POLICE ARREST MAN IN JAPAN TAINTED FOOD SCANDAL
In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 photo, Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. President Toshio Kushiro, left, and subsidiary Aqli Foods President Yutaka Tanabe, second from left, bow in apology during a…
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EU POISED TO SUSPEND SOME SANCTIONS ON IRAN
BY JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Putin credited…
CHINA CONDEMNS JAPAN LEADER ON VISIT TO ETHIOPIA
By ELIAS MESERET Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, sits between Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, right, and Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission Erastus Mwencha, left, during Abe’s…
ABE HEADS TO AFRICA TO BOOST JAPAN’S PROFILE
By KEN MORITSUGU Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and his wife Akie wave as they depart for Africa, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Abe is…
JAPAN, TURKEY PLAN TALKS ON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a welcome ceremony at Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 7,…
NEW JAPAN SECURITY PLAN FOC– USES ON ISLAND DISPUTE
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Japan’s upper house lawmaker Yosuke Isozaki, a special adviser to Abe on security affairs, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 17,…
US TAKES AIM AT CHINA, UPS NAVAL AID TO SE ASIA
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. State Secretary John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. The United States…
ANALYSIS: CRISES IN ASIA LET BIDEN SHOW US RESOLVE
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This Dec. 7, 2013 file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden, center, is briefed by Lt. Col. Daniel Edwan, the commander of the JSA Security…