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EU JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2019
Chinese missile arsenal could embolden Beijing to seize Senkakus and force U.S. from region, report claims
The study by the University of Sydney says a decade of “delayed and unpredictable funding” for the U.S. defense budget has seen Washington lose its primacy in the Western Pacific.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2019
Japan's feud with South Korea threatens heating fuel shortage
Consumers may pay a higher price to stay warm this winter if South Korea bans exports of heating fuel to Japan as the bilateral trade feud deepens.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 17, 2019
Outrage over Aichi Triennale exhibition ignites debate over freedom of expression in art
Three days after it opened on Aug. 1, a section of the Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival, which is taking place in and around the city of Nagoya, was closed due to controversy over one of its exhibits and an anonymous threat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2019
Air Seoul to suspend Incheon-Toyama flights amid tense South Korea-Japan ties
South Korean low-cost carrier Air Seoul will suspend its regular flights connecting Incheon International Airport in South Korea with Toyama airport in central Japan from Sept. 16, the Toyama Prefectural Government said Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2019
North Korea fires more 'projectiles' into Sea of Japan and vows not to meet with South
North Korea added insult to injury Friday when, hours after blasting South Korea's leader as "impudent" and vowing not to meet with Seoul officials, it launched two more "projectiles" into the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 15, 2019
Decluttering the Japan-South Korea debate
Accusations that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stands to gain politically by getting tough with South Korea miss the mark.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2019
Japan and U.S. close working-level trade talks, with plans for more next week
Working-level officials from Japan and the United States wrapped up their two-day trade talks in Washington on Wednesday, agreeing to meet again on the sidelines of a ministerial session expected to take place next week.

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