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U S JAPAN RELATIONS

JAPAN
Feb 4, 2015
Keidanren expresses interest in investing in Thai infrastructure
A Japanese business mission led by Eizo Kobayashi, head of the Japan Business Federation's Japan-Thailand Trade and Economic Committee, met with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday and expressed interest in investing in projects related to Thailand's infrastructure.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2015
Japan proposes tariff cuts on U.S. pork imports; TPP meeting planned
The Japanese government has proposed sharply cutting its tariff on a certain amount of U.S. pork over a 10-year period in talks with the United States on the Asia-Pacific free trade initiative, sources said Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 1, 2015
Japan, Russia to hold vice ministerial talks
Senior Japanese diplomats and their Russian counterparts will meet in Moscow on Feb. 12 to lay the groundwork for Russian President Vladimir Putin's planned visit to Japan this year, a source said Saturday. The delegations will include vice foreign ministers.
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2015
Japan TPP offer chops beef tariffs to 9% over 15 years
Japan has proposed during negotiations with the United States to slash its 38.5 percent tariff in imported beef to 9 percent over 15 years under an envisioned Pacific Rim free trade deal, negotiation sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2015
Prisoner swap without pilot thought difficult, Jordanians say
As an apparent Wednesday evening deadline approached, in which extremists again threatened Kenji Goto with death, the freelance journalist's friends, relatives and many others nationwide listened for word of whether Amman would free Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi woman the extremists named as the price...
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2015
South Koreans react online to Japanese character traits demonstrated in hostage crisis
Internet users in South Korea are reacting to Japan's national character represented by muted anger, masochistic apologies and gratitude for others after the Islamic State group released a video showing what appears to be the corpse of hostage Haruna Yukawa, according to a local media report.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2015
Chongryon likely to retain Tokyo HQ by leasing from yet another owner
In a mysterious twist, the North Korea-affiliated group Chongryon is now unlikely to be forced out of its Tokyo headquarters despite losing ownership of the building.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2015
Russia slams Kishida for comparing Ukraine crisis to disputed isles
Russia has lambasted what it called "baffling" comments by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday, in which he compared Russia's actions in Ukraine to the Soviet annexation of Japanese territory at the end of World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2015
Japan, Britain agree closer on security cooperation
In their first-ever two-plus-two talks, Japan and Britain agreed Wednesday to enhance security cooperation, including the possible joint development of missile technology and an exercise to evacuate nationals from an overseas contingency.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 21, 2015
Real estate firm sues Chongryon over delayed property sale
Real estate developer Marunaka Holdings Co. has filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, blaming the group for delaying the company's acquisition of the association's Tokyo headquarters, sources close to the matter said...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2015
Remembering and learning from the Kobe quake
Cooperation in disaster relief efforts have helped strengthen ties between Japan and the United States.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2015
South Korea protests Takeshima status in Japanese defense paper
South Korea on Wednesday lodged a protest over Japan's distribution of a Korean-language version of its defense white paper depicting the South Korean islets of Dokdo as Japanese territory, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2015
Abe could ease doubts by apologizing over WWII, says former leader Fukuda
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could help remove international doubts about Japan's stance toward its wartime past by apologizing over World War II in a statement he is planning to help mark the 70th anniversary of the war's end, said Yasuo Fukuda, one of Abe's predecessors.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2015
Japan, Britain hold first 'two plus two' security talks
The Japanese and British foreign and defense ministers were to meet Wednesday to discuss closer security cooperation, including a possible exercise to evacuate each other's nationals from a crisis overseas, a Japanese official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 20, 2015
Abe using overseas trips to test waters in preparation for WWII 70th anniversary statement
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is promoting Japan as a postwar peace-builder as he tests the waters for a statement marking the 70th anniversary of its World War II defeat that risks irritating China and South Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 19, 2015
France, Japan confirm need of scrutiny on terror financing: Sapin
France and Japan have confirmed the need to establish a better mechanism to scrutinize money flows to terrorists, such as regulations on paper companies, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said Monday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2015
Egypt is offered ¥43 billion loans during Abe visit
During talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo on Saturday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered around ¥43 billion in loans to Egypt for airport and power grid projects.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2015
Abe meets Jordanian king, agrees to help counter Islamic State threats
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Jordanian King Abdullah agree to counter the threat posed by the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2015
Japan to play more active security role, Kishida tells India
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, in India, says Japan will play a more active role in promoting international peace and stability.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jan 18, 2015
Stealth tech no given in Japanese sub deal
Retired Vice Admiral Masao Kobayashi commanded Japan's submarine fleet from 2007 to 2009. In a recent interview in Tokyo with The Japan Times, when asked to explain one of the country's most tightly guarded military secrets, he seemed reflective.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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