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One of the more ambitious plans being touted is for the Silk Road to become an alternative conduit for Chinese exports to the United States. Cargo destined for the east coast seaboard would be trucked to ports in the Black Sea

“what authority does the U.S. president have to accept such an apology?”

“If he wanted to be clear in his response, he could have phrased it differently,” Mochizuki said. “What Abe said does not acknowledge the issue of coercion, so those insisting on a clear admission of responsibility won’t be satisfied with that. I don’t th

The agreement signed Saturday with Ethiopia Telecom Corp proposes to build up the east African nation’s fledgling telecommunications network

Senior Chinese legislator Sheng Huaren met with a Japanese parliamentary delegation here on Sunday, both pledging to promote further improvement of China-Japan ties following Premier Wen Jiabao’s “ice-melting” trip.

Revisionist academics and best selling authors fuel a revival of nationalism that is poisoning Japan’s relations with neighboring nations

A man from Hong Kong travels to Japan to make a documentary about Tokyo’s homeless population.