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U K JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 15, 2018
Questions arise over Trump-Abe ties at critical juncture for Japanese prime minister
The once lauded rapport between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is increasingly questioned, and experts say it is critical for Abe to work out what Trump's real intentions are.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2018
During Tokyo visit, Ghana's finance minister upbeat on future funding opportunities in Asia
Many African countries are starting to look toward Asia to develop deeper economic relationships and tap into the region's abundant investment resources to fund development needs, Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said Wednesday in an interview with The Japan Times.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2018
Former U.S. defense chief William Perry urges Trump to learn from past successes and failures on North Korea
As one of the key individuals who brought the United States and North Korea closer than ever before to a deal on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons, former U.S. defense chief William Perry has a lot to say about dealing with the regime of Kim Jong Un and a planned landmark summit with President Donald Trump...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2018
North Korea's Kim breaks silence on talks with U.S.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his first direct acknowledgment of the prospect of talks with the U.S., addressing the issue at a meeting of the ruling party's Politburo, state-run media reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2018
Holy smokes: South Korean envoy reportedly told Kim to kick cigarette habit
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, a notoriously heavy smoker, was advised by South Korean National Security Council chief Chung Eui-yong to quit smoking during their meeting early last month — an exchange that left Kim's onetime spy chief reportedly frozen in terror over how the supreme leader might...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2018
Only Pyongyang stands to gain from possible Kim-Trump summit: former U.S. envoy
Any summit between the leaders of North Korean and the U.S. — regardless of the outcome — is likely to be a big win for Pyongyang, according to the former top American diplomat for the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices
Apr 4, 2018
Readers' views on intercultural insensitivity, Japanese schooling, English gaps and an inspirational Indian
Some readers' responses to recent stories on the Community pages:
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2018
Japan aims revamped TPP at reducing reliance on U.S.: former high-level diplomat
Donald Trump’s erratic posture on trade is forcing Japanese policymakers to rethink their reliance on the economic and political alliance with the United States, according to a former high-level diplomat from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2018
Analysis disputes Japanese foreign minister's claim that North Korea is preparing fresh nuclear test
A leading North Korea-watching website has disputed Foreign Minister Taro Kono's reported remarks that Pyongyang is preparing to conduct a fresh nuclear test even as tensions on the Korean Peninsula ease ahead of a rare summit between the two Koreas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 2, 2018
Kim Jong Un: statesman and all-around normal guy? Not quite
Kim Jong Un: statesman and all-around normal guy?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018
Japanese families tell Abe they want Trump to go to bat for abductees
The families say the denuclearization summit next month is a “now or never” chance to repatriate their loved ones and that U.S. President Donald Trump is their best bet.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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