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EU JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2014
Republican control of Congress does not mean TPP is a done deal
While Japanese and U.S. officials expect little change in the U.S.-Japan relationship following Tuesday's midterm elections, experts are divided on what a Republican-controlled Congress means for Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and, ultimately, for reaching a deal before the 2016 presidential...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 5, 2014
Abe, Xi likely to have some contact at APEC summit
As the leaders of both China and Japan prepare to attend a regional economic meeting, the event offers them an opportunity to meet and begin to repair deeply frayed relations.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2014
North Korea claims it will question perpetrators on abductee issue
North Korea told Japan last week that it plans to question its agents who abducted Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s, according to sources familiar with relations between the two countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2014
Ambassador cites European Union as example for Japan-China reconciliation
Hans Carl von Werthern, Germany's ambassador to Japan, calls himself a "trained mediator." Having served in Beijing prior to his posting in Tokyo, von Werthern has witnessed the turbulent relationship between China and Japan up close. And he is convinced that Japan's reconciliation with China and South...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2014
Abe Cabinet says deal with China preventing Yasukuni visit 'does not exist'
Japan has decided to hold firm on its stance that it has no agreement with China preventing the prime minister and two other senior leaders from visiting the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2014
Japan to press China over coral poaching
Japan will urge China to take "effective measures" to stop Chinese fishermen from poaching valuable coral in Japanese territorial waters and its exclusive economic zone near the Ogasawara and Izu islands, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2014
Russia sets Kishida visit as 'precondition' for Putin trip to Japan
The Russian government has told Japan that President Vladimir Putin will not visit unless Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida swiftly completes his plan to visit Moscow, sources close to bilateral ties said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2014
Japan and U.S. accused of failing Okinawa residents and veterans sickened by Agent Orange
A journalist who has documented the alleged existence of Agent Orange on Okinawa has accused Tokyo and Washington of side-stepping their responsibilities to local residents and military personnel who may have been exposed to the toxic defoliant.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2014
North Korea didn't offer delegation any new info on abductees: source
KYODO, STAFF REPORT
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2014
Korean court orders Toyama munitions firm to compensate women tricked into wartime labor
A South Korean court orders former arms maker Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate all of the Korean women it forced to work in Japan during the war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2014
Former Prime Minister Fukuda meets Xi again
A meeting Wednesday between former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing was a positive step for repairing strained bilateral ties, the Abe administration said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 29, 2014
Japanese officials hold second day of talks in Pyongyang
Japan on Wednesday held a second day of talks with North Korea on the progress of a probe into missing Japanese nationals, with the focus of the discussions expected to shift to issues such as the remains of Japanese who died after the end of World War II in what is now North Korean territory.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2014
Japan mission arrives N. Korea to scrutinize abduction probe
A Japanese delegation arrived Monday in Pyongyang to assess North Korea's ongoing investigation into the fates of abducted Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2014
TPP talks in Sydney end with no breakthrough
Japan and the United States failed to reach a much-awaited breakthrough, seen as vital to advancing the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, at a three-day meeting on the proposed trade accord that wrapped in Sydney on Monday.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2014
Japan, U.S. ministers to meet in Sydney in bid to seek progress on TPP
Japan and the United States will hold ministerial talks in Sydney on Monday to seek progress on a Pacific free trade initiative, Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge, said Sunday as the two countries remain apart over farm tariff cuts and other issues.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2014
Government mission to North Korea this week to scrutinize abductees probe
A government delegation will make a four-day visit to North Korea from Monday to assess Pyongyang's investigation of the fate of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 26, 2014
Japan struggles to keep up as China woos international students
Japan's efforts to increase the number of international students coming to its shores are being dwarfed by similar initiatives in neighboring China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2014
Fukuda, Xi plan second meeting at Boao Forum in Beijing
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next Wednesday in Beijing, diplomatic sources said.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2014
China criticizes new U.S. missile defense radar in Kyoto
The United States is damaging stability in the Asia-Pacific region by positioning a missile defense radar in Japan, according to an official in Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2014
U.S. calls out Japan on coal plant exports
The United States has challenged the Japanese government over moves to ramp up exports of coal-fired power technology and to offer cheap loans to lure buyers, according to a U.S. source with direct knowledge of the matter.

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