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EU JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2016
Pachinko profits help fund Kim's war machine
Money from Japan is fueling the North Korean regime and more must be done to turn off the tap.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2016
Japanese woman's gift to John F. Kennedy reciprocated by envoy daughter decades later
A 93-year-old Japanese woman in Hokkaido received a doll Wednesday from U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, who wanted to return the favor her father received from the woman more than 50 years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2016
Japan closely watches Super Tuesday results for signs of things to come
As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton step closer to claiming their parties' nominations, Japanese experts begin to pay closer attention to the race.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2016
Taiwan, Japan set to discuss orderly fishing near disputed isles
A joint Taiwan-Japan committee met Wednesday in Taipei to discuss how to maintain orderly fishing in waters off a cluster of islets in the East China Sea claimed by both in preparation for the beginning of the April fishing season, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2016
Toshiba reportedly mulling battery plant in Australia as Japan seeks sub deal
The government has enlisted Toshiba Corp. to help it try to win Asia's biggest defense contract, a $36 billion deal to build a dozen submarines for Australia, three sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2016
Australia increasingly likely to pick Japan for huge submarine order, experts say
With Australia's release of its defense white paper last week, the race to build the country's next generation of submarines enters the home stretch — and some experts say the Japanese bid appears to hold an insurmountable lead.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016
Japan to provide Egypt with ¥2 trillion business project, take in 2,500 students
Japan has pledged to continue supporting Egypt’s democratic process five years after revolution swept the country and ousted Hosni Mubarak.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016
Japanese, Chinese diplomats meet in Tokyo, agree to more high-level talks
Senior Japanese and Chinese diplomats agree to work on holding high-level talks, including mutual visits by their foreign ministers, to mend the strained bilateral relationship.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2016
Japan to begin working holiday visa program with Slovakia in June
Japan will start a working holiday program with Slovakia beginning this June, with the aim of enhancing friendship and understanding between the two countries.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2016
Abe snubs Obama over Russia visit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has snubbed an appeal by U.S. President Barack Obama, who asked that he not visit Russia in May, sources close to Japan-Russia relations said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2016
Upper House members resume exchanges with Chinese counterparts
A cross-party group of Upper House lawmakers resumed exchanges with China's parliament for the first time in four years this week, in yet another sign of a general improvement in relations between the Asian powers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 22, 2016
Money trail shows China middlemen at heart of North Korea’s illicit cash-flow network
A trail of money stretching from a Panamanian shipping agent to an octogenarian Singaporean to a Chinese bank provides a window on why U.S. efforts to tighten sanctions on North Korea may be harder to achieve than in the case of Iran.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2016
Japan's Kishida abandons plans to visit Beijing in Spring after Beijing pulls invite
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has abandoned plans to visit China this spring after Tokyo stoked anger in Beijing with its tough response to China's moves in the disputed South China Sea and North Korea's recent rocket launch, diplomatic sources have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Feb 20, 2016
In first, U.S. admits nuclear weapons were stored in Okinawa during Cold War
The Pentagon revealed Friday “that U.S. nuclear weapons were deployed on Okinawa prior to Okinawa's reversion to Japan on May 15, 1972.”
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 19, 2016
Japan's Cabinet authorizes fresh sanctions on North Korea
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved Friday new sanctions by Japan against North Korea in response to its rocket launch and fourth nuclear test.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Feb 18, 2016
Beijing missile deployment could lay groundwork for South China Sea ADIZ
Beijing's deployment of surface-to-air missiles to an island in the Paracel chain could lead to a new air defense identification zone in South China Sea, analysts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2016
Japan, U.S. vow to step up defense ties over North Korean provocation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, have agreed to promote bilateral defense cooperation in the face of North Korea's fourth nuclear test in January and a de-facto ballistic missile launch earlier this month.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2016
Japan, U.S. discuss new slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport
Japan and the U.S. on Tuesday began two days of talks on the allocation of slots for flights connecting Tokyo's Haneda airport and U.S. cities, the transport ministry said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2016
Japan, Australia agree on strong action against North Korea
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, agreed in a meeting in Tokyo on the need to adopt a strong U.N. Security Council resolution against North Korea in the wake of its recent nuclear test and rocket launch.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2016
Japan, Britain to hold joint fighter drill in October
Japan's defense minister and a senior commander of Britain's Royal Air Force agreed Friday to hold the countries' first joint fighter drill sometime in October.

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