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‘War criminals shrine’: China’s replacement name for Yasukuni sharpens rhetoric against Japan
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (1056+ words) the country’s leaders anathema to China and South Korea, which suffered under Japanese occupation. The...
Japan seeks change to new UN world map over Russia ‘misconception’
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (339+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin meets residents as he visits the Southern Kuril Island of Iturup, in far eastern Sakhalin Region, Russia, on Aug 13. Published Sep 10, 2026, 07:48 PM TOKYO – Japan said on Sept 10 it had asked for the revision of a new…...
Japan PM calls official residence ‘workplace’, sees cockroach but not ghosts
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (401+ words) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she has not seen ghosts inside the residence, which is often rumoured to be haunted. Published Aug 22, 2026, 07:20 PM TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Aug 22 that she uses her official residence near…...
Thousands gather in Belgrade for funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (443+ words) Published Sep 07, 2026, 05:22 PM BELGRADE, Sept 7 - Thousands of people gathered in front of a church in Belgrade to pay respects to former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and…...
Japan defence chief Koizumi visits war-linked Yasukuni shrine on World War II anniversary
4+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) lawmakers have drawn sharp rebukes from China and South Korea, which both suffered under Japan’s wartime aggression....
Japan defence minister visits contentious Yasukuni Shrine to war dead
4+ week, 1+ day ago (250+ words) according to public broadcaster NHK. China and South Korea have criticised past visits by senior Japanese...
Bosnia expels two Serbian embassy diplomats in protest over Mladic funeral
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (383+ words) Serbian army soldiers carry the coffin of former Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic outside the Church of St. Luke before burial, in Belgrade, Serbia, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Uros Arsic Published Sep 08, 2026, 10:42 PM SARAJEVO, Sept 8 - Bosnia expelled two Serbian diplomats on…...
France worried by victory of far-right's AfD in German state election
6+ day, 4+ min ago (194+ words) Published Sep 07, 2026, 02:32 PM Updated Sep 07, 2026, 02:37 PM PARIS, Sept 7 - French government ministers expressed their worries on Monday over the impact of the victory of far-right party Alternative for Germany in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday. The Alternative for Germany (AfD)…...
Far-right AfD courts conservative support after historic German state election win
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (668+ words) Published Sep 07, 2026, 05:46 PM BERLIN, Sept 7 - The Alternative for Germany appealed on Monday to lawmakers from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives to support its bid to rule Saxony-Anhalt after the far-right party surged into first place in the eastern German state's election....
Woman charged over vandalism of Washington's World War Two memorial, prosecutor says
4+ week, 1+ day ago (174+ words) Published Aug 14, 2026, 10:55 PM Aug 14 - A woman has been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism of the World War Two memorial in Washington, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, said…...