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EU JAPAN RELATIONS

JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2015
Abe, Merkel agree to play strong international role, including on Ukraine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Monday to play a more active role in maintaining stability and prosperity in the international community, including finding a peaceful solution for the Ukrainian crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2015
Japan, Cuba agree to boost trade
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Ricardo Cabrisas, vice president of Cuba's Council of Ministers, agreed Monday to boost bilateral trade and investment after Havana and Washington began negotiations in January to restore diplomatic ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2015
Abe calls for swift security legislation at LDP convention
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Sunday for swift enactment of legislation to enable Japan to defend its security more robustly as his Liberal Democratic Party held its annual convention.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2015
China eager to learn from Japan's economic missteps
China is poring over Japanese history for economic lessons to keep its massive economy away from the recession and deflation that has blighted Japan for 20 years.
JAPAN / History
Mar 8, 2015
Asian-American leader records U.S. internment saga in book
Seventy years after the end of World War II, Floyd Mori is on a personal mission to remind the American public of the injustices perpetrated within the United States against those of Japanese ancestry during the war.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2015
Japan, Taiwan agree to modify landmark fishing pact off Senkakus
Tokyo and Taipei agree to amend a treaty covering fishing in waters off the Japan-administered and Taiwan-claimed Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2015
Japan, North Korea eye abduction talks in late March
Tokyo and Pyongyang are working to recommence stalled high-level talks on North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 7, 2015
Chasing Chinese planes 400 times a year stretches Japan's top guns
Fighter pilot Jun Fukuda sits edgily on the couch in his flight suit, waiting for the call that sends him sprinting to his jet. On any given day, he will chase and warn off Chinese military planes nearing Japanese airspace.
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2015
Japan, U.S. resume TPP talks but pact's future very much in doubt
Japanese and U.S. officials resumed talks Thursday in Tokyo on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, but the outcome of the negotiations remains unclear with political difficulties mounting for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and indications of growing opposition to the deal in the U.S.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2015
No press pass yet for Sankei's new Seoul bureau chief appointed in September
A Japanese journalist sent to replace a colleague accused of defaming South Korea's president has been unable to get a press pass from Seoul since September.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2015
China launches Japanese, English versions of website on Senkakus
Japan on Wednesday lodged a protest with China over the launch of English and Japanese versions of a Chinese government website asserting Beijing's claim to the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2015
Laos prime minister begins Japan trip
The prime minister of Laos, Thongsing Thammavong, arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday for a four-day official visit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Japan and expand political and economic ties between the two countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2015
China to publish records of Japan's past militarism for WWII anniversary
The move is intended to help “keep in mind our history as a warning for the future,” said Yu Zhengsheng, the Communist Party of China's fourth-highest ranking member.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2015
Chinese desire for fancy toilet seats spurs 1,400% rally in Laox shares
Thousand-dollar rice cookers and toilet seats that know when you enter the room.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 3, 2015
Japan to make Laos silver coin to mark 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties
Japan will produce up to 10,000 silver coins for the Laotian central bank to commemorate the 60th anniversary this year of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Finance Ministry and Japan Mint said Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2015
In likely jab at Japan, China to hold parade, to mark end of WWII
China will hold a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II this year and invite the leaders of major countries involved in the war to attend, the Foreign Ministry said, events probably aimed at Japan.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2015
Taiwan, Japan to discuss fishing arrangements near Senkakus
A Taiwan-Japan joint fishery committee will meet in Tokyo this week to discuss fishing arrangements in waters off the Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2015
On eve of domestic political confab, China says Japan is shirking war guilt
A spokesman for China's top political advisory body accused Japan on Monday of hiding its responsibility for World War II and urged the country's leaders to "express deep remorse" ahead of the 70th anniversary of the war's end.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2015
Abe urges Ukrainian foreign minister to enforce cease-fire
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Monday on Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin to implement the cease-fire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of Ukraine, as fighting persists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2015
Park urges Japan to resolve 'comfort women' issue while aging victims still alive
South Korean President Park Geun-hye again urges Japan to resolve the “comfort women” issue to “restore the honor of these old ladies” and “honestly admit the historical truth.”

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