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(AP) TOKYO — The Japanese government has agreed to buy several privately owned islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China, media reports said Wednesday. The government has agreed to buy three of the five main islands, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, from the Kurihara family for 2.05 billion yen ($26 million), Kyodo News agency and the Yomiuri and Asahi newspapers reported, citing anonymous sources. A Japanese government official declined to confirm the deal and said negotiations were continuing. Clinton urges ASEAN unity on South China SeaDrills throw U.S. into China-Philippine dispute Tensions over the islands have flared since April, when Tokyo’s nationalist governor, Shintaro Ishihara, 바카라 영상조작 announced a plan for the city government to raise money to buy the islands so that they would not be vulnerable to purchase by an outside third party such as China. China does not recognize the Japanese family’s ownership of the islands, so the deal would not affect China’s claim to them. Last weekend, Tokyo sent a team of experts to waters around the islands to survey fishing grounds and possible sites for development, a move that was strongly criticized by China. Activists from Japan and Hong Kong briefly set foot on the uninhabited islands last month, and hundreds of Chinese have gathered in street protests in various cities in...

Tokyo — Seventy-four years after Japan’s defeat in World War II, the world’s third-largest economy is in the midst of a quiet military buildup, at U.S. urging. President Trump’s visit to Japan over Memorial Day weekend will culminate with him becoming the first U.S. president in modern history to set foot on a Japanese warship. Mr. Trump will tour the JS Kaga, https://www.fppksimty.online one of the two largest warships in Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force. In a controversial move, Tokyo recently decided to refit the Kaga and a sister ship to carry F-35B Strike Fighters — effectively creating Japan’s first aircraft carriers since World War II, the first since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, after almost 75 years of peace, Mr. Trump’s visit will be seen as a display of military solidarity that has long been sought by Japan’s leaders. Professor Stephen Nagy, international relations scholar at Japan’s International Christian University, said he thinks the photo-op is intended as much for the American public as for Japan’s neighbors China and North Korea. “Over the past two years, three years, President Trump has conveyed a message that alliance partners really are leeching off the United States,” Nagy said. “Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe would like to send a strong signal that no, that’s not the case, that the Japanese people and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are stepping up to the plate...

(CBS/AP) Yet another Michael Jackson sibling won’t attend the tribute concert for the late singer and this Jackson may be the most famous: Janet. Janet Jackson said Monday she won’t attend a planned tribute concert for her older brother Michael in Wales because the show coincides with the trial of a doctor charged in the King of Pop’s death. Pictures: Michael Jackson The singer’s one-sentence statement to The Associated Press does not criticize the show, as her brothers Jermaine and Randy have done, but cites the court case as her reason for not attending. “Because of the trial, the timing of this tribute to our brother would be too difficult for me,” her statement reads. Her statement was released on what would have been her brother’s 53rd birthday. Organizers of “Michael Forever — The Tribute Concert” have struggled to line up top-name acts and have been criticized by fans and the late singer’s estate for multiple reasons, including its costly tickets, timing and remote location. The show is scheduled for Oct. 8 in Cardiff, Wales, 토토 사다리 사이트 and the singer’s mother, Katherine, and some of her children are scheduled to attend. Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson, and Cee Lo Green are the top-names listed as performers so far. Organizers had to rescind an offer to the band Kiss after fans and Michael Jackson’s estate noted that singer-bassist Gene Simmons...

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