Tags: Japan

Celebrations of renewed diplomatic relations are a little dampened this year

Government ministries, hospitals, and courts among those affected as spat over disputed islands intensifies

Chaos over ownership of islands more than authoritarian regime expected

Dispute over uninhabited islands doesn't look like calming down

Tensions heat up between China and Japan over uninhabited but potentially resource rich islands

Intended to help prevent possible attacks from North Korea

Tensions over disputed islands escalates

Secretary of Defense thinks the spat between China and Japan over disputed islands could escalate

Canon and Panasonic have suspended operations in some factories

Rioting is this week's designated activity

Major policy shift in response to the Fukushima disaster

Government says ships are there for "law enforcement"

Japan purchased the islands from their private owner today

Possibly a suicide

Japan also claims Takeshima (or Dokdo, depending on who you ask)

No signs of an impending eruption. The volcano last erupted in 1707 under similar conditions

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has called the planned purchase "illegal and invalid"

Emergency orders will be lifted sooner, an earthquake/tsunami led to a nuclear meltdown last year

Recent Apple win in America not to be repeated in Asia

The war of words