Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Kuril Islands on Monday on the first visit by a Russian leader to territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Japan.

• Date: 01.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com

Sino-Japanese relations have continued to fester in the wake of a sharp dispute last month over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain by Japanese authorities in waters near the contested islets of Diaoyu (known as Senkaku in Japan) in the East China Sea. Faced with Chinese retaliation, the Japanese government released the captain, but tensions remain.

• Date: 29.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from wsws.org

The leaders of Japan and Vietnam are expected to hodl talks on a nuclear energy pact and the joint development of rare earth minerals when they meet in Hanoi this weekend

• Date: 27.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from abcasiapacificnews.com

The leaders of India and Japan were set to sign a sweeping agreement Monday on boosting trade while the visiting Indian prime minister pushed for a nuclear energy deal -- a touchy issue for Tokyo because of India's past atomic test blasts.

• Date: 25.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 25.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

The Kyrgyz Central Election Commission (CEC) agreed Wednesday to consider a recount of Sunday's parliamentary election after claims one party may have unfairly missed representation.

• Date: 14.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 14.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from ce.cn

A two-week standoff between China and Japan over a boat collision has once again underlined the communist state's penchant for bullying its neighbors, and might have done more harm than good for the emergence of China as the leader in the region over the long term.

• Date: 13.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.10.2010  |  Markets  |  from japantimes.co.jp

Japan has submitted a bid to construct a nuclear energy power plant in Turkey through the mediation of Toshiba, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız has said.

• Date: 08.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

In the 1960s, American political scientists became fascinated with political modernization in Turkey and Japan.

• Date: 06.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 06.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from npr.org