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EU JAPAN RELATIONS

JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2015
Abe to avoid controversial Yasukuni Shrine visit during spring festival
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will again skip a spring visit to contentious Yasukuni Shrine because the 70th anniversary of the war is apparently generating too much scrutiny.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2015
Japan, EU to hold summit on May 29 in Tokyo: sources
Japan and the European Union will hold an annual summit on May 29 in Tokyo to discuss their potential free trade agreement and security cooperation, diplomatic sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2015
U.S. questions Japan about stance on China-led bank
The United States has questioned Japan about the possibility it might participate in China's initiative to set up the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, sources familiar with bilateral relations say.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2015
China at center of growing security risks in East Asia: defense paper
China's rapid military buildup and increasing assertiveness in the seas and skies made 2014 a "year of growing risks to security" in East Asia, the Defense Ministry's core policy arm said Friday in its annual report.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2015
Poll finds trans-Pacific gap on role Japan should play in region
An expanded military role for Japan is a more popular idea among U.S. citizens than Japanese themselves, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2015
China raps U.S. defense chief over Senkakus comment
China on Thursday rapped U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter for saying that the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands fall under the U.S.-Japan security treaty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 8, 2015
Japan-Indonesia power plant to break ground in Java this month
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Tuesday a project to build a $4 billion thermal power plant project funded by an Indonesia-Japan consortium will begin at the end of April.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2015
U.S. defense chief says new guidelines will 'transform' U.S.-Japan alliance
Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that updated bilateral defense cooperation guidelines will "transform the U.S.-Japan alliance" and enable the two countries' forces to "cooperate seamlessly" to respond to challenges around the world.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2015
Nippon Steel, Techint brawl in boardroom as company founders
What started as an alliance to bring balance and direction to Brazil's second-largest steel maker has become a feud spanning three continents that's diluting the company's efforts to navigate a global commodities rout.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2015
Suga, Onaga hold talks over relocation of U.S.' Futenma base in Okinawa
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga cross swords over the air base relocation dispute in Naha but make little progress.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2015
Japan, South Korea to resume security dialogue this month
Japan and South Korea agree to resume a security dialogue this month after strained bilateral ties put the talks on ice in December 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2015
Japan, U.S. experts digitizing A-bomb archives
Japanese and American experts are exploring ways to put the data archives of a wartime study of A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki online.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2015
U.S. defense chief Carter to visit Tokyo, Seoul next week: Pentagon
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is traveling to Japan and South Korea to discuss issues including Tokyo's new defense cooperation guidelines with Washington.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
Ex-Prime Minister Murayama to attend China's WWII anniversary ceremony
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Friday he is planning to attend a ceremony China will hold in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
North Korea warns abduction talks on the rocks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slams North Korea's warning that negotiations on abduction issue might be suspended and vows to stick to its carrot-and-stick strategy.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2015
Tokyo to strongly urge North to stay on course for abductee investigation
In response to Pyongyang's implied threat to halt bilateral negotiations, Tokyo will strongly urge the reclusive country to proceed on the promised re-investigation into the whereabouts of the Japanese nationals it abducted, Japanese sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2015
Takakazu Kuriyama, former ambassador to U.S., dies at 83
Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States Takakazu Kuriyama, who was involved in bilateral talks for the 1972 reversion of Okinawa Prefecture, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Wednesday, his family said Thursday. He was 83.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2015
Boycott of China-led AIIB poses risks for Japan, where companies may lose out in infrastructure building work
Japan has decided to stand back from joining a planned China-led investment bank for now, but risks losing a chance to tap into Asia's rapidly growing infrastructure market.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015
U.S. returns housing area to Okinawa
The United States has returned a 51-hectare housing area of Camp Zukeran in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, as part of a 2013 agreement to reduce the prefecture's burden from hosting U.S. military bases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
Japan rules out joining China-led investment bank as founding member
Japan holds out on joining China's planned development bank as ministers in Tokyo cast skepticism over its governance on the final day for nations to sign up as founding members.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
Japan mostly spared in global IT meltdown despite reports of some bugs
A screen displays an error message at a self-checkout terminal of a supermarket in Sydney on Friday.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
German, French and Spanish fighter aircraft arrive in Japan for joint drills
Two Air Self-Defense Force F-15s (right) escort two German Air Force Eurofighter jets and an A330MRTT aerial tanker on their arrival in Japan Friday. The ASDF is conducting training exercises with the German, French and Spanish air forces this weekend.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.

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