The Japanese Communist Party's new course
The Japanese Communist Party relaxes decades-old hard-line policies in an effort to cooperate with opposition Democrats ...
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Abe stresses Japan-US alliance in policy speech
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stresses the Japan-US alliance as the cornerstone of diplomatic and national security policies...
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Education Ministry scandal snares top bureaucrats
Education Ministry bureaucrats are disciplined over a revolving door scandal.
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Kennedy signs pact to cut US base-linked crime
Before leaving Japan, US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy signs an agreement meant to cut crime linked to US bases in the cou...
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PM Abe meets Vietnam's Nguyen
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and pledges maritime security-relate...
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Abe, Duterte stress vital role of US
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has breakfast at the private home of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who says he seeks c...
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Declassified documents show origins of Ron-Yasu friendship
Declassified documents show how the Cold War spurred a friendship between Japan's Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and U...
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Diplomats recalled from South Korea meet Abe
Two Japanese diplomats pulled from South Korea to protest a comfort women statue meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Japan's ambassador leaves South Korea over comfort woman statue
Japan's ambassador to South Korea returns to Tokyo to protest the installation of a comfort woman statue in front of Jap...
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Japan recalling ambassador to S.Korea over 'comfort woman' statue
Japan will recall its ambassador to South Korea over a statue of a so-called comfort woman.
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