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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd R) delivers the opening speech at the Japan-Mekong Summit Meeting, a part of Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit as (L-R) Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, Laos’s Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung listen at Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo on December 14, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / KIMIMASA MAYAMA)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a question during the Upper House’s audit committee session at the National Diet in Tokyo on November 25, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/JIJI PRESS)
Japan says China’s new defense zone unenforceable
Tokyo, AP—China’s new maritime air defense zone is unenforceable and dangerous, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday, in a continuing war of words over airspace that includes the area above islands claimed by both countries. Abe told a parliamentary...Caption:
Protesters shout slogans during a march against the government’s planned secrecy law in Tokyo November 21, 2013 (Reuters).
Thousands protest against tough new official secrets law in Japan
Tokyo, Reuters—Thousands of people protested in Tokyo on Thursday against a proposed secrets act that critics say would stifle information on issues such as the Fukushima nuclear crisis. The law, proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government, would...Caption:
File photo. China’s President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. (AP Photo/g20Russia)
China says no plan for Japan meet at Asia-Pacific summit amid islands row
Beijing, Reuters—Chinese President Xi Jinping has no plans to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an Asia-Pacific summit this week in Indonesia, Beijing said on Monday, as both sides spar over a group of islets near potentially large oil and gas reserves....Caption:
Tokyo citizens line up to form “Thank you” while others hold banners that read “Thank you” in Japanese to celebrate Tokyo winning the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics at the Tokyo Municipal Government office square in Tokyo Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)