Month: April 2007

Japan’s fund for former sex slaves never achieved purpose – International Herald Tribune Onishi: Facing calls to compensate the aging victims of its wartime sexual slavery, Japan set up the Asian Women’s Fund in 1995. It was a significant concession from Japan, which has always asserted that postwar treaties absolved it of all individual clai…

Japan’s revisionism imperils Asian ties

How to piss people off with your Japanese (Video) » Japan Probe 7Online.com: Japan challenges China in space Japan is set to launch its first lunar orbiter this summer, but exploring the moon is just part of the mission. China to surpass Japan as world’s No.2 broadband market (Kyodo) _ China, with projected broadband revenues…

Japan to join U.S. complaint to WTO over China’s IPR violations Japan will join the United States in its complaint to the World Trade Organization about violations of intellectual property rights in China with the status of a “third party” or an “observer,” government sources said Friday. Japan PM unlikely to visit war shrine in…

BBC NEWS | Business | Asian stocks buoyed by US rises Asian stocks have rebounded in Friday trading, buoyed by America’s main Dow Jones index breaking records for a second straight day at Tuesday’s close. Nation & World | Japan trying to catch China in Asia space race | Seattle Times Newspaper Japan is set…