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China Daily raps Japan PM Takaichi for recent Taiwan comments

Photo taken in Beijing on Nov. 24, 2025, shows the Nov. 24 edition of China's state-owned English-language newspaper China Daily satirically portraying Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi standing in front of a mirror and projecting herself as wartime Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. The paper branded Takaichi's recent remarks on Taiwan as "the militarist's path to revival."

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PROTEST-JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER-VISIT

(230508) -- SEOUL, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea in Seoul, South Korea, May 7, 2023. Several South Korean organizations rallied here Sunday to protest Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea. The protesters called for Tokyo's apology over its militarist past, opposed South Korea-Japan military cooperation, and demanded withdrawal of Japan's plan to discharge radioactive wastewater. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PROTEST-JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER-VISIT

(230508) -- SEOUL, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea in Seoul, South Korea, May 7, 2023. Several South Korean organizations rallied here Sunday to protest Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea. The protesters called for Tokyo's apology over its militarist past, opposed South Korea-Japan military cooperation, and demanded withdrawal of Japan's plan to discharge radioactive wastewater. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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South Koreans protest Japanese PM's visit to Seoul

STORY: South Koreans protest Japanese PM's visit to Seoul DATELINE: May 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally in Seoul 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): OH MI-JUNG, SPARK activist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): MOON GA-ON, College student 4. various of the rally in Seoul STORYLINE: Several South Korean organizations rallied in Seoul Sunday to protest Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea. The protesters called for Tokyo's apology over its militarist past, opposed South Korea-Japan military cooperation, and demanded withdrawal of Japan's plan to discharge radioactive wastewater. A group of activists from the Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) gathered near the South Korean presidential office in central Seoul, where Kishida held talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): OH MI-JUNG, SPARK activist "Fumio Kishida should thoroughly reflect on the Japanese-led war of aggression and inhuman crimes

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PROTEST-JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER-VISIT

(230508) -- SEOUL, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea in Seoul, South Korea, May 7, 2023. Several South Korean organizations rallied here Sunday to protest Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea. The protesters called for Tokyo's apology over its militarist past, opposed South Korea-Japan military cooperation, and demanded withdrawal of Japan's plan to discharge radioactive wastewater. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PROTEST-JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER-VISIT

(230508) -- SEOUL, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea in Seoul, South Korea, May 7, 2023. Several South Korean organizations rallied here Sunday to protest Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea. The protesters called for Tokyo's apology over its militarist past, opposed South Korea-Japan military cooperation, and demanded withdrawal of Japan's plan to discharge radioactive wastewater. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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Essay praising writer Higuchi by convicted militarist unearthed

Undated photo shows the prominent female writer Ichiyo Higuchi. An essay first published in 1942 by convicted Japanese military police officer Masahiko Amakasu expresses admiration for Higuchi and is evidence of "the relationship between literature and fascism in Japan," according to a literary critic who recently unearthed it in a rare publication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Essay praising writer Higuchi by convicted militarist unearthed

Photo taken Nov. 3, 1926, by Japan Telegraphic Communication Co. shows convicted military police officer Masahiko Amakasu (C) attending a press conference in Tokyo to discuss his killing of anarchists. An essay first published in 1942 by Amakasu expresses admiration for the prominent female writer Ichiyo Higuchi and is evidence of "the relationship between literature and fascism in Japan," according to a literary critic who recently unearthed it in a rare publication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean man arrested over suspected bombing at Yasukuni Shrine

Chon Chang Han, a 27-year-old South Korean man, is taken to a police cell at the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo from the nearby Kojimachi Police Station on the night of Dec. 9, 2015. Japanese police arrested Chon earlier in the day in connection with a recent suspected bombing at a public restroom at Yasukuni Shrine in the Japanese capital, viewed by neighboring Asian countries as a symbol of Japan's militarist past. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean man arrested over suspected bombing at Yasukuni Shrine

Chon Chang Han (C), a 27-year-old South Korean man, is taken to a police cell at the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo from the nearby Kojimachi Police Station on the night of Dec. 9, 2015. Japanese police arrested Chon earlier in the day in connection with a recent suspected bombing at a public restroom at Yasukuni Shrine in the Japanese capital, viewed by neighboring Asian countries as a symbol of Japan's militarist past. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean man arrested over suspected bombing at Yasukuni Shrine

Chon Chang Han (C), a 27-year-old South Korean man, is taken to a police cell at the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo from the nearby Kojimachi Police Station on the night of Dec. 9, 2015. Japanese police arrested Chon earlier in the day in connection with a recent suspected bombing at a public restroom at Yasukuni Shrine in the Japanese capital, viewed by neighboring Asian countries as a symbol of Japan's militarist past. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean man nabbed over suspected bombing at Yasukuni Shrine

A vehicle enters a police station in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2015, carrying a South Korean man in connection with a recent suspected bombing at a public restroom at Yasukuni Shrine, a symbol of Japan's militarist past by neighboring Asian countries. Chon Chang Han, 27, was arrested on the technical grounds of entering premises for unlawful purposes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo