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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2019
North Korea fires two apparent missiles one day after South severs intelligence-sharing pact with Japan
North Korea fired two apparent ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday morning, the Japanese government and South Korean military said, a day after Seoul severed a key intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2019
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres urges Japan and South Korea to mend ties
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Japan and South Korea to mend relations after Seoul scraps a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo amid disputes over trade.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2019
South Korean lawmakers to visit Takeshima on Aug. 31
Seven South Korean lawmakers will visit the Takeshima islands in the Sea of Japan on Aug. 31, one of the lawmakers said Friday, a trip that could further ratchet up tensions between Tokyo and Seoul.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2019
Tokyo-Seoul row hits economies
The escalating feud between South Korea and Japan is heightening concerns about the fallout for global supply chains, financial markets and economic growth.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2019
Rethink defense intelligence pact termination
A termination of the defense intelligence pact threatens to escalate the fraying of Japan-South Korea relations. We urge the Moon administration to think twice about its decision.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 23, 2019
Seoul and trilateral alliance with Japan and U.S. will suffer most with GSOMIA pullout, Tokyo defense insiders say
The intelligence-sharing pact benefitted the South Korean military much more than it did Tokyo and Washington, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2019
South Korean passengers to Narita down more than a third this summer amid Tokyo-Seoul tensions
The number of South Koreans who entered Japan via Narita Airport for short stays during the summer holiday period from Aug. 9 to 18 totaled 12,260, down 34.7 percent from the same period a year earlier, a government bureau announced Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 22, 2019
South Korea decides to exit intelligence-sharing pact with Japan
South Korea's decision is “extremely regrettable,” a Japanese government source was quoted as saying.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2019
Japan's Indo-Pacific dream or nightmare?
Unfinished political reform, militarization, technological authoritarianism, the politicization of history and great power rivalry is stressing the Indo-Pacific region and Tokyo's attempts to inculcate a rules-based order into the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 22, 2019
Despite subtle overtures, Japan-South Korea dispute likely to drag on
Recent signs that Japan and South Korea are making subtle overtures to each other have raised hopes that they are moving toward de-escalating their diplomatic feud.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2019
South Korea to make decision on Japan intel sharing pact soon, report says
South Korea's National Security Council will meet later Thursday to discuss whether to extend an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan amid an intensifying spat between the two neighbors, the country's Yonhap News Agency reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 21, 2019
China's Wang Yi urges Japan and South Korea to solve dispute during trilateral talks
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi asked Japan and South Korea to seek a solution to their differences “through dialogue” amid concern that worsening relations may threaten regional economic stability.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2019
Can Japan-South Korea relations be saved?
By continuing to freeze the bilateral relationship, the two countries prevent themselves from pursuing policy issues that are critical to their futures, including the endgame for the denuclearization of North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2019
Despite toned down rhetoric, no compromise likely as Taro Kono gets set to meet with South Korean counterpart in China
South Korea and Japan have toned down the rhetoric but show little sign of compromise in a bitter political and economic dispute as their foreign ministers prepare to meet in China this week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2019
Japan releases second batch of high-tech material to South Korea, sources say
Japan has approved shipments of the material to South Korea for the second time since imposing tighter export restrictions last month, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2019
Japan's feud with South Korea threatens heating fuel shortage
Consumers may pay a higher price to stay warm this winter if South Korea bans exports of heating fuel to Japan as the bilateral trade feud deepens.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2019
South Korea summons Japanese diplomat over plans for Fukushima water
South Korea's Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the economy minister from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to discuss a reported plan to discharge waste water, contaminated due to the meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, into the Pacific Ocean.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 17, 2019
Outrage over Aichi Triennale exhibition ignites debate over freedom of expression in art
Three days after it opened on Aug. 1, a section of the Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival, which is taking place in and around the city of Nagoya, was closed due to controversy over one of its exhibits and an anonymous threat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 17, 2019
Japan, China and South Korea to hold meeting of foreign ministers near Beijing on Wednesday
The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea will meet next week on the outskirts of Beijing to discuss North Korea and other regional issues, officials said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2019
South Korea to tighten radiation checks on waste plastics, tires and batteries from Japan
The move was taken to “secure the health and safety of the people as well as preservation of the environment,” a spokesman for the Korean Environment Ministry says.

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