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Clinton presses China on maritime spats
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged China's top diplomat on Thursday to peacefully resolve increasingly tense maritime disputes with Japan ...
China hits back at Japan PM's statement on islands
China on Thursday assailed Japan's prime minister as obstinate and wrong for saying his nation won't compromise in their island dispute, as Japanese ...
Japan, China move to dampen island dispute
Japan and China are taking small steps to dampen a bitter dispute over a group of small islands in the East China Sea following an intense but ...
US begins test flights of MV-22 Osprey in Japan
The U.S. Marines conducted their first test flights of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft in Japan on Friday after months of protests over safety concerns.
Japan's Noda to remain PM after ruling party vote
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda handily beat three other contenders in a ruling party leadership election Friday and will remain Japan's leader a while ...
China probes protest around US ambassador's car
China is investigating protesters' harassment of the U.S. ambassador as he attempted to enter the American Embassy, and U.S. officials say Beijing has ...
Japan's central bank joins Fed in easing policy
Japan's central bank on Wednesday ramped up its efforts to spur economic growth, following similar steps by central bankers in the United States and ...
Nationalism may rise under Japan's next gov't
One is a former prime minister known for his nationalistic views. A second is a hawkish former defense chief. And a third is the son of Tokyo's ...
China reserves right to act on disputed islands
China's national defense minister warned Tuesday that Beijing reserves the right to take further action against Japan in the ongoing dispute over ...
Cabinet panel wants Japan to end nuclear power use
A Cabinet panel on Friday called for Japan to phase out nuclear power over the next three decades in what would be a major shift of national energy ...
Japanese, Chinese ships exchange island warnings
Chinese and Japanese government ships exchanged warnings Friday in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, while Tokyo called on Beijing ...
6 Chinese boats near disputed islands
The Japanese government says six Chinese surveillance ships have entered Japanese waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea. In response, the ...
China sends patrol ships to islands held by Japan
A territorial flare-up between China and Japan intensified Tuesday as two Beijing-sent patrol ships arrived near disputed East China Sea islands in ...
Clinton urges feuding Asian neighbors to cool it
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Asian countries embroiled in simmering territorial disputes to work together to ease rather than ...
Russia, Japan agree to move ahead on LNG project
Russia and Japan are putting energy cooperation ahead of a longstanding territorial dispute as they move ahead with a long-awaited liquefied natural ...
Media: Japan gov't agrees to buy disputed islands
The Japanese government has agreed to buy several privately owned islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but also claimed by ...
AP analysis: Iran may be pushing to nuke threshold
A "big and unforgivable" sin. A Western falsehood. An attempt to deprive developing nations of peaceful nuclear technology. That's how Iran's supreme ...
China is tough against Tokyo but reins in activism
Wu Qingjun is no dissident. In fact, this activist's pet issue — China's claim over a set of islands controlled by Japan — aligns him squarely with ...
Iran clings to Asian oil market as sanctions bite
When Iran welcomes leaders to a world gathering next week, few will get a grander reception than India's prime minister. As Tehran tries to offset the ...
Japan's PM meets protesters, won't stop reactors
Japan's prime minister met for the first time with leaders of weekly anti-nuclear protests Wednesday but rejected their demand that two recently ...
Japan activists land, raise flags on disputed isle
Japan's territorial disputes with its neighbors flared anew Sunday as a group of nationalist activists swam ashore and raised flags on an island also ...
Marines: Osprey aircraft crash due to pilot error
A Marine Corps investigation has concluded that operator error caused the deadly April crash of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft in Morocco — an incident that ...
Asian island dispute flares on WWII anniversary
Regional tensions flared on the emotional anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender as activists from China and South Korea used Wednesday's ...