Japan shrine visit angers China
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Four Japanese ministers visit a controversial shrine dedicated to soldiers who died at war, angering China.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is due in China, on a visit aimed at improving ties between the two countries.
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The decision, which prompted an immediate protest from Beijing, was the latest sign that Japan is hardening its diplomatic stance towards China.
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Japan TOKYO -- Japan lodged a formal protest with Beijing yesterday after determining that a nuclear submarine that entered its territorial waters without identifying itself belonged to China. Japan's navy had been on alert since Wednesday, when the submarine was first spotted off the nation's southern island of Okinawa. Tokyo sent reconnaissance aircraft and naval destroyers to shadow the submarine, ...
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SANTIAGO (Kyodo) Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Monday that Japan and China should promote friendly relations even if there are thorny issues between them, an apparent reference to China&#39;s criticism of his repeated visits to Yasukuni Shrine.
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Japan on Tuesday warned it might sanctions against North Korea after accusing the communist country of failing to properly investigate the fates of Japanese citizens it kidnapped years ago.
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Yasuo Fukuda, the frontrunner to succeed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said on Saturday that he would stay away from a Tokyo shrine seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of Japan's past militarism if he were chosen as the nation's new leader.
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SANTIAGO President Hu Jintao of China has warned Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan that his controversial visits to a shrine honoring war criminals were the &quot;crux&quot; of the problem in China-Japan ties and called on Koizumi to suspend his visit to
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Former president Lee Teng-hui ( æç»è¼ ) began a week-long visit to Japan yesterday despite protests by China, which was furious that Tokyo allowed the trip by the pro-independence leader.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sidestepped Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's invitation Tuesday to visit Japan, a sign ties between Asia's major powers remain bedeviled by a spat rooted in Japan's wartime history
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Japan plans to allow former Taiwan  President Lee Teng-hui to visit for a sightseeing tour, the  government said on Thursday, prompting an angry protest from  China at a time of already frosty ties.
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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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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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Japan was waiting Sunday for China to respond to claims that a nuclear-powered Chinese submarine entered Japanese waters. Japan&#39;s Trade Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Sunday
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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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Japan plans to allow former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to visit for a sightseeing tour, the government said on Thursday, prompting an angry protest from China at a time of already frosty ties.