Japan military legislation changes draw protests
The BBC's Yalda Hakim: "Scenes like these are unprecedented in Japan" Thousands of people have protested outside of Japan's parliament against new legislation that would allow the military to deploy overseas. The changes would allow Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two. The legislation has already been passed by Japan's lower house and is expected to be endorsed b
Japanese troops set to fight overseas
Japanese troops set to fight overseas for first time since World War Two Japan's military looks set to expand its remit, after new security laws were approved by a parliamentary committee. Since the end of World War Two the country's constitution has only allowed the military to use force for self defence, so this could be a significant change of policy. There has been vocal resistance to the legi
Japan parliament brawl over labour law
The leader of the opposition said MPs "couldn't help" scuffling with Hiromichi Watanabe Scuffles broke out in the Japanese parliament on Friday over a controversial law on temporary workers. Japan's government wants to bring in a three-year limit on temporary workers. But the opposition objects, saying the law will allow businesses to fire temporary workers after three years instead of hiring them
Japan ministers Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima quit
Yuko Obuchi bowed in apology as she quit. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports. Japan's Justice Minister Midori Matsushima has resigned, hours after the resignation of Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi. Ms Matsushima had been accused by the opposition of violating election laws. Ms Obuchi is alleged to have misused funds from her political support groups and other donations. Correspondents say the
Governor of Japan broadcaster NHK denies Nanjing massacre
China says up to 300,000 died in Nanjing at the hands of Japan's military A governor of Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, has denied that the Nanjing massacre took place, days after a row over Tokyo's use of war-time sex slaves engulfed the new NHK chief. Naoki Hyakuta made his comments as he campaigned for a right-wing candidate in the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Mr Hyakuta, a prominent novelist
Davos: What Abe said
So here I am, again, on the top of a Swiss mountain, surrounded by the world's wealthiest and most powerful. And, as per normal, I am suffering from mild altitude sickness. Here is a typical (and true) conversation with a random stranger sitting in the partners' lounge of the Davos congress centre. "Where are you from? Your badge says India." "Well, I sit on the board of a big Indian institution,
Why Japan's Shinzo Abe went to Yasukuni shrine
Shinzo Abe's visit will make relations with China worse, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes Whatever Shinzo Abe says, any visit to the Yasakuni shrine by a Japanese prime minister is deeply political and sure to cause offence. In the 1960s and 70s, the spirits of scores of convicted Japanese war criminals were "enshrined" there. The most controversial were the 14 "Class A" war criminals, includ
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Japan’s ‘BBC’ bans any reference to wartime ‘sex slaves’