Month: March 2007

  • links for 2007-03-14

    China says U.S., EU need to do more on Doha Round As a developing country, China had already made more than its share of concessions, and it was not reasonable to ask it to do more, Commerce Minister Bo Xilai told a news conference. (tags: chinaus doha wto trade) Top 2000 Kanji This list was…

  • Abe Apologizes, Xinhua Seems Satisfied, Reuters More Skeptical

    Surrounding Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s trip to Japan this weekend, Japanese PM Abe Shinzo “expressed an unfeigned apology to ‘comfort women.’” Or did was the headline that he “trie[d] damage control over WW2 sex slaves”? If you ask the Chinese official news agency, which often serves as an outlet for the Chinese government’s scoldings…

  • links for 2007-03-09

    Abe plans new investigation into wartime brothels AP: “Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that legislators from the governing party would conduct a fresh investigation into the Japanese military’s use of brothels during World War II.” (tags: abeshinzo, comfortwomen) US urges Japan, North Korea to work through differences – Yahoo! News Komori blog post on…

  • U.S. to North Korea and Japan: 'Get Along!'

    I think it’s a little odd that the United States would be telling another country that they should set aside their differences with North Korea, given, you know, the Axis of Evil and the six-party nuclear talks. But that’s exactly what U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey did today: “We recognize and have said that…

  • links for 2007-03-08

    Kyodo News: “Anti-Japanese painting goes on display in China” » Japan Probe A painting of a young girl acting out an anti-Japanese street drama, but an “Anti-Japanese painting?” Come on, Kyodo News, you can do better than that. China, US to meet over subsidy row “China has accepted the US request for consultation and the…