Japan–korea Relations

24 Aug 2012

A Japanese weekly news magazine has envisaged how Japan's armed forces could go about invading and occupying disputed islands that are presently controlled by South Korea.

China lays into Japan over naming of islets

31 Jan 2012

China said yesterday that Japan's naming of four uninhabited islets surrounding the disputed Diaoyu Islands was illegal, following a report that Tokyo had given the islets Japanese names.

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Optimism over Sino-Japanese ties

29 Dec 2011

Usually, meetings between the leaders of China and Japan have served as an occasion for grappling with bilateral concerns.

Japan may put troops closer to China

21 Nov 2010

Japan may station troops on islands near China and boost defence co-operation with the US and other allies by lifting a ban on military exports.

Disaster for Pyongyang the outcome of any war

1 Jun 2010

What if there really were a war on the Korean Peninsula? The rhetoric has been heated since the South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk by an explosion in March, killing 46 sailors, and it has been...

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Ties with Japan handled with care

Sino-Japanese relations may be at their best in three decades, but neither side can afford to be complacent if those ties are to continue to improve, says Cui Tiankai, the new Chinese ambassador...

Fury over Korean pet shop's portrait of Mao

A South Korean pet shop has set off an international incident, with the Chinese Foreign Ministry demanding the removal of an offending sign in which Mao Zedong's portrait above Tiananmen Square...

Lao bounty sought for N Koreans

An organisation dedicated to helping North Korean refugees says police in Laos are demanding US$1,000 to hand over three children who were attempting to flee North Korea.

Rocks in a hard place

Rising out of a gunmetal-grey sea and against a sky that is only a shade lighter, the two islands are a silhouette sometimes lost in the clouds.

N Korean expat schools come under attack

More than 100 incidents of threats, vandalism and assaults on pupils have been reported by schools operated by the North Korean community in Japan.

Double standards?

If the survivors of the 1945 Tokyo bombing believe they have a case in claiming compensation from the Japanese government, what of the 'comfort' women and other victims of Japanese military...