Scholar seeks moratorium on shrine
[2014-04-23 06:58]Kazuhiko Togo, director of the Institute for World Affairs at Kyoto Sangyo University, has long called for a moratorium on Yasukuni Shrine visits by serving prime ministers.
Some vital advice for US president
[2014-04-23 06:57]Just two days before US President Barack Obama's visit to Japan on his four-nation tour of Asia, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japan's militarist past which honors 14 Class-A war criminals. On Tuesday, 146 Japanese lawmakers visited the shrine again. A couple of days before that, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera attended a ceremony to begin construction of a radar base on Yonaguni Island, just 150 km from China's Diaoyu Islands.
Japanese lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine
[2014-04-22 09:48]About 150 Japanese lawmakers pay respects at the controversial war shrine which honors Japanese soldiers, including dozens of convicted criminals.
By visiting Yasukuni Shrine, politicians shun another option
[2014-04-22 07:22]Nearby national cemetery is a respectful place to remember nation's war dead
Abe rapped for war shrine offering
[2014-04-22 07:16]A group of roughly 150 Japanese lawmakers pays respects at the controversial war shrine for deceased Japanese soldiers.
Seizure of Japanese ship unrelated to wartime compensation: FM
[2014-04-21 21:01]China's seizure of a Japanese ship was solely for delayed rent and losses owed to a Chinese firm and was unrelated to wartime compensation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Monday.
China condemns Japanese PM's war-linked shrine offering
[2014-04-21 20:24]A Foreign Ministry spokesman says Beijing has lodged representations over the offering made Monday by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.
Yasukuni visit unconstitutional: Japanese civil group
[2014-04-21 20:22]A Japanese civil group on Monday sued with the Tokyo District Court over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, stating Abe's move was unconstitutional.
Japan's PM makes offering to war-linked Yasukuni, drawing criticism
[2014-04-21 16:46]Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Monday made an offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on the first day of its three-day spring festival which began Monday.
Abe's Yasukuni offering a slap in Obama's face
[2014-04-21 14:48]Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in yet another provocative move detrimental to regional stability.
7 countries' naval ships arrive in E China
[2014-04-21 14:16]Naval ships from seven countries, including Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, arrive at east China's Qingdao on April 20, 2014 for the upcoming multi-national marine exercise to mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy.
Beijing asks Tokyo to explain new radar base
[2014-04-21 07:37]Beijing has called on Tokyo to explain what its intentions are in building a military radar station at the western end of its island chain.