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China: US stand on islands a 'betrayal'
AFP, Published on 19/01/2013
» Veiled US warnings to Beijing not to challenge Japan's control of disputed islands encouraged Tokyo's "dangerously right-leaning" government and "betrayed" Washington's vow of neutrality, Chinese state media said Saturday.
Algeria desert standoff as Islamists hole up with hostages
AFP, Published on 18/01/2013
» Islamist gunmen were holed up with an unknown number of foreign hostages on Saturday at a remote gas plant in the Algerian desert, amid uncertainty over the military's next move to free them.
Algeria kidnap victims 'top priority': Japan
AFP, Published on 17/01/2013
» Japan said on Thursday it was placing "top priority" on the lives of hostages, including a number of Japanese, snatched by Islamist gunmen who attacked a gas complex in Algeria.
Abe starts Southeast Asia trip
Published on 16/01/2013
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday left for Vietnam, the first of three countries making up his first overseas trip since he was selected as Japan's prime minister last month.
Japan, Philippines to boost ties amid China rows
AFP, Published on 10/01/2013
» Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida called Thursday for stronger ties with the Philippines to help ensure regional peace, amid tense territorial disputes by both countries with a rising China.
Japan's Abe eyes SE Asia, not US, for foreign trip
AFP, Published on 08/01/2013
» New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to make Southeast Asia his first foreign destination, reports said Tuesday, despite an earlier pledge to go to Washington before anywhere else.
Japan's new foreign minister vows China patch-up
AFP, Published on 29/12/2012
» Japan's new foreign minister said Friday he would work to patch up ties with China, soured over a bitter territorial row that has blighted relations for months.
Hawkish Abe elected as Japan's new prime minister
AFP, Published on 26/12/2012
» Japan's newly-elected prime minister Shinzo Abe pledged to rebuild the economy and mend Japan's alliance with the United States in the face of an assertive China at his first press conference on Wednesday.
Japan PM in 11th-hour bid to save tax hike plan
AFP, Published on 08/08/2012
» Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda scrambled Wednesday to save his prized consumption tax bill after the main opposition threatened to withdraw support unless a general election is called.