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JR EAST

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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 18, 2018
China to begin large-scale military exercise 'tailored for Taiwan separatists' in East China Sea
China reportedly began a six-day, large-scale, live-fire military drill in an area of the East China Sea "similar in size to the island of Taiwan" on Wednesday, according to state-run media, amid growing friction between Taipei and Beijing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2018
Abe will travel to Europe and Middle East next week, ink free trade pact with EU
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday he will embark on a tour of Europe and the Middle East from July 11, during which a signing ceremony for a free trade pact between Japan and the European Union will be held.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2018
Erdogan's re-election and its dire consequences
Turkey's president now has a green light to pursue even more vigorously his nationalistic theme and his Islamic agenda.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2018
U.S. military pilots in East China Sea targeted in laser attacks
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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2018
Emperor and Empress meet with nuclear evacuees in Fukushima
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko met evacuees from the March 2011 tsunami-triggered nuclear disaster on Saturday as they began a three-day visit to Fukushima that was expected to be their last to the region before his abdication next year.
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Jun 7, 2018
North, South Korea to send unified judo team to East Asian Championships
South and North Korea will unite their judo teams for the upcoming East Asian Championships, the International Judo Federation said late Wednesday evening.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2018
Public to name new station on Tokyo's Yamanote Line
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday it will ask the public to name a new station being built on Tokyo's Yamanote Line.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 29, 2018
Honda starts to receive orders for small business jets in Middle East
Honda Motor Co.'s U.S. aviation arm said Tuesday it has begun accepting orders for its new small business jet in the Middle East, anticipating growing demand in the region.
JAPAN
May 21, 2018
Former Financial Times Tokyo bureau chief Charles Smith dies at 82
Charles Smith, who served as Tokyo bureau chief of the Financial Times in the 1970s and of the Far East Economic Review in the 1980s, passed away at the age of 82 Friday of acute respiratory failure, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
May 18, 2018
Aspiring brewer taps Fukushima town's hops in bid to boost sagging farming industry
"I can't wait to drink delicious beer made from homegrown hops," Makoto Honma, the president of Hop Japan Inc., told farmers with a smile in April when he visited them in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
May 17, 2018
Udine film festival can teach Japanese directors a few things about international appeal
I've been an adviser to the Udine Far East Film Festival since 2000. The event, held in Udine, Italy, is the largest festival in Europe dedicated to popular cinema from Asia.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2018
Japan won't report suspected sanctions evasion to U.N. after South Korea denies goods transfer to North
Seoul has dismissed a query by Japan over whether a South Korea-flagged vessel may have been involved in the transfer of goods to North Korea on the high seas, in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to the Japanese government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2018
Decertifying the Iran deal is dangerous
Donald Trump's unilateral move could have dire regional and international implications.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2018
Why killing the nuclear pact was only the first step
Netanyahu sees Trump as a partner for broader regional change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 9, 2018
JR East to launch sightseeing train from Tokyo to Izu in 2020
East Japan Railway Co. said it will launch a luxurious sightseeing train between Tokyo and the Izu resort area in the spring of 2020, shortly before the capital hosts the Summer Olympic Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2018
Japan-Russia economic ties suffer setback after Japanese consortium's proposal for Khabarovsk Novy Airport project rejected
Modernization of the airport is among projects intended to deepen cooperation between the two nations, but firms from Turkey, not Japan, are now building the domestic terminal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2018
Abe shows indirect support for U.S. on Middle East trip
As the situation surrounding North Korea is changing at a rapid pace, Abe needed to be seen boosting Washington's efforts by mediating between Israel and the Palestinians, one source indicated.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2018
Trump all but decided to exit Iran nuclear deal in 'not a full pullout' manner: sources
U.S. President Donald Trump has all but decided to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord by May 12 but exactly how he will do so remains unclear, two White House officials and a source familiar with the administration's internal debate said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2018
China: The shadow power for a shadow age
In an age of illusion, China is among the chief sources of spectacle.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2018
Abe departs on five-nation Mideast tour to focus on energy, regional peace
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday left for a five-day tour of the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Palestine and Israel, in a trip aimed at bolstering cooperation with the region over energy and the Middle East peace process.

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