July 21, 2012
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's national security adviser, Thomas Donilon, will discuss security in the Middle East and Asia with senior Chinese officials in Beijing next week.
July 20, 2012
Although the central government wants to buy the disputed Senkaku islands, the owner of the island chain said the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has first claim to them, according to the family's spokesperson.
July 20, 2012
Osprey transport aircraft were involved in 58 “mishaps” between 2006 and 2011, U.S. military documents showed, as debate over their deployment to Japan intensified, reaching even the highest levels of the ruling party.
July 20, 2012
In a rare move by a former Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama joined a boisterous anti-nuclear demonstration outside his old office on July 20, a fresh sign that the ruling party he once led is fracturing over energy and other policies.
July 19, 2012
Despite persistent protests in Japan, Washington has notified Tokyo that 12 MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft will arrive at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23, sources said.
July 19, 2012
China may need to modernize its nuclear arsenal to respond to the destabilizing effect of a planned U.S.-backed missile defense system, a senior Chinese military officer said on July 18.
July 17, 2012
The government came under fire on July 17 over its handling of public hearings on nuclear energy policy, threatening to dent already sagging support for the ruling party ahead of an election many expect to be this year.
July 16, 2012
WASHINGTON--High-ranking U.S. Air Force officers went to great lengths to rule out mechanical failure as the major cause of a fatal crash of the Osprey transport aircraft, the chairman of the accident investigation committee said.
July 16, 2012
The government instructed its ambassador to China to "accurately" convey to Beijing its stance that the disputed Senkaku Islands are Japanese territory and to protest repeated incursions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters.
July 15, 2012
BEIJING -- Japan's ambassador to Beijing is returning to Tokyo for talks amid new tensions with China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
July 14, 2012
PHNOM PENH--A Southeast Asian regional summit ended in acrimony on July 13 over China's assertive role in the strategic South China Sea, failing to agree on a concluding joint statement for the first time in its 45-year history.
July 14, 2012
Japan should overhaul its power sector, dominated by regional monopolies, to promote competition and a stable power supply, according to a draft proposal issued on July 13 by a panel of experts set up after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
July 13, 2012
The central government will reject any request from the Tokyo metropolitan government to allow officials to land on the Senkaku Islands, a decision made apparently to prevent tensions from increasing with China.
July 13, 2012
A new space strategy office established within the Cabinet Office on July 12 will promote commercial use of Japan’s rocket and satellite technologies.
July 12, 2012
PHNOM PENH--Despite perceived provocations on both sides, Japan and China gingerly avoided escalating tensions on the tricky Senkaku Islands issue when their respective foreign ministers met here July 11.
July 12, 2012
After the central government shot down Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s plans to imprison civil servants who engaged in political activities, the maverick leader was furious but undeterred.
July 11, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, once labeled a wishy-washy leader, has stunned many in the political world with his recent bold decisions on foreign and national security policies, specifically those espoused by the opposition Liberal Democratic Party.
July 11, 2012
Japanese political veteran Ichiro Ozawa and dozens of other lawmakers who quit the ruling party over a tax hike plan launched a new party on July 11 in a bid to challenge the government, possibly heralding an era of political shakeup.
July 11, 2012
Japan lodged a protest with China on July 11 against the entry of Chinese patrol ships into waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, an issue that has long been a cause of friction between Asia's two biggest economies.
July 10, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda expressed his willingness to allow Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense, an issue that could further split the ruling party but would likely find support from the main opposition party.