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Yasukuni Shrine
![Japan’s Defense Minister Kept Busy as Obama Visits Asia Japan’s Defense Minister Kept Busy as Obama Visits Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-24_11-52-03.jpg)
Japan’s Defense Minister Kept Busy as Obama Visits Asia
By Victor Robert Lee
Itsunori Onodera has spent the week bolstering Japan’s defenses, but was not helped by his colleagues.
![Justin Bieber Visits Japan’s Yasukuni War Shrine Justin Bieber Visits Japan’s Yasukuni War Shrine](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-23_15-19-27.jpg)
Justin Bieber Visits Japan’s Yasukuni War Shrine
By Zachary Keck
The pop star’s visit was highly controversial and won him criticism from China’s Foreign Ministry.
![US-Japan Relations and Obama’s Visit to Japan US-Japan Relations and Obama’s Visit to Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-23_11-22-51.jpg)
US-Japan Relations and Obama’s Visit to Japan
By Yo-Jung Chen
Both countries face some delicate tasks during the US president’s stopover.
![Is China Ready to Repair Ties With Japan? Is China Ready to Repair Ties With Japan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-17_17-57-37.jpg)
Is China Ready to Repair Ties With Japan?
By Shannon Tiezzi
A decline in Chinese naval patrols coupled with less heated rhetoric may signal China is ready to work with Japan.
![Abe’s Diplomatic Backtrack Abe’s Diplomatic Backtrack](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-04_13-27-44.jpg)
Abe’s Diplomatic Backtrack
By Kosuke Takahashi
Japan’s nationalist prime minister tries to ease tensions with his East Asian neighbors.
![U.S.-Japan Relations: Not So Sweet Caroline U.S.-Japan Relations: Not So Sweet Caroline](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-02_14-22-26.jpg)
U.S.-Japan Relations: Not So Sweet Caroline
By Yo-jung Chen
After a rapturous welcome, Japanese enthusiasm for Ambassador Caroline Kennedy has cooled noticeably.
![Three Hypotheses on Korea’s Intense Resentment of Japan Three Hypotheses on Korea’s Intense Resentment of Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-13_05-21-04.jpg)
Three Hypotheses on Korea’s Intense Resentment of Japan
By Robert E. Kelly
Another perspective on the troubled relations of the East Asian neighbors.
![Chinese Government Approves Two New ‘Anti-Japanese’ Holidays Chinese Government Approves Two New ‘Anti-Japanese’ Holidays](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-01_13-19-20.jpg)
Chinese Government Approves Two New ‘Anti-Japanese’ Holidays
By J.T. Quigley
Amid tensions, Japan’s defeat in WWII and the Nanjing Massacre will become “national days.”
![Education & Media are Fanning the Flames in Asia Education & Media are Fanning the Flames in Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-18_18-16-42.jpg)
Education & Media are Fanning the Flames in Asia
By Shunsuke Hirose
A troubling consensus in East Asia: Japan is unrepentant, and China and South Korea will never forgive - so why bother?
![Shinzo Abe’s Nationalist Strategy Shinzo Abe’s Nationalist Strategy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-13_07-41-17.jpg)
Shinzo Abe’s Nationalist Strategy
By Kosuke Takahashi
With his overt nationalism and his historical revisionism, Shinzo Abe has a plan for Japan.
![China and Japan's Deteriorating Relationship China and Japan's Deteriorating Relationship](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-13_06-39-44.jpg)
China and Japan's Deteriorating Relationship
By Shannon Tiezzi
The Diplomat speaks with Michael Green about the root cause of the tensions, the possibility for conflict, and strategies for repairing relations.
![Japan Should Follow - Germany Japan Should Follow - Germany](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-06_09-35-33.jpg)
Japan Should Follow - Germany
By Amitai Etzioni
With regional tensions rising, Japan would do well to come to terms with its past.