LinkAsia
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MBC
| May 17, 2013
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe keeps driving his neighbors wild. Less than a month after upsetting China and South Korea for reawakening painful memories of World War II, his latest tribute to the military has turned into an international blun...
LinkAsia
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MBC
| May 3, 2013
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is showing no signs of regret as he continues to push divisive sentiments. Moves to change Japan's constitution and invoke nationalist pride have observers in China and South Korea concerned. South Korean broadca...
LinkAsia
| May 3, 2013
Social media in Japan and South Korea has been abuzz after recent nationalist moves by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. While some stand by Abe's actions, others expressed confusion and disappointment with Japan's swing to the extreme right.
LinkAsia
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MBC
| Apr 26, 2013
Memories of Japan's military aggression in World War II erupted in the Pacific after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a delegation of parliament members paid tribute to the controversial Yasukuni shrine, honoring Japan's war dead. South Kore...
LinkAsia
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MBC
| Apr 15, 2013
It is impossible for Japan to rearm under its current constitution. But as North Korea has continued to raise tensions in northeast Asia, public opinion has shifted towards favoring a constitutional amendment that would allow Japan to push ahead w...
Reuters
| Dec 17, 2012
Japan's general election is over, with main opposition leader Shinzo Abe winning back the country's top job. And these are the traits and policies that are likely to define his term.
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CCTV News
| Oct 1, 2012
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV gives their perspective on Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's speech at the United Nations. The Chinese foreign ministry has responded with unusually harsh language directed at Japan over the ongoing Diaoyu/Sen...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 27, 2012
Japan and China are in a war of words over who owns a chain of islands in the East China Sea, and leaders from both countries say they will not compromise.
The territorial dispute has caused violent protests and confrontations in recent weeks.
S...
LinkAsia
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MBC
| Sep 14, 2012
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda paid for ads in Japanese newspapers this past week proclaiming rightful ownership of the Takeshima islands. South Korean broadcaster MBC provides its perspective on this claim over the islands it calls Dokdo.
LinkAsia
| Jul 16, 2012
China has forcefully rebutted Japanese Prime Minister Noda's stated desire to nationalize the disputed island chain known as Senkaku to the Japanese and Diaoyu to China. State broadcaster CCTV provides the Chinese perspective on this territorial s...
— Jun 8, 2012 at 05:11 pm
...to avoid a repeat of last year's accident, which was caused when a huge earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems at the Fukushima Daii...