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May 25, 2013
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto made clear May 25 that he intends to apologize to the United States for suggesting that its military personnel utilize legalized sexual services in...
May 25, 2013
North Korea has decided that dialogue is the best way to remain at the diplomatic table ahead of various bilateral meetings scheduled for June.
May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House visit that he appreciates the leader's efforts to lead the Asian country on its...
May 21, 2013
WASHINGTON--The Pentagon on May 20 appeared to play down North Korea's six short-range missile launches over the past three days, describing tensions on the Korean peninsula as ...
May 18, 2013
The United States and Japan have reduced the alert levels for their destroyers in a further sign that the military threat from North Korea is ebbing away.
May 17, 2013
A U.S. official said he was confused over a recent surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but added that he understood Japan’s intention to...
May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON--The U.S. government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, a U.S....
May 16, 2013
Okinawa, which marked the 41st anniversary of its reversion to Japan on May 15, is posing one grave question: Does Japan really qualify as a sovereign state?
May 14, 2013
OSAKA--Toru Hashimoto, co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, stunned and flustered a U.S. military commander in Okinawa earlier this month with a suggestion that legalized...
May 13, 2013
LAHORE, Pakistan--Nawaz Sharif, who is poised for victory after Pakistan's May 11 election, said he had spoken at length with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of rival India and...
May 10, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--President Park Geun-hye's office said May 10 that she has fired her chief spokesman after a "disgraceful incident" during Park's trip to the United States.
May 10, 2013
Government officials thought they had found a way to quell the international criticism that erupted after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested that Japan’s wartime actions...
May 09, 2013
WASHINGTON--Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s views of history that appear to deny Japan’s wartime aggression could end up harming U.S. interests, a report released here said.
May 08, 2013
WASHINGTON—Beijing’s “improperly” drawn baselines aimed at strengthening its sovereignty claims over waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands are part of a series of...
May 07, 2013
BEIJING--China's military on May 7 denied renewed U.S. accusations of sponsoring cyber-attacks and said the sides should cooperate against the global threat of computer crime.
May 07, 2013
WASHINGTON--North Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from the country's east coast, U.S. officials told Reuters on May 6, after weeks...
May 05, 2013
NAHA--Even after nearly 60 years, Hozumi Maehara vividly remembers how he was cruelly interrogated by a U.S. military intelligence agent--with all his clothes stripped away.
May 05, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea said on May 5 it had no intention of using an American it sentenced to hard labor for 15 years as a bargaining chip in talks with the United States.
May 04, 2013
BEIJING—A year after fleeing to the United States, blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng says he will "certainly go back" to China one day.
May 01, 2013
WASHINGTON--Japan has gone on a diplomatic offensive to counter China's growing military presence in the Asia-Pacific region at a time when relations between the two Asian...