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- 14 May 2013 13:45 - Reuters
- China has expressed outrage over remarks by the mayor of Osaka who said Japan's system of military brothels during World War II was "necessary".
- 12 Apr 2013 00:00 - ANALYSIS Phillip Inman
- The moribund economies of Italy and Japan have to release funds for investment if they are to prosper.
- 28 Feb 2013 14:06 - Reuters
- People in the area worst affected by the Fukushima Daiichi accident have a higher risk of developing cancer, says the World Health Organisation.
- 21 Feb 2013 09:38 - Justin McCurry
- Japan has carried out three executions since its new prime minister was elected – a sign Tokyo will defy pressure to abolish executions.
- 29 Jan 2013 12:28 - AFP
- Japan has said it would give $120-million in aid to the troubled Sahel region after ten Japanese nationals were killed in an Algerian hostage crisis.
- 21 Jan 2013 15:57 - Guardian Reporter
- The death toll from a four-day siege at an Algerian gas plant has risen to at least 81, with nine Japanese nationals reported to have been killed.
- 11 Jan 2013 12:46 - Guardian Reporters
- Drones have taken centre stage in an escalating arms race between China and Japan, who are struggle to assert their dominance over disputed islands.
- 26 Dec 2012 10:05 - Hiroshi Hiyama
- Japan has elected Shinzo Abe, a hawkish leader who promised to get tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy, to be their new prime minister.
- 22 Dec 2012 09:40 - Yuri Kageyama, Sapa-AP,
- Okinawa is about as far away as one can get from Fukushima without leaving Japan, and that is why Minaho Kubota is here.
- 02 Dec 2012 13:51 - Elaine Kurtenbach
- At least seven people were feared missing after concrete panels fell from the roof of a tunnel on the main highway linking Tokyo with central Japan.
- 04 Oct 2012 09:22 - Sapa-AFP
- Police say three men who barbecued and curried the remains of their victim are being held by authorities in Japan.
- 01 Oct 2012 07:34 - Kyoko Hasegawa
- Japan's prime minister will use a Cabinet reshuffle to try to mend fences with China and to boost his flagging popularity ahead of general elections.
- 26 Sep 2012 13:27 - Neil Connor
- China has accused Japan of violating its sovereignty as a territorial row simmers with Japanese carmakers cutting their Chinese output.
- 18 Sep 2012 07:30 - Guardian Reporter
- Japanese companies have closed shop in China after a weekend of violent protests over competing claims to a group of islands in the East China Sea.
- 17 Sep 2012 11:33 - Chris Buckley, Kazunori Takada,
- Japanese firms have shut factories in China and urged expatriate workers to stay indoors in the wake of angry protests over a territorial dispute.
- 15 Sep 2012 07:16 - Reuters
- Thousands of protesters besieged the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Saturday, hurling rocks at the building as police struggled to keep control.
- 11 Sep 2012 08:11 - Robert Saiget
- China has sent patrol ships to "assert its sovereignty" over islands at the centre of a row with Japan, which says it now owns the disputed territory.
- 03 Aug 2012 14:27 - Justin McCurry
- The massive loss of life in last year's tsunami disaster in Japan has trimmed the average life expectancy of the country's women.
- 22 Jun 2012 10:55 - AFP
- Historians will have to rethink the way the ancient world worked after Roman jewellery was found in a 5th Century Japanese tomb.
