diplomacy
May 14, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei at a meeting on May 13 to cooperate in countering China's growing maritime ambitions.
April 24, 2013
Hot on the heels of visits by three Abe Cabinet members, dozens of lawmakers from the ruling and opposition camps paid homage at Yasukuni Shrine, where Japan's war dead and...
April 18, 2013
The standoff over sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands appears to be impeding plans for a trilateral summit between Japan, China and South Korea.
March 24, 2013
BEIJING--Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as Chinese diplomacy's latest star, cutting a very different profile from her staid predecessors on her debut official ...
January 19, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned home on Jan. 19 after a tour of Southeast Asia, his first overseas trip since taking office late last year.
December 27, 2012
After more than three years of the trouble-plagued government led by the Democratic Party of Japan, newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party now ...
December 22, 2012
Even before he becomes prime minister next week, Shinzo Abe has sought to improve ties with Seoul by naming a special envoy for talks and shelving plans for a potentially...
November 30, 2012
The party most likely to form a government after the forthcoming election has talked of adopting a nationalist, low-tolerance approach to China—in contrast with the present...
November 27, 2012
BEIJING--Lamenting the turmoil in bilateral relations that marked his 28 months in the post, Japan's outgoing ambassador to China, Uichiro Niwa, offered the following advice...
September 06, 2012
Japan's government is to buy three of the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture under an agreement reached with their private owner.
August 23, 2012
SEOUL--South Korea plans the rare and risky diplomatic move of returning a personal letter from Japan's prime minister, a Seoul government source said Aug. 22, in a deepening...
August 01, 2012
SEOUL--South Korea's foreign ministry has called on Beijing to verify claims by a South Korean human rights activist that he was tortured by Chinese authorities.
June 21, 2012
A delegation of North Korean Foreign Ministry officials from Pyongyang landed at a Beijing airport on April 17, four days after the reclusive country's unsuccessful launch of a ...
June 10, 2012
When negotiating with Russia, it is important to build trust through business-level relationships. This also applies to Japan when it comes to the Northern Territories. The key ...
May 31, 2012
Despite sensational media coverage, police say they are no nearer to proving whether a first secretary at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, who returned home amid suspicions of...
May 22, 2012
One of China's top military officials has canceled a planned visit to Japan, citing pressing duties at home, Japanese government sources said.
April 21, 2012
Three years after recapturing the Falkland Islands from Argentina, Britain built a military port there. But the port's opening ceremony was ruined by a Member of Parliament who ...
April 21, 2012
REYKJAVIK-- China's premier Wen Jiabao was in Iceland on April 20, beginning a tour of northern Europe that will focus on Chinese investment in a continent eager for funds and...
April 05, 2012
Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama is planning to visit Iran for talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite barely disguised exasperation with his freelance diplomacy...
March 28, 2012
SEOUL--Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda chatted with 12 foreign leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit here on March 27, but he missed the discussions on forming a coalition to...