"As for whether Japan can do it, if its words and actions are consistent from start to finish, we will wait and see...

President Xi Jinping said China would cut by 13 percent of its military, currently 2.3-million strong, but he...

 

 

  Initial media reaction in South Korea was largely negative; China's state news agency said that Abe made no "fresh apology"...

  "I sincerely hope... innocent children will never, ever have to endure the kind of suffering and war that afflicted us."

Japan marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki during World War 2. 

 

 

 

  Japan's cabinet was set to approve on Thursday bills to implement a drastic shift in security policy 

 Animals in Russia join the World War Two celebrations

 For the first time in 70 years, Kiev joins most of Europe to mark the end of World War II,...