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Japan adopts international treaty on child abduction
23/05/2013 - World news explained

Japan adopts international treaty on child abduction

After years of pressure from foreign countries, the Japanese government has adopted an international treaty on child abductions.

Still from "Wara No Tate" or Shield of Straw by Japanese director Takashi Miike
20/05/2013 - Report: Cannes 2013

Miike’s Shield of Straw draws mixed reactions

A police film, adapted from a novel, it comes with a well-constructed action plot where a team of special squad police officers have to get a child murderer and abuser from A to B. It takes ...

17/04/2013 - France

Nuclear cargo leaves France for Japan

A cargo of radioactive fuel was ready to leave France for Japan on Wednesday after arriving in the Channel port of Cherbourg overnight.

Will Japan's stimulus package revive economy?
05/04/2013 - World news explained

Will Japan's stimulus package revive economy?

Japan has been suffering from a moribund economy for several years.

24/03/2013 - France - South Korea

Korean-born French minister begins highly symbolic trip to land of her birth

The French Minister Fleur Pellerin has begun a highly anticipated visit to South Korea, the first time she has visited the country of her birth since being adopted as a child.

22/03/2013 - France - South Korea - Japan

South Korean-born French minister visits Seoul for first time since adoption

French Digital Economy Minister Fleur Pellerin visits the land of her birth on Saturday, the first time she has been to South Korea since she was adopted by a French couple at the age of six ...

11/03/2013

French press review 11 March 2013

The second anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident is the main story in three of this morning's French dailies.

10/03/2013 - France

Anti-nuclear campaigners form human chain in Paris

Thousands of people formed a human chain in Paris on Saturday - the second anniversary of Japan's Fukushima disaster - to oppose nuclear power, which provides most of France's energy.

What's in a name? East China Sea's disputed islands
02/03/2013 - The Sound Kitchen

What's in a name? East China Sea's disputed islands

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12/02/2013 - Analysis: Horse-for-beef scandal

Dobbingate - Why not eat horse?

British politicians blame an “international criminal conspiracy”, Romania’s prime minister angrily denies his country provided the horsemeat found in Findus burgers and the EU ...

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