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UK JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 9, 2016
Trump and his policy in Asia remain an unknown for Japan
Trump represents uncharted waters, a situation that could undermine the Japan-U.S. alliance and upend security in Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2016
India eyes Japan nuclear deal as ties deepen on Modi visit
India says it's edging closer to a nuclear pact with Japan, which would open up one of the world's fastest expanding power markets to vendors struggling for growth after the Fukushima disaster.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2016
Diet members push study of $6.7 billion Russia gas pipeline ahead of Putin visit
Japanese lawmakers are revisiting a plan to build a $6.7 billion natural gas pipeline from Russia ahead of a visit by President Vladimir Putin to Japan next month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2016
Mitsui's Indian home shopping partner plans push to dominate market
With e-commerce and TV shopping gaining traction in India, Naaptol Online Shopping Pvt. Ltd. is looking to expand further by leveraging partner Mitsui & Co.'s experience in home shopping, top company officials say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2016
Aide Yachi to visit Russia next week to lay groundwork for Abe-Putin summit
Japan is making final arrangements for a key foreign policy adviser to visit Russia on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's summit with President Vladimir Putin in Japan next month, a government source said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Nov 5, 2016
Modi and Abe are at the nuclear altar again
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Nov. 11 and 12, and it is expected they will finally seal the deal on an elusive civil nuclear cooperation accord. When Abe visited India last year there was widespread speculation that the agreement would...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2016
Russia, Japan agree to promote economic cooperation in Russian Far East
Trade minister Hiroshige Seko and Russian Far East development minister Alexander Galushka agreed Friday to promote economic development projects in Russia's Far East ahead of a summit between their leaders in December, Japanese government officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2016
U.S. acts to block North Korean access to financial system
The United States on Friday formally prohibited U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining accounts created on behalf of North Korean banks, extending sanctions imposed on the isolated Asian country over its nuclear and missile programs.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2016
Tsai looks to Japan as cross-strait ties grow cool
Relations between Japan and Taiwan have the potential to reach new heights since the election of Tsai Ying-wen as president earlier this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2016
Next U.S.-North Korea talks could see abduction issue vanish: expert
The possibility of the next U.S. administration resuming talks with North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs might reduce its incentives for reopening negotiations with Japan on the abduction issue, a U.S.-based Japanese expert on North Korean politics says.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2016
South Korea THAAD anti-missile battery to be deployed in less than a year: U.S. commander
The commander of U.S. forces in South Korea said Friday a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system battery will be deployed to South Korea within eight to 10 months, an official from the U.S. forces in South Korea said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi revisits old stomping grounds at Kyoto University, receives honorary doctorate
Democracy icon Suu Kyi pays a nostalgic visit to Kyoto University, where she is awarded an honorary doctorate.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2016
Gunshots briefly shut Sasebo Naval Base
Reports of gunshots briefly spur a lockdown at Sasebo naval base in Nagasaki Prefecture but the U.S. Navy finds no evidence of gunfire or casualties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2016
Suu Kyi, Kishida address ethnic conflict in Rakhine state
Myanmar's military is responding to the ethnic violence in Rakhine state according to the rule of law, visiting Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2016
Rosy future ahead for Japan-Myanmar ties, officials say
Relations with Myanmar have remained positive since the change in government and are set to strengthen soon, officials at the Japanese Embassy in Yangon and a nongovernmental organization there say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2016
Abe meets Suu Kyi, extends ¥40 billion aid package aimed at Myanmar's ethnic minorities
Shinzo Abe pledges economic assistance over five years to Aung San Suu Kyi to help regions that are home to ethnic minority groups.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 2, 2016
Park scandal puts cloud over Japan-hosted trilateral summit, 'comfort women' deal
South Korean President Park Geun-hye scrambled to head off a mounting political scandal by replacing her prime minister and finance chief Wednesday, raising concerns over the future of a key trilateral summit slated for later this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2016
Government lobbies wary firms to invest in Russia in bid to resolve territorial dispute
The government is lobbying Japanese firms to invest in Russian projects to help secure a breakthrough in a festering territorial row with Moscow when President Vladimir Putin visits Japan in December, sources have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2016
North Korea preparing for another ballistic missile test: report
North Korea is readying to launch another intermediate-range missile within the next three days, a report said Tuesday, the latest in a spate of tests by the isolated country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2016
China's premier asks Japanese business leaders to back momentum of improving ties
Premier Li Keqiang is urging the Japanese business community to support and propel the current momentum of improving bilateral ties.

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