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WHO: Slight cancer risk after Japan nuke accident

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Americans try to reach WBC title game at last

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

Japan tries make it 3 WBC titles in a row

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

Japanese disaster films highlight victims’ stories

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

** FILE ** Park Geun-hye (center), South Korea's new president, arrives for the official dinner at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Ms. Park took office as the country's first female president earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)

Disputes in Asia pose challenge to Obama

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Chinese warships held what state-run media called a “high-intensity and saturation” drill close to areas controlled by Japan, Taiwan and U.S. troops based in Okinawa. Japan monitored the provocative maneuvers. (Associated Press)

Inside China: Hacking denials prompt reaction

By Miles Yu

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives Thursday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for a meeting Friday with President Obama in the Oval Office. Cybersecurity will be among the topics on the two leaders' agenda. (Associated Press)

Timing good for Japanese prime minister’s visit

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Column: ‘Classic’ might live up to its billing

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

Japan expert, writer Donald Richie dies at 88

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

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Inside China: China says Japan lied about radar

By Miles Yu

** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends an enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea at an undisclosed location in North Korea on an undetermined date. Mr. Kim issued “important” guidelines on how to bolster the army and protect the nation's sovereignty at the high-level meeting, state media said on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, an indication Pyongyang has finalized formal procedural steps and is ready to conduct an atomic test. It conducted the test on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

Eyes turn to China after North Korea nuclear test

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

North Koreans clap near their country's flags flown at half-staff during a reopening ceremony at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. North Korean officials reopened the mausoleum on the first anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong-il. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China pressured to punish North Korea over nuclear test

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research in Motion, which is changing its name to BlackBerry, introduces the BlackBerry 10 on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

BlackBerry pulls 2 new smartphone models from Japan market

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LUETKEMEYER: Following Japan on disastrous quantitative easing policy

By Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer

Sony trims quarterly loss to $115 million

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his speech during a national rally marking the Northern Territories Day in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Japan reiterated its demand to Russia the return of the four-island chain, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril Islands in Russia. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan-Russia territory dispute heats up as fighter jets face off

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A line of new 787 Dreamliners park nose-to-tail at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., home to Boeing Inc.'s factory. The planes were grounded in January after a battery fire in one and smoke in another. (Associated Press)

Batteries on Dreamliner not necessarily unsafe, NTSB says

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

** FILE ** Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda introduces the Prius V midsize hybrid-electric vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Goodbye, Prius? Japanese carmakers drop battery electric-car development

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Dying guitarist Wilko Johnson rocks until the end

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: China-Japan war would imperil entire region

The Washington Times