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EU JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2022
Taiwan VIPs' visit for Abe funeral signals deepening relationship with Japan
Japan included 'Taiwan' among the names of countries read aloud during the funeral — part of recent moves that point to deepening ties between Tokyo and Taipei.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 27, 2022
The funerals for former prime ministers that were attended by U.S. presidents
Current U.S. President Joe Biden skipped the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday, and Vice President Kamala Harris attended the event instead.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 27, 2022
50 years on, Japan-China ties shift from cooperation to competition
Not just in steel-making, Japanese companies are increasingly lagging behind Chinese counterparts also in shipbuilding and home electronics manufacturing.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Sep 26, 2022
Japan and China's 'hot' economic ties increasingly complex
Fifty years on from Japan's restoration of relations with Beijing, trade and investment between the two nations is now more likely to feel an impact from political tensions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 26, 2022
With drills and fighter jets, German defense minister seeks stronger Indo-Pacific ties
Building on the monthslong dispatch of a frigate to the Indo-Pacific last year, Germany is set to deploy three fighter jets to Japan for joint training with the ASDF.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2022
South Korea's Yoon vows to rebuild Japan ties — whatever challenges lie ahead
President Yoon Suk-yeol stressed that a single round of bilateral talks alone will not bring about satisfactory results, after his meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2022
MSDF proposed admiral-level conference to China in 2002
The MSDF hoped to set up such a channel as China was expected to expand its navy significantly, but the proposal was reportedly rejected by China's top leadership.
CULTURE / Longform
Sep 26, 2022
Big in China, but can the party last for Japan’s artists?
Overseas artists can make a splash in China — provided they abide by the rules.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2022
Japan to stop Myanmar military training over executions
The decision to continue training military personnel after Myanmar's 2021 coup was heavily criticized by rights groups.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2022
Taiwan clouds mood ahead of China-Japan anniversary
Although various events have been held so far this year, a senior official of a group promoting friendly bilateral ties has pointed to the lack of excitement among Chinese people.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it
An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
Nikkei plunges in third-biggest daily loss ever amid Trump tariff concerns
Pedestrians stand in front of an electronic board showing the numbers of the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in the Japanese capital on Monday.
Ride-hailing services spreading in Japan
Vehicles used for ride-hailing services in the city of Kiryu, in Gunma Prefecture
Japan responds to Trump's tariffs with a polite phone call and request
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Feb. 7.
‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte plans to visit Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday — his first to the Indo-Pacific region since taking office in October, as he seeks to implement lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.

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An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it
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