#272: China and Japan Miss the Boat to Better Ties (12/24/'04)

#271: Poll Shows Japanese Frosty Toward Chinese (12/20/'04)

#270: Japanese Big Groups' Confidence Declines (12/16/'04)

#269: Japan Extends Iraq Military Mission until December 2005 (12/10/'04)

#268: Japan Protests N. Korean Lie About Abductee (12/9/'04)

#267: In From the Cold (12/7/'04)

#266: Japanese Govt Hopes to Allow Woman on Throne within Years: Report (12/2/'04)

#265: Leave the Past Behind (11/25/'04)

#264: Le Beaujolais est arrivé: but where are the buyers? (11/18/'04)

#263: Japan 'Unsatisfied' on Abductees (11/16/'04)

#262: Why U.S., Japan Must Defend Taiwan (11/11/'04)

#261: G.I. Deserter Tells of Cold, Hungry Times in North Korea (11/4/'04)

#260: Japanese Troops to Stay in Iraq (11/1/'04)

#259: New Quakes Rock Japan's Niigata; Tokyo Buildings Sway (10/26/'04)

#258: Japan: Help Wanted, Foreigners Need Not Apply (10/22/'04)

#257: Bush Signs N Korea Aid Laws (10/19/'04)

#256: Matsuya brings back 'gyudon' with Chinese beef (10/14/'04)

#255: 5 Elderly People Injured in Bear Attacks in Japan (10/12/'04)

#254: Japan: Report that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction does not undermine case for war (10/8/'04)

#253: Japan May Consider Pre-emptive Strike Capability (10/5/'04)

#252: Takenaka Says Tankan Confirms Japan's Steady Economic Recovery (10/1/'04)

#251: Japan's Leader Shuffles Cabinet to Push Economic Reforms (9/28/'04)

#250: Japan Raises Defenses on Signs North Korea Plans Missile Test (9/24/'04)

#249: Japan's Players Back to Work But Strike Unresolved (9/21/'04)

#248: Japan Confirms 12th BSE Case (9/14/'04)

#247: Typhoon Songda Hammers Japan (9/9/'04)

#246: Strike Threatens Japan Baseball (9/7/'04)

#245: N Koreans Storm Japanese School (9/2/'04)

#244: Filipino Illegal Workers in Japan Warned of Crackdown (8/31/'04)

#243: Japan's UN Ambitions Legally Unfounded (8/27/'04)

#242: Japan's Noguchi Wins Olympic Marathon After Radcliffe Drops Out (8/23/'04)

#241: Holiday Travel Bug Hits Japan (8/13/'04)

#240: Japan Shoots First Olympic Victory (8/12/'04)

#239: Tokyo High Court Clears Way for UFJ, MTFG Merger (8/12/'04)

#238: Soccer: Japan Easily Tops China in Asia Cup (8/9/'04)

#237: China, Japan Face Off in Uneasy Final (8/6/'04)

#236: Top Ten Questions About Japan's UFJ Merger (8/3/'04)

#235: Major League Success Hurts Japan Baseball (7/29/'04)

#234: Japan Security Concerns at Asian Cup (7/27/'04)

#233: U.S., Japan Compromise on Mad Cow Tests (7/23/'04)

#232: Getting a Cheap Flight to Japan (7/20/'04)

#231: Mitsubishi Tokyo, UFJ May Set Merger Plan This Week (7/15/'04)

#230: Japan's Ruling Coalition Retains Upper House Majority (7/12/'04)

#229: The Stakes in Japan (7/8/'04)

#228: Japan Abductee Family Reunion Set for July 9 (7/6/'04)

#227: Bank of Japan's June Tankan Improves Strongly (7/1/'04)

#226: Japan's Upper House Lawmakers Begin Race for Election (6/24/'04)

#225: EU and Japan spar for ITER (6/18/'04)

#224: South Korea Dissolves Ties That Once Bound the Press to the Powerful (6/15/'04)

#223: Japan's birthrate falls to new record low (6/11/'04)

#222: Japan's Nakasone to Attend Reagan's Funeral (6/8/'04)

#221: Japan's Upper House Committee Approves Pension Bill (6/4/'04)

#220: Family identifies body of slain journalist (6/1/'04)

#219: Japan to urge US not to prosecute husband of N.Korea kidnap victim (5/28/'04)

#218: Koizumi's Popularity Rises after N Korea summit (5/24/'04)

#217: Japan Passes Contingency Bills (5/21/'04)

#216: Japan's Ozawa Quits as Leader of DPJ After Four Days (5/18/'04)

#215: Japan's Koizumi to Visit N. Korea (5/14/'04)

#214: Japan Opposition's Kan Quits on Pension Payment Issue (5/11/'04)

#213: Japan rightists en route to Dokdo (5/6/'04)

#212: Rengo roasts May Day guest Kan (4/30/'04)

#211: Japanese voters support Koizumi (4/26/'04)

#210: Japan says shell fired near Dutch camp in Iraq (4/22/'04)

#209: Last two freed Japanese hostages arrive home (4/20/'04)

#208: Japan welcomes Iraq hostage release, debate goes on (4/16/'04)

#207: EU hires Hello Kitty to promote friendship in Japan (4/13/'04)

#206: Court says Koizumi shrine visits violate Japan's Constitution (4/8/'04)

#205: Japan Says No End to Beef Ban Before May (4/7/'04)

#204: Premier: China committed to Sino-Japanese friendship (4/5/'04)

#203: Japan 'tankan' shows recovery spreading-Fukuda (4/1/'04)

#202: Japan told not to harm Diaoyu Islands activists (3/25/'04)

#201: It's official: Tokyo's cherry trees are in blossom (3/19/'04)

#200: U.S. Asian allies seen nervous after Spain election (3/16/'04)

#199: Japan-Mexico deal points way for Asia trade (3/11/'04)

#198: The Fog of War (3/11/'04)

#197: Japan warned its forex policy may backfire (3/9/'04)

#196: Japan Marks U.S. Nuke Test in Pacific (3/1/'04)

#195: Annan hails Japan's role in Iraq (2/25/'04)

#194: Sakakibara: Japan should stop massive intervention (2/19/'04)

#193: Sumo returns to Seoul (2/16/'04)

#192: Japan asks where the beef is (2/12/'04)

#191: 100 years after war with Russia, Japan rethinks its diplomacy (2/9/'04)

#190: AT&T Wireless apologizes for offensive Japan ad (2/5/'04)

#189: Japan's Lawmakers Pass N Korea Sanctions Bill (2/2/'04)

#188: Taiwan's bullet train nears completion in Japan (1/26/'04)

#187: United Tech CEO: Cracks Not Safety Worry (1/22/'04)

#186: Activists mark islands' sovereignty (1/19/'04)

#185: Bird Flu Spreading in Asia (1/13/'04)

#184: Producers cautious ahead of Japan beef talks (1/8/'04)

#183: S.Korean antipathy for Japan eases (1/5/'04)