Taiwan's Lee visits Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui, despised by Beijing for asserting the self-ruled island's sovereignty, paid his respects at a Tokyo's Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, despite China's objections.
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Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui reiterated that the island is independent of China and slammed Beijing about its criticism of his visit to a Tokyo war shrine as he wrapped up a visit to Japan on Saturday.
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When Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Al-Muthanna Province in southern Iraq, visited Tokyo last week, he thanked Japan for the aid it has given to his province, where Ground Self-Defense Force troops have been deployed.
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Taipei, Dec. 26 (CNA) Former President Lee Teng-hui is scheduled to depart for Japan Monday for a week-long sightseeing tour, informed sources said Sunday.
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China lashed out at Japan yesterday for allowing former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to visit the country despite threats from Beijing that it could damage ties between the Asian rivals.
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Japan said on Monday it would issue a  visa as scheduled for former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to  visit for sightseeing despite angry protests from China.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian headed Saturday to the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea, media reported, in a move likely to spark tensions in the region.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will  make his first visit to China next week in a bid to strengthen  ties, but with a breakthrough in a natural resources dispute  unlikely he could face further trouble back home.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda vented his frustration Tuesday at media coverage of former Taiwan President Lee Tenghui&#39;s private visit to Japan.
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China's Cao Gangchuan begins a visit to Japan, the first by a Chinese defence minister in over nine years.
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Japan's defence chief Yoshinori Ono paid a flying visit to Japanese troops deployed in southern Iraq, where he also met the regional governor.
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Japan said Monday that it would issue a visa as scheduled for Lee Teng-hui, the former Taiwan president, to visit for sightseeing despite angry protests from China.
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Japan issued a tourist visa yesterday for former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, prompting another round of angry protests from China.
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A Tokyo shrine for war dead that has been a source of friction with China has had its Web site attacked repeatedly by mass attempts to access the site and mailings apparently launched from within China, a spokesman for the shrine said on Thursday.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's leader used his National Day speech Sunday to urge China to begin peace talks so the two rivals can avoid war. Chinese and Taiwanese leaders haven't met since the Communists took over China in 1949 and Taiwan began resisting the mainland's rule...
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A controversial Tokyo shrine is to review a display that says Japan was provoked into war by the US, reports say.
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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.