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March 7, 2015 – “Japan, Taiwan agree to modify landmark fishing pact off Senkakus” (Japan Times)

  • March 12, 2015
  • Japan

“Tokyo and Taipei have agreed to amend fishing regulations in a landmark pact covering waters off a cluster of Taiwan-claimed, Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday.”

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March 7, 2015 – “China mum on whether Abe will be invited to military parade marking end of war” (Asahi)

  • March 12, 2015
  • China

“Officials in China were tight-lipped about whether Japanese and U.S. leaders will be invited to a parade to show off its military prowess on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.”

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March 5, 2015 – “Japan, China to Discuss Security for First Time in Four Years” (WSJ)

  • March 12, 2015
  • China

“Japan and China will hold their first security talks in more than four years later this month (March 19), a sign of a further thaw in relations that have been badly strained in recent years due to disputes over maritime…

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March 4, 2015 – “U.S. author recounts ‘lecture’ he got about ‘comfort women’ from uninvited Japanese guests” (Japan Times)

  • March 12, 2015
  • College Education

Interview of Professor Ziegler with JBC, Feb. 17, 2015: “Next thing I know, I’m sitting in my office just like you and I are sitting here today — the door’s open, I have office hours. I was eating lunch. In pops…

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March 4, 2015 – “China launches Japanese, English versions of website on Senkakus” (Japan Times)

  • March 12, 2015
  • China

“Japan on Wednesday lodged a protest with China over the launch of English and Japanese versions of a Chinese government website asserting Beijing’s claim to the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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March 4, 2015 – “Heeding Abe’s call, Chinese tourists flock to Japan for luxury items” (Malay Mail)

  • March 12, 2015
  • China

“Thousand-dollar rice cookers and toilet seats that know when you enter the room. That’s what visitors to Japan from China have been buying at Laox Co., sending the Tokyo-based duty-free store chain to its first profit in 14 years and its…

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March 4, 2015 – Voices: “Stance on ‘comfort women’ undermines fight to end wartime sexual violence” (Japan Times)

  • March 11, 2015
  • Comfort Women

Kayoko Kimura: “Why do so few people in Japan make the link between the wider issue of sexual violence in conflict and the comfort women?… As the 70th anniversary of the end of the war approaches, Japan needs to be reminded that…

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March 4, 2015 – “China to publish records of Japan’s past militarism for WWII anniversary” (Japan Times)

  • March 11, 2015
  • China

“China will publish historical records of Japan’s past militarism as part of its commemoration this year of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, a senior official has said. Yu Zhengsheng, the fourth-highest ranking member of the…

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March 4, 2015 – “Microsoft Co-Founder Says He Found A Sunken WWII Warship” (Huffington Post)

  • March 11, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen and his research team have found the wreckage of a massive Japanese World War II battleship off the Philippines near where it sank more than 70 years ago, he said Wednesday. The apparent discovery of…

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