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American foreign aid in Muslim countries: Upgrade or end?
August 22, 2011Despite the billions of dollars that the United States has spent in aid to many Muslim countries, our image in many of these countries continues to be profoundly negative. The "winning hearts and minds" strategy simply has not worked. It is...
French President to visit crisis-stricken Japan
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March 31, 2011French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to be the first world leader to visit crisis-stricken Japan. Sarkozy's visit Thursday is shadowed by Europe's growing debate over the safety of nuclear energy, following the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima-Daichi nuclear...
German nuclear extension halted
March 14, 2011Germany has responded to the Japanese nuclear crisis by suspending for three months a plan to extend the lives of its ageing nuclear power stations. Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government announced last year that the country's 17 power stations...
Obama reiterates US support for Japan
March 14, 2011President Barack Obama has reiterated U.S. support for Japan, pledging any assistance needed as the nation recovers from multiple disasters. At the start of a speech on education Monday outside Washington, D.C., the president said he continues to be...
Japan protest over 'dangerous' China helicopter fly-by
March 08, 2011Japan has lodged a formal protest after a Chinese helicopter flew close to its destroyer in the East China Sea. The Japanese ship was on patrol near a disputed gas field that both countries want to exploit. It is the latest in a series of tense confrontations...
Japan Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara resigns
March 06, 2011Japan's Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara has resigned after being criticised for accepting a political donation from a foreign national. Japanese law bans the practise, if done intentionally, and the opposition had called on him to quit. The move is seen...
US urges North Korea to get 'serious' on talks
January 13, 2011It is time for North Korea to get "serious" about negotiations for peace, the US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said. Mr Gates was speaking in Japan, after a four-day visit to China. He said the risk of provocation leading to war between...
Japan, US agree to enhance military cooperation
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December 09, 2010U.S. and Japanese officials have agreed to increase regional military cooperation in wake of increased aggressive acts by North Korea. The top U.S. military officer says he has "a real sense of urgency" about the need for Washington, Tokyo...
Nations press diplomacy in Korean crisis
November 30, 2010Foreign ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea will meet in Washington next week to plan their next moves in the international stand-off over North Korea. The meeting, announced Tuesday in Tokyo and Seoul, comes as China appeals for...
Japan recalls Ambassador from Russia in Island dispute
November 03, 2010Angry over Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's visit to a disputed island chain, Japan has temporarily called its ambassador back from Russia. The Kremlin insists the four islands belong to Russia. Japan Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara made the announcement...