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G 20 SUMMIT

EDITORIALS
Nov 6, 2017
A joint Japan-U.S. stand on North Korea
It will take far more than a solid Japan-U.S. alliance to resolve the North Korean crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2017
Putin aide Patrushev to visit Japan next week ahead of Vladivostok summit
Nikolai Patrushev, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin and secretary of the country's Security Council, will visit Japan from Monday through Sept. 6, diplomatic sources told Jiji Press on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 25, 2017
Abe departs for G-7 summit in Italy, trip to Malta
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Italy on Thursday to participate in the summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations and hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders before heading to Malta.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 16, 2017
To empower women, Japan's cultural mindset must be changed: Global Summit of Women chief
Changing the cultural mindset entrenched in Japanese society that underestimates and undervalues women's abilities is not only key to promoting them to leadership positions, it will also lead to wider social and financial gains for all.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 11, 2017
Koike vows to get more women to run in metro election in July
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike pledged on Thursday to field as many women as possible in the metropolitan assembly election in July, saying women are woefully underrepresented in the Japanese political arena.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2017
A presidential summit in Florida
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping established a positive working relationship, but their first meeting was short on concrete deliverables.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2017
Crouching Donald, paper tiger
The summit at Mar-a-Lago showed that even a president as reckless as Trump knows that the U.S. cannot afford to antagonize the Chinese.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017
Xi got played, but he played it well
Imagine being guest of honor at a state dinner planned to trumpet bilateral ties only to have your host lean over and whisper, 'We're bombing Syria tonight.'
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017
Viewed from China, summit a success
From Beijing's perspective, things went very well in Mar-a-Lago, with China taking the initiative and the Americans going along.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2017
Same bed, different dreams
Japanese officials and their private-sector colleagues will need to be creative and ambitious in developing economic cooperation concepts with the U.S. that match the scale and importance of the 'Ron-Yasu' years.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 25, 2016
Will Abe's new approach to ties with Russia pay off?
Anticipation is building that a breakthrough could finally be achieved in the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia. But is it merely wishful thinking?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2016
Japan to host World Robot Summit in 2020
Cabinet minister Hiroshige Seko said the government will host a World Robot Summit in 2020 with the aim of promoting competition in speed, accuracy and quality of robot performance in the manufacturing and service sectors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2016
G-7 summit boosted economy by ¥107 billion, government says
The Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture in May may have boosted demand in the Japanese economy by roughly ¥107 billion, the prefectural government said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 9, 2016
What's next after the G-20 summit?
Now that the China-hosted summit is over, will Beijing ramp up its South China Sea agenda?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 9, 2016
Japan pushing 'quality' aid to counter China's clout in ASEAN
Unable to match dollar-for-dollar China's massive investment in Southeast Asia, Japan's future relevance in the region appears to hinge on it convincingly offering a "quality over quantity" approach.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2016
Tokyo to host 'Davos for women' in 2017
A leading global business and economic forum for women will come to Tokyo for the first time next year, founder Irene Natividad announced Wednesday, saying she hopes the event will empower women in Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 5, 2016
Japan seeks summit with South Korea during international gathering in Mongolia next week
Japan is asking South Korea to hold a summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting, which starts July 15 in Mongolia, a source familiar with Japan-South Korea relations said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2016
Women's empowerment: The time is now, Japan
While Japan's GDP growth is declining, the country is experiencing a rise in gross domestic power of the feminine persuasion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 4, 2016
Under Abe, Japan gets left behind at G-7 summit
For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the best thing about the recent G-7 Ise-Shima summit was that it gave him cover to wriggle out of a planned tax increase. He could pretend postponing the tax increase is a statesman-like concession to boosting global growth, rather than a way to pander to voters in the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2016
Close Abe aides eyed over last-minute change in economy slides presented at G-7 summit
The Group of Seven summit meeting last week in Ise, Mie Prefecture, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has raised suspicions about Japan's political agenda.
Leotard vs. unitard debate in gymnastics still raging ahead of Paris Olympics
Japan's men's and women's gymnastics teams pose for photos during a news conference to announce the team's uniforms for the 2024 Games.
Over 200 million metric tons of rare metals found near remote Tokyo island
Professor Yasuhiro Kato of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (center right) and Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation (left), hold manganese nodules, a seafloor resource found in the waters surrounding Minamitorishima, Tokyo, on Friday.
Forget ¥160 — traders see currency falling as far as ¥170 against dollar
Traders say a slump of the yen as far as ¥170 per dollar is possible despite looming intervention risks.
World’s largest nuclear plant sits idle while energy needs soar
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, in November 2022. The plant was shuttered in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, and has sat idle since.
North Korea missile launch ends in midair explosion, Seoul says
A vapor trail believed to be created by a North Korean ballistic missile is seen from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the two countries' maritime boundary on Wednesday.
U.S. and allies race to ‘Trump-proof’ Biden security deals by year-end
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference after being found guilty over hush-money charges, at Trump Tower in New York City on May 31.
Japan makes a late play on under-fire carbon credit trading
For Japan, carbon credits are seen as important as the nation waits for its climate technology bets to pay off.
State-run think tank makes rare call for Seoul to consider own nukes
News of a North Korean missile launch is shown at a the main rail station in Seoul on May 30.
Leotard vs. unitard debate in gymnastics still raging ahead of Paris Olympics
Japan's men's and women's gymnastics teams pose for photos during a news conference to announce the team's uniforms for the 2024 Games.
Seeing duplicates of a poster on election boards? It's due to a loophole.
On a board for election posters in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Monday, duplicates of one featuring a female kickboxer who is not running in the gubernatorial race take up half of all the spots.

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