Us And Japanese Embassies

Japan's vice foreign minister pulled out of a planned news conference with his South Korean and US counterparts in Washington on Wednesday over a territorial dispute between the two US allies, a Japanese Embassy spokesperson said.

A member of Japan's ultra-leftist Red Army guerrilla group, who was released from prison in exchange for hostages held in a 1977 plane hijacking, is to be arrested today when he arrives in Japan from the US.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a shrine on Thursday that is seen by critics as a symbol of Tokyo's wartime aggression, infuriating China and South Korea.

Japan's vice foreign minister pulled out of a planned news conference with his South Korean and US counterparts in Washington on Wednesday over a territorial dispute between the two US allies, a Japanese Embassy spokesperson said.

A member of Japan's ultra-leftist Red Army guerrilla group, who was released from prison in exchange for hostages held in a 1977 plane hijacking, is to be arrested today when he arrives in Japan from the US.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a shrine on Thursday that is seen by critics as a symbol of Tokyo's wartime aggression, infuriating China and South Korea.