Koichiro Gemba News Today

Seoul and Tokyo have highly capable militaries, but historical animosities from Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea continue to constrain their bilateral relationship and military cooperation.

Improving South Korean–Japanese cooperation—or at a minimum reducing friction—is important to deterring North Korean and Chinese threats.

outstanding economic engineering. a former syrian opposition leader says the u.n. and arab league envoy may take a new approach to ending the civil war. burhan ghalioun says lakhdar brahimi wants to send in thousands of peacekeepers. government and opposition forces have been fighting for a year and a half. ghalioun said brahimi hopes to deploy at least 3,000 armed peacekeepers. 300 unarmed u.n. monitors were forced to leave the country in august. government and opposition forces are...

japan controls the territory. china and taiwan claim it. the chinese embassy in pakistan ran the full-page ad tuesday in pakistans daily times. it accompanied a message by chinese ambassador to pakistan liu jian celebrating friendship between china and pakistan. the ad referred to the islands by its chinese name. it also said the u.s. and japan crafted back room deals to give the japanese government administrative control over senkaku. it calls the alleged agreement illegal and invalid...

the ldps in opposition now. but with an election on the horizon, members elected abe as their leader, hoping he can help them push the ruling democratic party out of power. nhks world mayuko amby reports. >> reporter: the outcome of the ldp leadership election marks a political comeback for shinzo abe. he became prime minister of japan in 2006, but he struggled with poor health and resigned after a year in office. >> translator: my victory today will not erase my responsibility for sud...

japan controls the senkakus, china and taiwan claim them. the japanese and chinese vice foreign ministers have met to find a breakthrough, but they could not narrow their differences. japanese vice foreign minister chikao kawai and his chinese counterpart zhang zhijun met for four hours at the foreign ministry in beijing. kawai explained the background and consequence of japans purchase of the islands. >> translator: we have exchanged our views on the situation frankly. we managed to a...

met in tokyo on monday. gemba said his government plans to resolve calmly based on a broad perspective. the two men agreed to work together to further damage japans relationship with beijing. speaking afterwards, gemba urged the chinese government to maintain law and order. >> translator: its unfortunate that anti-japanese protests have become so big and that some have turned violent and inflicted damage on japanese businesses. >> later in the day, panetta also met with japans defense ...

not find the flag. the chinese government announced a penalties about a week after the incident. political analysts say government officials want to avoid anyurth riffs with jan and avoid public criticism. japanese government officials say they cant demand a harsher punishment. they say they have to follow chinese law. they praised what they called chinas swift punishment. the south korean military has canceled a landing drill on disputed islands in the sea of japan. the drill wases ...

punishment. they say they have to follow chinese law. they praised what they called chinas swift punishment. the south korean military has canceled a landing drill on disputed islands in the sea of japan. the drill wases part of a yearly training exercise. south korea controls the islands. japan claimsm and calls them takeshima. military commanders scheduled the drill during four days of training this week around the island. government leaders decided to cancel the landing. president...

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