wartime conscription of sex slaves should not be re-examined.
The 12 countries involved in the U.S.-led TPP free trade talks have made little progress in reaching a pact in the latest round of ministerial talks, with the spotlight focused very much on Japan and its reluctance to alleviate tariffs on what it deems to be its "sacred sectors."
Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), Kyodo News agency reported.
Provocative statements by Katsuto Momii, the head of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, and its board member Naoki Hyakuta on Japan's invasion history have been widely criticized in Japan.
Former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, known for his apology for past wartime atrocities while in office, arrived here Tuesday for a three-day visit to South Korea amid frayed ties between the two countries.
The Japanese government has hired U.S. lobby firms in its efforts to smooth over "comfort women," an issue that has roiled Japan's relations with those countries whose women were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese Imperial Armed Forces during World War II, a U.S. newspaper said on Thursday.
British ambassador to Japan Tim Hitchens urged the country to admit historical mistakes and create better environment for improving ties with neighboring countries, local media reported on Monday.
South Korea on Tuesday lodged a strong protest against Japan's revision on teaching manuals for junior and senior high school students, vowing to take stern measures against it.
Top Davos forum speakers said Thursday that while Abenomics seems to involve the right decisions to build-up Japan's economy, there are strategies that could misfire.
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