Asahi :: Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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• 100 years on, Koreans rip annexation treaty (08/31) [By Tetsuya Hakoda and Izumi Sakurai The Asahi Shimbun]
  
• BOJ step may have limited effect (08/31) [By Hiroki Yoshihara The Asahi Shimbun]
• Museum to release list of Korean POWs (08/31) [By Izumi Sakurai The Asahi Shimbun]
• Changing times revive focus on Karl Marx (08/31) [By Kyoko Fujiu The Asahi Shimbun]


• China, N. Korea confirm Kim Jong-il visit to China (08/31) [Reuters]
  
• S. Korea's Lee seeks ethical government to ensure growth (08/31) [Reuters]

Asahi :: Monday, August 30, 2010

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• Students in China learn about Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs (08/30) [Wang Feng]
  
• Kim's visit underlines ties with Beijing (08/30)
• Electrical glitch blinds spy satellite (08/30)


• China announces navy drill ahead of U.S. show of force (08/30) [Reuters]
  
• South Korea's PM-designate quits under pressure (08/30) [Reuters]


• EDITORIAL: Kan-Ozawa showdown (08/30)
• EDITORIAL: Defense policy review (08/30)

Asahi :: Saturday, August 28, 2010

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• COMMENTARY/ Showdown could make or break party (08/28)
• This really is Ozawa's last chance (08/28)
• Kim likely in China to break deadlock (08/28)
• South Korea aims to grow into Asia's cultural hub (08/28)
• Culture industry seen as economic engine (08/28) [Yu In-chon, South Korea's minister of culture]
  
• Media view Tokyo execution chamber (08/28)


• Japan panel urges defense changes, wary of China (08/28) [Reuters]
  
• China silent on North Korea's Kim visit, Carter leaves Pyongyang with freed American (08/28) [Reuters]
  
• India suspends defense exchanges with China (08/28) [Reuters]
• EDITORIAL: Ozawa's bid for top post (08/28)
• VOX POPULI: Stage set for showdown between DPJ beetles (08/28)

Asahi :: Friday, August 27, 2010

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• Diplomats shifting to emerging economies (08/27)


• DPJ kingpin Ozawa to challenge Kan for top post (08/27)


• North Korea leader makes surprise China visit--sources (08/27) [Reuters]


• China plants flag in south sea amid disputes (08/27) [Reuters]

Asahi :: Thursday, August 26, 2010

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• China's anti-ship missile is nearly operational (08/26) [By Yoichi Kato Asahi Shimbun Senior Staff Writer]
  


• Emperor mentioned blood ties with Korea in 1990 (08/26) [By Yoshihiro Makino, The Asahi Shimbun]
  


• Expo traces Sun Yat-sen link to Japan (08/26) [By Atsushi Okudera, The Asahi Shimbun]
  


• EDITORIAL: Information disclosure (08/26) [in-camera examination by the judges?]
  


• POINT OF VIEW/ Xiao Minjie: Renminbi could assume the role of Asia's euro (08/26)

Asahi :: Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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• Gifu contractor fights bid-rigging (08/25) [return of "excess gain"]


• Carter to visit North Korea over U.S. prisoner--report (08/25) [Reuters]


• EDITORIAL: Chopper crash cover-up (08/25) [6th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters]


• VOX POPULI: DPJ beetles swarm over sap on political tree (08/25)

Asahi :: Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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• Families found of only 42 Korean forced laborers (08/24) [By Akira Nakano The Asahi Shimbun]


• Separation, pain for Koreans left on Sakhalin (08/24) [By Tetsuya Hakoda The Asahi Shimbun]


• Le Pen visit timed for him to see 'ordinary' side of shrine (08/24) [By Akira Fujiu Asahi Shimbun Weekly AERA]
  


• Relic from A-bombing to star at U.N. event (08/24) [By Natsuki Edogawa The Asahi Shimbun]


• EDITORIAL: U.S. pullout from Iraq (08/24) [Review decision-making process ]
  


• Japan Notebook: What was left unsaid about the atomic bombings (08/24) [By Yoshibumi Wakamiya The Asahi Shimbun]
  

Asahi :: Monday, August 23, 2010

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• Japanese firms wary of mystery 'China' funds (08/23) [SSBT OD05 Omnibus Account China Treaty Clients]
  
• Choice of identity splits brothers (08/23) [Chosen]
  
• China Premier Wen calls for political reform--Xinhua (08/23) [Reuters]
  
• Taiwan president's ratings fall on local concerns--poll (08/23) [Reuters]


• EDITORIAL: DPJ leadership election (08/23)
• VOX POPULI: The war dead sing a lament to modern Japan (08/23)
• China Money (08/23) From The Dong-A Ilbo

Asahi :: Saturday, August 21, 2010

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• Ozawa still a man to watch closely (08/21)
• Japan readies SDF mission to Pakistan (08/21) [cannot carry weapons]
  
• Film shows city prior to A-bombing (08/21) ["Hiroshima Kara no Dengon"]
  
• Lee's special tax a year in making (08/21) [reunification]


• Kan's grasp of his role questioned (08/21)
• Japan tells ships to be more vigilant in Hormuz Strait (08/21) [Reuters]
  
• China says crashed Korean jet had mechanical failure (08/21) [Reuters]

Asahi :: Friday, August 20, 2010

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• Japan, Russia at loss to create 'new eras' (08/20) [Russian journalist Vasily Golovnin]
  


• China mum on North Korean fighter jet crash (08/20)


• U.S. announces new joint exercise with South Korea (08/20) [Reuters]


• EDITORIAL: China-U.S. confrontation (08/20)

Asahi :: Thursday, August 19, 2010

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• Island looks for partition dividend (08/19) [Heixiazi Island]
  
• Tensions rising over China's aircraft carrier quest (08/19) [declared intention of gaining naval supremacy]
  
• Prime minister's job taken lightly (08/19) [Chinese writer Yang Yi]


• Japan analyzing damage to tanker in Hormuz Strait (08/19) [Reuters]
  
• China says crashed aircraft may be North Korean (08/19) [Reuters]
  
• Taiwan parliament approves landmark China trade deal (08/19) [Reuters]
• U.S. says SE Asia concerned by China assertiveness (08/19) [Reuters]

Asahi :: Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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• Kan happy to keep Ozawa out in cold (08/18)
• Ex-soldier regrets atrocities (08/18)
• The 2-party system 'doesn't suit' Japanese society (08/18) [Robert Campbell interview]


• Stronger Japan, U.S. defense urged to face China, N. Korea (08/18)
• China ups military edge over Taiwan, Pentagon says (08/18) [Reuters]
• POINT OF VIEW/ Fumihiko Yamada: Kan's 'gratitude' rubs Okinawa the wrong way (08/18)

Asahi :: Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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• Reunification with North realistic, says South Korea's Lee (08/17) [three-stage process coupled with a "reunification tax"]
• With Kim ailing, signs of big changes in N. Korea (08/17) [signal for a major reshuffle of top posts]
  
• Nurse reveals role of postwar clinic (08/17) [horrific abortion clinic]
  


• Rightist Le Pen visits Yasukuni (08/17) [only natural]
  
• U.S. drill bolsters case for stronger China military (08/17) [Rear Admiral Yang Yi - Reuters]
  
• EDITORIAL: DPJ leadership election (08/17) [what is at stake]

Asahi :: Monday, August 16, 2010

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• Kan: Pass on lessons of 'tragic war' (08/16)
• Victims of U.S. air raids form network to seek compensation (08/16)
• U.S. Navy exercises with Vietnam rattle China (08/16)
• Japanese, Chinese say trust needed (08/16)


• S. Korea president calls for reunification tax (08/16) [Reuters]
• China paper warns military thinking outmoded (08/16) [Reuters]
• South Korea to surpass Japan in average income by 2031 (08/16) [From The Dong-A Ilbo]

Asahi :: Saturday, August 14, 2010

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• Official lifts veil of top-secret fund (08/14) [Mikiya Chishiro testimony]
  
• Gruesome wartime tales to be told on film (08/14) [director Shinya Tsukamoto]
  
• ABOLISHING NUCLEAR ARMS 1/ Eyes on Japan to achieve breakthrough on nuclear issue (08/14)
• ABOLISHING NUCLEAR ARMS 2/ KEYNOTE SPEECHES (08/14)
• ABOLISHING NUCLEAR ARMS 3/ OPENING REMARKS (08/14)
• ABOLISHING NUCLEAR ARMS 4/ Today's youth have the task of preserving hibakusha accounts (08/14)
• ABOLISHING NUCLEAR ARMS 5/ Play drives home message for peace (08/14)
• Ozawa hints at his return to the lists(08/14)
• Defense chief hopes Okinawa governor gets re-elected(08/14)
• Chinese diplomats' visit to Kumgangsan resort worries South(08/14)
• Chinese admiral says U.S. drill courts confrontation(08/14) [Reuters]
• US says Kim Jong-Il's son seeks military 'stripes' (08/14) [Reuters]
• POINT OF VIEW/ Song Xiaojun: China ready to replace U.S. as world's 'top cop' (08/14)

Asahi :: Friday, August 13, 2010

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Asahi :: Thursday, August 12, 2010

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• Kan statement required deft handling(08/12)
• China progresses on flattop plan (08/12)
• Internet abuzz, China quiet on apology(08/12)
• Business: Okinawa resort dreams fizzle as developers fail, tourism falls (08/12)


• EDITORIAL: Kan's apology to Korea (08/12)
• VOX POPULI: Japan must accept it wounded Korea deeply (08/12)
• Japanese prime minister's apology (08/12) [From The Dong-A Ilbo]

Asahi :: Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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• Kan apologizes for annexation of Korea (08/11)
• 56% of voters want Kan to remain at the helm (08/11)
• Rightists arrested over harassment of schoolchildren (08/11)
• No Cabinet minister to visit Yasukuni on Aug. 15 (08/11)
• S.Korea vows firm response to more North provocation (08/11) [Reuters]


• EDITORIAL: Path to nuke-free world (08/11)
• EDITORIAL: Developing hub ports (08/11)

Asahi :: Tuesday, August 10, 2010

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• Nagasaki marks 65th anniversary (08/10)
• Chinese activist's book to lambaste Wen Jiabao (08/10)
• Prosecutors look into usage of secret fund in waning days of LDP government (08/10)
• Seoul denies it asked for special treatment for North Korean bomber (08/10)


• N. Korea fires artillery into sea, says South military (08/10)
• South Korean fishing vessel held by North - coast guard (08/10)
• North Korea agrees to more talks as tension rises (08/10)
• EDITORIAL: Money and politics (08/10) [Ozawa and Hatoyama]

Asahi :: Monday, August 9, 2010

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• Okinawans champion 2,000-yen bill as symbol of peace (08/09)