War of Words(Sino-Japan Media)

Here are some Today's top stories from major media outlets:

Xinhua critizes Aso Taro, the Japanese Foreign Minister for refers Taiwan as a country. the xinhua report emphase that's the 2nd time in a month that Aso has referred Taiwan as a country.

Yomiuri Shimbun's top news reports that Japanese diplomats, who protested Chinese Foreign Minister Li's statement about Koizumi's Yasukuni visits, tried to summon Chinese ambassador Wang Yi to Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang refuesd.

Asahi Shimbu, which lean towards left than the Yomiuri, said in this story that Chinese government counter forcefully a human rights report put out by the U.S. state department.