September 15, 2012
TAIPEI--Taiwan appears to be easing up on its hard-line stance regarding Japan's recent acquisition of the disputed Senkaku Islands, although many Taiwanese fishermen remain skeptical.
September 14, 2012
Japan's government said it intends to stop using nuclear power by the 2030s, marking a major shift from policy goals set before last year's Fukushima disaster that sought to increase the share of atomic energy to more than half of electricity supply.
September 14, 2012
As Japan prepares to abandon its dependence on nuclear energy, government officials are scrambling to address concerns from Western nations over how that shift would impact them.
September 14, 2012
Chinese authorities are vowing to protect their claim to the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture as they sent six marine surveillance vessels on Sept. 14 into Japanese territorial waters around the islands, a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel confirmed.
September 14, 2012
The Liberal Democratic Party kicked off its presidential election on Sept. 14, with five candidates battling to lead the main opposition party and gain the inside track at becoming Japan’s next prime minister.
September 14, 2012
BEIJING--China is raising Japan’s wartime past in the latest dispute over the Senkaku Islands, apparently in hopes of winning support for its territorial claims from countries that were invaded by Japanese troops.
September 14, 2012
The ruling party’s prefectural chapters might not praise Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, but they appear overwhelmingly in favor of the incumbent in the Democratic Party of Japan’s presidential election, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.
September 14, 2012
BEIJING--China warned Japan on Sept. 13 that trade could be hurt by the flare-up in tension over a group of disputed islands that is fraying ties between Asia's two biggest economies.
September 14, 2012
TOKYO/ BEIJING--Six Chinese surveillance ships entered waters near disputed islands claimed by Tokyo and Beijing on Sept. 14, raising the stakes in a long-running territorial row between Asia's two biggest economies.
September 13, 2012
Japan's newest national political party has adopted a logo showing disputed islands as integral parts of Japan, but its leader called for moderation in handling international standoffs.
September 13, 2012
With Japan moving to phase out nuclear energy, Britain, France and Aomori Prefecture are trying to ensure they will not be stuck with high-level radioactive waste from a fuel reprocessing program.
September 13, 2012
To promote nuclear power generation, Japan has pursued a policy to reprocess spent nuclear fuel so that it can be reused in nuclear reactors.
September 12, 2012
China, enraged at the Japanese government's decision to purchase three of the disputed Senkaku Islands from private ownership, turned up the heat with a veiled threat to use military force to bolster its claim.
September 12, 2012
OSAKA--Popular Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto formally launched a bid for national power on Sept. 12 with a new political party that critics say taps simmering nationalist sentiment just as Japan faces increasingly strained ties with China and South Korea.
September 12, 2012
The United States cautioned China and Japan against escalating a row over a group of islands that both nations claim, warning that tensions between the world's second and third-biggest economies would have global repercussions.
September 10, 2012
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto accepted seven lawmakers for his new national party after they embraced his promises to shake up Japan’s governing structure, promote free trade and push a review of the pacifist Constitution.
September 10, 2012
With a crowded field lining up for the opposition Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, incumbent Sadakazu Tanigaki, seeing declining support, bowed out of the race on Sept. 10.
September 10, 2012
Three lawmakers entered the race on Sept. 10 to challenge Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as head of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, although the incumbent appeared to be in the driver's seat as he holds the support of a number of influential members.
September 10, 2012
If given the choice, most voters would pick “none of the above” in the presidential elections of the ruling and main opposition parties, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.
September 10, 2012
SEOUL--Lee Myun-bak came under fire recently for demanding an apology from Emperor Akihito, but the South Korean president said he actually hopes that a visit by the emperor will keep problems from continuing to hurt bilateral relations.