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UK JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 6, 2023
Japan and France to hold 'two-plus-two' security talks on Tuesday
The two countries' defense chiefs and top diplomats will discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation in the fields of security and defense, as well as the situation in the Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 6, 2023
Japan and Singapore leaders affirm alignment on rules-based global order
Fumio Kishida and Lee Hsien Loong have reaffirmed their commitment to uphold the rules-based international order amid challenges from Russia and China.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
May 5, 2023
After tour, Kishida now needs to deliver for Africans
Japan's prime minister took a week-long tour of Africa in an attempt to raise his country's profile and that of the developed world more generally on the continent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2023
Kishida seeks to 'add momentum' to Seoul ties as regular diplomacy resumes
The prime minister has expressed his desire for Japan to show that it is also invested in the neighbors’ rapprochement, with the trip to South Korea expected to highlight that resolve.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2023
Japan vows to help Mozambique fight terrorism
Mozambique's gas-rich northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, is struggling with an insurgency waged by militants linked to the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2023
Japanese and Kenyan leaders agree to boost economic and energy cooperation
Wednesday's visit to Kenya was the first by a Japanese prime minister since August 2016. Kishida's trip to Kenya is part of a four-leg African tour.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 3, 2023
LDP heavyweight Motegi vows stronger 'Global South' ties in Blinken meeting
After a series of meetings with senior U.S. government officials earlier in the week, the LDP secretary-general said the alliance with the U.S. has become 'stronger than ever.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 2, 2023
U.S. and Philippines reaffirm ‘ironclad’ alliance while eyeing cooperation with Japan
Joe Biden and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. agreed to new defense guidelines, while Washington also clarified that mutual defense obligations would cover the South China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 2, 2023
Kishida says summit with Yoon a chance to kick-start 'shuttle diplomacy'
The practice of having the two neighbors' leaders visit their respective countries has been effectively halted since December 2011 due to soured ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2023
Kishida pledges to provide $500 million in financial support for Africa
Together with the Ghanaian president, Japan's prime minister also noted the importance of transparent development finance, in apparent contrast with China's so-called debt-trap finance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 2, 2023
Japan and South Korea hold first finance leaders' meeting in seven years
The two countries agreed to resume regular finance dialogue 'at an appropriate timing,' Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki told reporters after the meeting.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2023
U.S. and Philippine leaders look to craft closer trilateral security ties with Japan
A summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could help pave the way for a reported tripartite defense framework with Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 1, 2023
U.S., Japan and South Korea to hold three-way summit on G7 sidelines in Hiroshima
The talks are likely be held on May 21, the closing day of the three-day G7 summit, before Biden departs for Australia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2023
Group supporting abductee Megumi Yokota's family turns 20
Photos of Megumi are exhibited around Japan and abroad to call attention to the parents' persistent wish to rescue their daughter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2023
California artist draws mural for tsunami-hit city in Japan
While making the mural, the artist decided to create an identical one to send to Rikuzentakata, in Iwate Prefecture, in a bid to further strengthen ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2023
Japan and Egypt seek resumption of democratic transition in Sudan
Kishida says he will seek to help bring the situation under control and he is ready to provide emergency humanitarian assistance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2023
Kishida starts African tour ahead of G7 summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Egypt late Saturday, the first leg of a weeklong tour to four African countries and Singapore.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2023
Kishida may visit South Korea early next month to further mend ties
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is eyeing a visit to Seoul in early May to meet with President Yoon Suk-yeol as the two look to bolster ties to better respond to nuclear-armed North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2023
New Chinese envoy to Japan says bilateral ties at 'critical juncture'
Chinese ambassador Wu Jianghao slammed the growing view in Tokyo that Taiwan is connected to Japan's security as 'absurd and baseless.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2023
Japan to relist South Korea as preferred trade country amid thaw in ties
Japan will restore South Korea's preferential status after it was revoked in 2019 for the purchase of products that could be diverted for military use.

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