So what can Japan, and the rest of the world ... Party leader Yukio Hatoyama comes from a typical Japanese political dynasty. His grandfather was the founder of the LDP (along with the grandfather ...

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines an island as a ... coastline of 100 meters or longer on paper maps, according to the Japan Coast Guard, the author of the survey.

Subregional maps of Eurasia are all generally ... and the East Sea/Sea of Japan. In ancient times this region was relatively isolated from the inland culture and political states of northern China, ...

One can easily locate Korea on a world map or globe by following 127º east meridian ... a demarcation line that extends for 151 miles between the Yellow Sea and the East Sea (or Sea of Japan). The DMZ ...

The view from Tokyo, a quick flight across the Sea of ... soldiers. Japan has apologized and paid reparations to Koreans. But this remains an open nerve — and badly strained political and ...

Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the ... in both capitals. Political miscalculation in ...

This week, Japan announced that a U.S. aircraft carrier will arrive at its home port near Tokyo in mid-to-late November for ...

I write about Asia's role in the global political economy ... to Shenzhen in southern China via specialized nodes in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The Pacific basin is really just one giant ...

To reach them, Japan must figure ... on land, deep-sea rare-earth muds don’t contain high levels of radioactive material. An investigation in Minamitorishima (see Maps of rare minerals in ...

Paris, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, detained in Greenland and facing an extradition request from Japan, has sought political asylum in France, the antiwhaling group's ...

founder of anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, who has been detained in Greenland, the autonomous territory of Denmark, and is facing an extradition request from Japan. Many protesters gathered in ...

has asked France's president for political asylum, Sea Shepherd France said Wednesday. Watson faces extradition to Japan, where he could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. He was detained ...