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Foreign Minister Murray McCully (Photosport file)

NZ and Japanese foreign ministers meet

Joint goals in disaster relief and trade are among the areas for collaboration identified by New Zealand and Japan's foreign ministers after a meeting.

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US manufacturing figures have been weak

Markets shaky on weak economic data video

World share markets are looking shaky this morning after a string of weak economic figures from Asia and the US.

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Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (Reuters)

Japan's sex slave controversy continues

More than 70 years ago, at age 14, Kim Bok-dong was ordered to work by Korea's Japanese occupier in a military-linked brothel.

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A man looks at an electronic board displaying a graph of currency rates in Tokyo (Reuters)

World markets soar - even Japan video

World share markets have soared this morning after a string of positive economic news from the US.

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Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura (Reuters)

Japan vows to tighten nuke safety

Japan is pledging tighter nuclear safety after an accident at an atomic research facility exposed 33 people to minor excess radiation.

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Shares in Mighty River Power have dropped well below their IPO level

MRP shares weaken video

There's been another big dip on Japan's share market, and that has flowed on to the Australian and New Zealand markets.

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Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (Reuters)

Mayor apologises for US troop comments

Japanese mayor has apologised for saying US troops should use legal adult entertainment businesses to help reduce rapes and other assaults.

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Markets worldwide have been volatile

World markets on rollercoaster ride video

It was a rollercoaster ride for stock markets last week, with Japan being particularly hard-hit.

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Japan's Nikkei stock average tumbled 3.7 percent (Reuters)

Japan market drop hits Europe video

A huge plunge in Japans' share market has produced big falls on European markets this morning.

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A Chinese fishing boat  is pursued by a Japan Coast Guard vessel in waters in Okinawa prefecture (Reuters)

China questions rule of Okinawa

China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain.

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Toru Hashimoto (Reuters)

Japan's wartime sex slaves 'necessary'

A Japanese mayor has said the military's forced prostitution of Asian women during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline".

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Shinzo Abe (Reuters)

Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery

Japan has acknowledged it conducted only a limited investigation looking at allegations Asian women were forced into sexual slavery during WWII.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Reuters)

Tokyo protesters say no to amending constitution

Hundreds of Japanese gathered in Tokyo in a peaceful protest against calls by the Prime Minister to amend the constitution.

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An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 Dreamliner lands after a test flight at Haneda airport in Tokyo (Photo: Reuters)

Airline's first test flight since battery fault video

A Japanese airline has conducted its first test flight of the Boeing 787 aircraft since battery problems grounded the planes

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Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso (2nd R) bows as he visits the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo (Reuters)

SKorea angry at Japan war shrine visit

The Japanese government said Monday that donations made by the prime minister to a controversial war shrine and visits by three Cabinet ministers were done in an unofficial capacity

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Trade Minister Tim Groser  (file)

Japan welcomed to TPP negotiations

Japan has formally entered Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, and will now work on a free-trade deal with 11 other countries, including NZ.

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A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) P-3C patrol aircraft launches flares during a naval fleet review at Sagami Bay (Reuters)

China angered by Japan's jets

China has accused Japan of raising regional tensions with its increased use of fighter jets to monitor Chinese aircraft.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (Reuters)

N Korea: Diplomacy a 'crafty trick' video

The US and Japan have opened the door to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the sabre-rattling country lowers tensions and honours past agreements.

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(AAP)

Strong quake shakes Japan

Japan's Meteorological Agency says a magnitude-6 quake has struck near the southwestern city of Kobe.

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Missiles are seen at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo (Reuters)

Japan mis-fires on launch tweet

Japan's Yokohama Municipal Government mistakenly tweeted that a North Korean missile launch had occurred on Wednesday.

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