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U K JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2020
Japan looks to lure Hong Kong’s finance workers following security law
The LDP has begun debating ways to make Tokyo more attractive to international firms, but issues of taxation and the language barrier stand in the way.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2020
Japan and Britain aim for trade deal by end of July, Tokyo says
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and British trade minister Liz Truss agreed last month on a swift deal on an economic partnership to secure business continuity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 30, 2020
Tokyo toughens tone after Beijing passes Hong Kong security law
Tokyo deploys harsh diplomatic language to stress that move 'undermines the credibility' of the “one-country, two-systems” principle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2020
Japan temporarily blocks South Korean WTO dispute request
WTO rules prevent Japan from blocking a dispute inquiry if South Korea returns with a second request at the next WTO dispute-settlement meeting.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 26, 2020
Japan Black Lives Matter marches reflect shared sense of justice, U.S. envoy says
'Perhaps some people feel that it's important to hold the ideal America up in the mirror and hold it to account,' says Osaka-Kobe Consul General Karen Kelley.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 23, 2020
Japan says U.S. hasn't requested more money to host American troops
The United States has not asked Tokyo to pay more to keep its troops in the country, Japan's defense minister said Tuesday, after former national security adviser John Bolton wrote in his tell-all memoir that he had conveyed President Donald Trump's demand for an $8 billion annual payment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 23, 2020
Japan seeks closure in post-Brexit U.K. trade talks by end of July
Japan is aiming to conclude its current trade negotiations with the U.K. by the end of next month, according to a Japanese government official familiar with the talks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 23, 2020
Trumped by 'The Donald'? Bolton book offers peek into Abe's ties with U.S. leader
The hawkish former national security adviser lays bare the apparent trials and tribulations the Japanese PM has faced in placating the mercurial American president.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2020
Trump demanded Japan cough up $8 billion for U.S. troops — or risk pullout, Bolton says
Ex-top U.S. official writes that the president told him the best way to get allies like Japan to pay for substantial increases is 'to threaten to withdraw all U.S. forces.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2020
The case for Japan-U.S. space cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
To combat China's space ambitions, Japan and the U.S. need a coordinated, regional approach.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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