Japan, rather than China, is the country that has unilaterally "altered the status quo" in the East China Sea region in a longstanding dispute with China over the Diaoyu Islands.
A Japanese business delegation wrapped up a visit to Beijing on Thursday after meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and other senior officials.
Japan and the European Union (EU) reiterated their commitment to conclude a bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement and Free Trade Agreement at an early date, according to a joint press statement here on Tuesday.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday urged Japan to back a proposal made by Republic of Korea (ROK) President Park Geun-hye for the two countries and China to compile history textbooks together.
Japan has been widely condemned for weakening its target on greenhouse gas emission reductions during the ongoing United Nations climate talks in Warsaw with delegations from nearly 200 nations.
The latest statistics from Japan's health ministry show that one in 49 babies born in Japan today are born into families with one non-Japanese parent, giving way to a growing demographic of mixed-race nationals in Japan, known colloquially as "Hafu."
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama slapped on Shinzo Abe’s face for his rightist actions against neighboring China and South Korea.
Japan was urged by a Chinese spokesman on Monday to stop its provocative talk after its country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe depicted China as a threat to regional security.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) criticized a Japanese government-submitted bill to impose tougher penalties on national secret leakers on Monday, local media reported.
Japan and South Korea will hold a vice defense ministerial meeting in Seoul on Wednesday to confirm their cooperation in addressing security concerns arising partly from nuclear and missile development by Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan's defense ministry said Friday.
Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan held the first trilateral talks in 18 months on Thursday to mend frosty ties caused by Japan's territorial disputes with neighboring countries and its anachronistic historical perception.
China on Tuesday said Japan's move to use the so-called "external threat" as an excuse to expand its military capacity raises concern and alertness.
Japan for the first time has thrown its weight behind a UN statement on nuclear disarmament with senior government officials stating Tuesday that the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons use are unacceptable.
A Japanese government panel on security issues drafted Monday an outline of the countries new national security strategy with an eye on revising its arms embargo, according to local media.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely visit the controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine by the end of the year, according to government and media sources Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday morning made an offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during its autumn festival, according to local media.
However, the apparent flip-flop has opened up the LDP for attack from a number of fronts. Firstly, Japan's Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives, which has significant political clout here, will be up in arms about the turnaround.
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