Japan's emperor criticises media ahead of birthday
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Japan's Emperor Akihito, who celebrates his 74th birthday on Sunday, has criticised media reports for misinterpreting his comments about the crown prince and princess.
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SANTIAGO : Chinese President Hu Jintao has told Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that his visits to a shrine honouring Japan&#39;s war dead including war criminals are the &quot;crux&quot; of the problem in Sino-Japanese ties.
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A senior Japanese politician says the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 was  inexcusable and a crime.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signaled he will likely go to a controversial shrine on a sensitive war anniversary despite appeals from neighboring countries and rising public opposition.
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Japan's defense minister apologized again on Tuesday for remarks appearing to accept the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but opposition parties -- keen to woo voters ahead of this month's election -- insisted that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fire the gaffe-prone politician.
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Japan's prime minister has begun posting English-language messages on the video-sharing Internet site YouTube in an apparent bid to raise his country's international profile.
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Japanese media have mobilized for the   expected birth of a royal baby who conservatives hope will be   the first imperial male heir in more than 40 years.
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso has criticised U.S. policy in Iraq, saying American actions following the initial fighting in 2003 have been "immature", Japanese media reports said on Sunday.
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe rebukes a minister over WWII atom bomb comments, as his poll ratings drop further.
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Japan denounces a US resolution calling on Tokyo to apologise over wartime sex slaves.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao ( è¡é¦æ¿¤ ) on Sunday warned Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that his controversial visits to a shrine honoring war criminals are the &quot;crux&quot; of the problem in Sino-Japanese ties.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda apologized on Monday for his ruling party's handling of a public pensions crisis, after seeing his support ratings tumble in polls.
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Will Japanese PM stir controversy with his New Year's day visit to a shrine honoring war criminals?
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TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi vowed on Sunday that Japanese troops would continue their domestically unpopular mission in Iraq after Islamic militants demanding a pullout killed a 24-year-old Japanese tourist.
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SANTIAGO -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday dismissed Chinese President Hu Jintao&#39;s criticism of his controversial visits to Tokyo&#39;s Yasukuni Shrine where the war dead, including Class-A war criminals, are enshrined.
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EMPEROR Akihito has joined the controversy surrounding his daughter-in-law Masako&#39;s depressive illness by describing criticism of the Japanese imperial family as painful and untrue.