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AP - American Richard Heck and Japanese researchers Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a chemical method that has allowed…

AP - The Chinese and Japanese prime ministers held an impromptu meeting in a hallway at a conference in Europe, in the highest-level contact between the countries since a bitter…

AP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the sidelines of a meeting in Europe in the highest-level contact between the countries since a bitter…

AP - Three Japanese held by China for allegedly entering a restricted military zone arrived back home Friday as tensions over a territorial dispute eased. But Tokyo continued to press…

AP - China’s Xinhua News Agency says three Japanese detained after allegedly intruding on a Chinese military zone have been released, but one person is still being held.

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AP - China is investigating four Japanese suspected of illegally filming military targets and entering a military zone without authorization, state media reported amid a tense diplomatic spat between Beijing…

AP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan was re-elected president of the ruling Democratic Party on Tuesday, surviving a challenge from a veteran powerbroker and sparing Japan another leadership change…

AP - China’s top foreign policy official increased pressure on Japan on Sunday by summoning its ambassador to again demand the immediate release of Chinese fishermen and their boat detained…

AP - Feverishly giving speeches on the final day of campaigning Saturday, candidates tried to woo Japanese voters before parliamentary elections that are widely considered a referendum on the Democrats’…

AP - Japanese scientists say they have detected tiny particles collected by the first spacecraft to return to Earth after landing on asteroid. But it could take months to determine…