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MATSUE, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan on Tuesday held an annual ceremony to press its claim over a group of islets controlled by South Korea but also appeale

This year, Hiroo Kotera, parliamentary vice minister within the Cabinet Office, joined the event held in the Shimane Prefecture capital of Matsue, along with some 80 other people.

Japan on Tuesday held an annual ceremony to press its claim over a group of islets controlled by South Korea but also appealed for a solution, amid protracted disputes between the two countries over wartime history and territory. The ceremony in Matsue has been held every&#x...

For the first time, an official map from the late Edo Period (1603-1867) was found that shows the now-disputed Takeshima islets as Japanese territory, a Japanese think tank said.

Cold snap remains unabated

With South Korea's presidential election drawing near, analysts are watching whether a new leader and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can put history behind them and move relations forward in the face of an increasingly assertive China and North Korea's nuclear and missile&...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- With South Koreas presidential election drawing near, analysts are watching whether a new leader and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio K

With South Koreas presidential election drawing near, analysts are watching whether a new leader and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can put history behind them and move relations forward in the face of an increasingly assertive China and North Koreas nuclear and missile development.

How far ruling party nominee Lee Jae-myung and main opposition candidate Yoon Seok-youl — the front-runners in the March 9 election — are willing to go to improve ties is an open question.

Kenji Fujii, research advisor for the Takeshima issue in Shimane Prefecture, presents fresh research showing the US rejected South Korea’s request under the San Francisco Treaty.