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JAPAN
Aug 31, 2014
Japan, North Korea reportedly held secret talks over abductions
Japan and North Korea reportedly hold a secret meeting on the abduction issue as the North's first report on its new probe approaches.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2014
Indian leader Modi arrives for summit with Abe
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport on Saturday for a five-day visit in which he is expected to seek stronger security and economic ties with Japan in the face of China's rising territorial ambitions and military might.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2014
Japan, U.S. trade chief might hold TPP powwow in September: Amari
Tokyo and Washington could hold a ministerial meeting in September to reach agreement on contentious bilateral issues related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the minister in charge of the trade initiative said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 29, 2014
Abductee hopes hinge on Kim
Japan is confident some of the more than a dozen citizens abducted by North Korean agents over three decades ago are alive, and is counting on Kim Jong Un to return them, said the minister in charge of the issue.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2014
North Korea may delay first abduction probe report to late September
North Korea may delay the first report to Japan of the new round of investigation into abduction cases of Japanese nationals to the third week of September or later, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2014
Japan, India to jointly produce rare earth metals for export to Japan
Japan and India have largely agreed to jointly produce rare earth metals that could be exported to Japan as soon as next year, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
WORLD
Aug 27, 2014
Japan, South Korea eye strategic talks in September
Japan and South Korea are preparing to hold a vice minister-level "strategic dialogue" possibly in early September in Tokyo, a senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014
Japan Coast Guard to seek to double budget to expand Senkaku patrols
The Japan Coast Guard will request a budget of ¥50.4 billion for fiscal 2015, twice its current budget, to enable enhanced security of territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, coast guard sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 26, 2014
U.S. official mum about Putin's planned visit to Japan amid Ukraine crisis
A U.S. official refrained Monday from elaborating on whether Japan should follow up on its invitation to have Russian President Vladimir Putin visit this fall amid the crisis in Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Aug 25, 2014
Japan awaits North Korean report on fate of abductees
It may soon become clear whether the Japanese government's decision to bet on the power and ability of North Korea's State Security Department to resolve the fate of past Japanese abductees was justified.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2014
Thousands march on Henoko base site
More than 3,500 demonstrators marched to U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Saturday in the largest show of anger to date against the new American base being built off Henoko Bay to replace Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in crowded Ginowan further southwest.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2014
Chongryon leader plans to visit North Korea from early September
Ho Jong Man, the chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongyron, plans to visit North Korea for several weeks from early September to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, sources close to bilateral relations said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 21, 2014
Seoul's new envoy upbeat on patching up ties with Japan
South Korea's new ambassador to Japan, Yoo Heung-soo, is optimistic about improving diplomatic relations with Japan and said he was looking forward to using his contacts to patch up ties when he takes his post over the weekend.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 18, 2014
Lawmakers, China's vice president agree to improve bilateral ties
A group of Japanese lawmakers agreed Monday with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao that both countries need to make efforts to mend bilateral relations.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 18, 2014
TPP meeting scheduled in Hanoi next month
The 12 nations involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative will hold a working-level meeting in Hanoi next month, Japanese government officials said Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2014
Abe's shrine offering riles China, South Korea
China said Friday it "resolutely opposed" Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's monetary donation to war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2014
Three ministers visit Yasukuni on surrender day anniversary; Abe refrains
Three Cabinet ministers visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine as Japan marks the 69th anniversary of its surrender in World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2014
Japan imposes asset freeze on North Korean shipping firm
The government on Friday froze the assets of the operator of a North Korean ship seized for smuggling arms, the Foreign Ministry announced, just as Tokyo is engaged in talks with Pyongyang to return Japanese citizens kidnapped decades ago by North Korean agents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2014
Free Hug activist hopes to mend fences in Asia
It was August 2011 when Koichi Kuwabara hit the streets of Seoul with a mission in mind.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 14, 2014
Japan-U.S. auto talks leave TPP spinning its wheels
Japan and the United States failed to make significant progress Thursday on opening the Japanese automobile sector, ending working-level talks in Tokyo aimed at sealing the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

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