April 9, 2015 – “South Korea’s PM warns Japan over history textbooks” (Zeenews India)
“South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-Koo on Thursday warned Japan it would face a “grim judgement” if it failed to…
April 8, 2015 – “Defense Secretary Hails US-Japan Alliance” (Voice of America)
“Beginning his first Asia tour, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter laid out the U.S. commitment to Japanese security Wednesday…
April 8, 2015 – “Back on Track? Japan Pursues Meeting with China” (Yibada)
“Japan is trying to pursue a meeting with China involving the countries’ financial ministers, Japan’s Financial Minister Taro Aso revealed…
April 8, 2015 – “Japan rebuffs outcry over new history textbooks” (Asia One)
“Japan on Tuesday rebuffed neighbouring countries’ protests about newly approved textbooks after complaints about references to disputed territory and their…
April 8, 2015 – “Japan’s Diplomatic Bluebook deletes phrase about “shared values” with South Korea” (Hankyoreh)
“On Apr. 7, the Japanese cabinet adopted a Diplomatic Bluebook for 2015 that deletes a phrase describing South Korea as…
April 8, 2015 – “Schools to get teaching materials on ‘comfort women'” (Korea Times)
The Korean government will “give teaching materials on sexual slavery instigated by the Japanese military during World War II to…
April 7, 2015 – “S. Korea raps Japan’s diplomatic paper as “history-regressive” (Shanghai Daily)
“South Korea on Tuesday denounced Japan’s yearly diplomatic paper as “history-regressive,” as the Japanese government repeated its territorial claims to…
April 7, 2015 – “Govt’s stance on comfort women clarified” (Yomiuri)
“Manabisha, a Tokyo-based publishing company, will publish a middle-school history textbook for the first time that will include a passage…