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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 fighting for control of the northern city of aleppo and the central city of homs. human rights acti...
japan controls the territory. china and taiwan claim it. the chinese embassy in pakistan ran the full-page ad tuesday in pakistan's 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 government-controlled "china daily" ran similar advertisements last week in "the new york tim...
the ldp's 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. nhk's 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 suddenly resigning as prime minister five years ago. keeping that in mind, i will try my utmost with ...