Abe needs German courage
[2015-03-10 07:45]It's time for Abe to understand that when Willy Brandt knelt down at the monument to victims of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, his nation stood up.
Japan's attitude toward the war makes a difference
[2015-03-09 07:39]Japan lost the war against the allied forces 70 years ago, but it should not lose its conscience on the question of the war 70 years later. This is what Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a Japanese reporter on Sunday at a sideline news conference of the annual session of the National People's Congress.
Time bomb damages Japan's ties with China
[2015-03-09 07:39]China and Japan will renew their security talks and consultations on their ties and regional affairs this month. The talks have been stalled since the Japanese government illegally "nationalized" part of the Diaoyu Islands in 2012.
Don't read too much into shortened name
[2015-02-27 07:35]The China-Japan Friendship Hospital is to be called the China-Japan Hospital according to a regulation on the abbreviated names of hospitals.
70 years after WWII, high time for Tokyo to face history
[2015-01-06 09:50]As the world gears up to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, it is high time for the Japanese government to adopt a correct attitude toward history and act in good faith to help maintain the postwar order.
Defrosting China-Japan ties demands Abe's practical action
[2014-11-03 19:09]Asia is holding its breath now, as the icy China-Japan relations could possibly see signs of thawing in the upcoming informal leaders' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
China and Japan need to move their relations forward
[2014-10-02 18:52]Former Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi asked her Chinese and Japanese panelists to describe what their countries will be in 2030.
Economic hopes plagued by hostility
[2014-09-10 07:39]Most members of the Chinese public support economic cooperation with Japan, but their Japanese counterparts hold competing views, a major poll in both countries showed.
Sino-Japanese ties worrying
[2014-09-10 07:34]The prospects for Sino-Japanese relations are worrying when 80 percent of the Chinese surveyed said they feel the same way about Japan,
China's role in WWII victory forgotten by West
[2014-09-02 13:10]China played a major role in the Allies' victory against Japan in World War II, but its wartime contributions were largely forgotten in the West due to the quick arrival of the Cold War, a leading British historian said.
Economic cooperation benefits both China and Japan
[2014-08-20 14:52]Countries in the Asia-Pacific region lack a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation, and to change that China and Japan, as the two biggest powers, should take the responsibility to enhance regional development and promote economic integration, members of the media were told.
Yasukuni's heart pumps blood of militarism
[2014-08-15 10:41]Yasukuni Shrine is regarded as the most notorious Japanese shrine worldwide, as each and every visit here by officials upsets and incenses Japan's neighboring countries.