Japan Says China Apologizes Over Sub Intrusion
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Japan said China apologized on Tuesday  for the intrusion by one of its submarines into Japanese waters  last week in a gesture that defuses a dispute and may open the  way for a bilateral summit this week.
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China expressed regret through diplomatic channels yesterday that one of its nuclear-powered submarines intruded into Japanese territorial
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TENSION between Japan and China grew yesterday when an unidentified nuclear submarine sailed into Japanese waters. The submarine, which had been tracked since Monday and whose nationality remains unknown, was
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BEIJING -- China expressed regret through diplomatic channels yesterday that one of its nuclear-powered submarines intruded into Japanese territorial waters last week for &quot;technical reasons,&quot; Japanese officials said.
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Japan dismisses pressure from US lawmakers to issue a fresh apology over its use of 'comfort women'.
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Japan on Friday requested an apology and explanation from China over a submarine that intruded into Japanese waters, but Tokyo restrained its protest to avoid further straining relations with Beijing.
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Japanese Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma   said on Friday that China's military build-up was a concern   rather than a threat, retracting earlier comments that had   triggered a rebuttal from Beijing.
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Tokyo lodged a strong protest Friday with Beijing after confirming that a submarine that intruded into Japan&#39;s territorial waters off Okinawa earlier this week belongs to the Chinese Navy.
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TOKYO : Japan summoned a top Chinese diplomat to demand an apology for the intrusion into its waters of a nuclear submarine, which set off a two-day chase at sea amid mounting tension between the Asian powers.
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Japan said on Wednesday that its ties with Washington would not be shaken by a U.S. Congressional move to seek an apology for forcing women to serve as sex slaves during World War Two.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has voiced concern about China's satellite-destroying test, charging that Beijing had violated international law.
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TOKYO  - China offered Japan the apology it demanded for the intrusion of a nuclear submarine in its waters and said the incident would not further sour the Asian powers&#39; relations, Japanese officials revealed.
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ELEANOR HALL: Diplomatic tensions erupted between China and Japan this week over a mystery submarine in Japanese waters. The Japanese Government had blamed the Chinese for the incursion.
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Japan's outspoken foreign minister apologized Friday for joking that "even people with Alzheimer's disease" would know the difference in price between Japanese and Chinese rice.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s media has condemned the intrusion of a Chinese nuclear submarine into its waters with most newspapers saying Beijing should accept a demand from Tokyo to apologise over the incident.
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Japan on Wednesday brushed aside growing pressure from US lawmakers for a fresh apology for Tokyo&#39;s wartime sexual enslavement of an estimated 200,000 women.
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China maintained a stony silence  Saturday in the face of Japan's charges that one of its  nuclear-powered submarines intruded into Japanese waters this  week.