Aerial shot taken on September 15, 2010 shows the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea. Japan’s Foreign Ministry has summoned China’s ambassador in protest at the sailing of Chinese ships near the group of islands in the East China Sea disputed by Beijing and Tokyo. “The foreign ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador over ships entering... 

Japanese authorities failed to disclose US data on the spread of radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant last year, a cabinet minister says. This left some evacuees fleeing in the same direction as the radioactive emissions, media report. ­The March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake partially wrecked the Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo. 160,000 people fled the ensuing worst nuclear...