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EU JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2016
Park departure could shift regional security calculus for Japan
The matter could also impact bilateral relations, including the complete implementation of last year's deal to resolve the issue of Korean “comfort women.”
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 29, 2016
Use Trump as opportunity to shake Japan's status quo
Like many others, I was stunned by the results of the recent presidential election in the United States. Whatever you think of Donald Trump, he certainly demonstrated political genius in connecting with millions of Americans, tapping into widespread sentiments and defying the conventional wisdom of polls...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 29, 2016
Divining the new U.S. Asia policy
Experience tells us to discount at least half of what is said during presidential campaigns. The challenge is predicting correctly which half to discount.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2016
As border trade tightens, fewer North Korean workers head to China
A labor agent sat in his bus on a recent frigid morning, waiting to cross the "Friendship Bridge" at China's main border post with North Korea. He had come to pick up migrant workers and take them to jobs in factories and restaurants in China.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2016
China again sends fighter jets, bombers through sensitive strait south of Okinawa
Chinese military planes again fly through a politically sensitive entryway to the Pacific Ocean, prompting Japan to scramble aircraft near Okinawa.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2016
Japan moves closer to deployment of U.S. missile defense shield
Japan moved closer to the introduction of a U.S. anti-ballistic missile shield, with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada saying such systems would strengthen Japan's defense capabilities.
EDITORIALS
Nov 25, 2016
Trade order battered but not beaten
The world trade system is under great and growing strain, but there is an opportunity for real and new leadership.

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