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  • Osaka Mayor to apologise for wartime sex slaves comments

    A Japanese politician, who is already under fire over comments about wartime sex slaves, has apologised for suggesting US soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, 43, had claimed American servicemen should go to legal sex businesses in the southern prefecture to vent their violent frustrations and prevent sex assaults against local women, reports Sky News. The remark ...

  • Japan funds three projects in Laos

    The government of Japan, the largest provider of financial assistance to Laos, has provided more than 558.7 billion Lao kip (US$71.09 million) to fund three projects in Laos, a press release has said.More than 417 billion kip in loans will be used to finance the expansion of the Nam Ngum I hydroelectric project, and more than 18.8 billion kip in grants will be provided for human resource ...

  • Profit-takers drag Nikkei down 3pc

    (1 hr 2 mins ago) Stocks in Tokyo fell more than 3 percent in early trade on continued profit taking following a rollercoaster session at the end of last week and a 7.3 percent drop the day before. The Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 3.11 percent, or 454.04 points, to 14,158.41 in the first 20 minutes of trading after volatile sessions on Thursday and Friday saw the headline ...

  • Japanese right-wingers protest against A-bomb editorial

    This file photo shows protesters standing in front of South Korean embassy in Tokyo, on February 22, 2013. (Photo:Agencies) A small group of Japanese right-wingers on Sunday staged a protest against a South Korean daily which said the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were "divine punishment". Some 40 demonstrators, carrying Japanese "Rising Sun" flags, gathered ...

  • Japan offers 51 bln yen loan to Myanmar

    Japan on Sunday provided a fresh loan of about 51 billion yen (about $504 million) to help Myanmar's infrastructural development projects for Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), official sources said.According to the notes exchanged between the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Myanmar President U Thein Sein following their talks in Nay Pyi Taw, another loan was also provided ...

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Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) [DVD]

Grigori Chukhrai's Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) tells a simple, humanistic war-time story about a 19-year-old soldier who, after being given a six-day leave for showing bravery in the heat of battle, tries to make his way back to his small village in order to see his mother. One of several classic films made during the "thaw" period in the Soviet Union following Josef Stal ... ...

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  • Diaoyu Islands have never been Japans territory Chinese envoy

    The 1945 Potsdam Proclamation, a statement of terms for the unconditional surrender of Japan issued in the names of the United States, China and the United Kingdom, determined that the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out, including that China's northeast regions, Taiwan Island, Penghu Islands and its surrounding islands, should return to China. The Diaoyu Islands are not ...

  • Japan forgives debt boosts aid to Myanmar

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (centre L) stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein (centre R) during a guard of honor at the president's residence office in Naypyidaw on May 26, ...

  • Nikkei falls 1.7 pct investors wary of further volatility

    Reset TOKYO (May 27): Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Monday morning, and could endure another volatile session as investors remained on edge after last week's turbulent trade that drove the market to its worst one-day loss in two years. The Nikkei slipped 1.7 percent to 14,360.32, while the broader Topix dropped 1.6 percent at 1,174.56. - ...

  • Japans Nikkei Opens Down 3

    fell as much as 3 percent on Monday in what could be a third straight day of volatile trade for the benchmark index, while sentiment in the rest of ...

  • Asian stocks still shaky as Nikkei slides 3 percent

    .N225 slid 3.0 percent in early trade on Monday, following on from a 3.5 percent slide last week in breath-taking volatility that no doubt left many investors ...

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