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U S JAPAN RELATIONS

EDITORIALS
Jun 24, 2017
Japan and 'One Belt, One Road'
Shinzo Abe's recent warming up to Chinese trade initiatives is the right move.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2017
USTR urges Japan to make 'unilateral concessions' on beef imports to ease trade surplus
Lighthizer may be calling for reduction in the tariff on beef imports from the U.S., reflecting concern that the United States lags behind other major farming nations in exports to Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jun 21, 2017
U.S. military under fire for gun safety breaches on Okinawa
A series of incidents over the past few years have raised concerns the U.S. military on Okinawa is failing to securely manage its weapons in the prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 21, 2017
Deafening silence from U.S. government as Okinawa defoliants quietly destroy children's futures
Lt. Col. Kris E. Roberts, who found dozens of barrels of hazardous waste buried at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in 1981, reflects on the consequences of that discovery.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2017
Trump says China efforts on North Korea haven't 'worked out'
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that efforts by China to rein in North Korea have failed, suggesting he's weighing new options to deal with a regime that's vowed to develop nuclear weapons capable of striking the U.S. mainland.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2017
In Tokyo, Guinean President Alpha Conde calls for investment by Japanese firms
Guinean President Alpha Conde called on Japanese companies Tuesday to boost investment in his country, emphasizing the "potential" of the growing African nation with a young population.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2017
Japan eyes U.S. nuclear pact that renews automatically amid Trump administration vacancies
Japan will seek a nuclear energy pact with the United States that renews automatically while it continues reprocessing spent fuel and enriching uranium, government sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2017
U.S. sends bombers to drill with Japan, South Korea as Moon lambastes North over Warmbier death
The U.S. Air Force sent two B-1B strategic bombers stationed on Guam on a wide-ranging flight for joint drills with the Air Self-Defense Force and South Korea's military Tuesday, just hours after the death of a former U.S. detainee in North Korea was announced.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2017
Why the prime minister still loves Trump
There are significant incentives — commercial, security and more — for Japan to maintain a strong relationship with the U.S.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2017
First visitation flight to disputed isles off Hokkaido canceled over poor weather
Two days of bad weather forced the cancellation Monday of what was to have been the first chartered flight by former residents to visit Kunashiri and Etorofu, two of the four Russia-held islands off northeastern Hokkaido claimed by Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2017
Japan-EU trade deal in sight as gaps narrow on autos, farm produce
Japan and the European Union are in the final phase of wrapping up a wide-ranging agreement on free trade, seeking to strike deals on issues such as access to the agriculture and automobile markets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2017
Their lives disrupted, South Korean grannies vow to fight U.S. THAAD deployment to the end
In Soseong-ri, a small farming village of about 80 residents in southern South Korea, a band of elderly women is at the forefront of protests against the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system next to their neighborhood.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2017
Former residents' trip to disputed Russian-held isles postponed
A homecoming trip scheduled for former Japanese residents of the Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido was postponed Sunday due to poor weather, government officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 17, 2017
Kansai takes measured view on missile drills
Over the past two months, hardly a week has passed without news of another North Korean missile launch. It's become routine: An early morning South Korean media report, based on government sources, says that "an object has been launched," forcing politicians, bureaucrats, and journalists in Tokyo out...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 13, 2017
Japan-U.S. economic dialogue: risk and strategy
The fact that the current relationship between Japan and the U.S. increasingly resembles that of 30 years ago elicits a certain sense of futility.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2017
Japan warns Russia not to conduct survey in EEZ without permission
Tokyo has asked Russia not to conduct marine surveys or resource exploration within Japan's exclusive economic zone without permission, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2017
Historical issues should not impede ties with Japan, South Korean President Moon Jae-in says
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told an envoy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the “comfort women” issue shouldn't impact the development of bilateral ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2017
Japan may try to get Xi to visit in 2018
The government might ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Japan in the latter half of 2018 as a state guest, government sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2017
Japanese travelers told to look for maps labeled East Sea instead of Sea of Japan
The government is calling on citizens abroad to contact Japanese diplomatic missions if they find a map showing the Sea of Japan labeled as the East Sea, the name favored by South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2017
North Korea warns long-range missile test 'not too far away'
North Korea warned Saturday that it was "not too far away" from testing a long-range missile capable of hitting the continental U.S. amid an unprecedented pace of weapons tests by the nuclear-armed nation.
Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris but later earns bronze
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
A mysterious plot prompts a rare call from Russia to the Pentagon
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in April. In July, Russia's defense minister said he needed to talk to Austin about an alleged Ukrainian operation. What happened next remains murky.
‘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.
Dominant Natsumi Tsunoda delivers Japan's first gold medal at Paris Olympics
Gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda celebrates on the podium after she won the women's under 48-kg division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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