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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 21, 2020
How the U.S. election will impact Japanese politics
This year's U.S. presidential election could serve as an existential shock that Japanese politics may desperately need to revitalize itself, forcing a generational change in political leadership that is long overdue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 20, 2020
Japan and China postpone another prep meeting for Xi's state visit
Japan and China have decided to put off another preparatory meeting of high-ranking officials amid the spread of the new strain of coronavirus, diplomatic sources said Wednesday, boosting the likelihood that Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit this spring may be delayed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2020
If only Iwo Jima had been captured sooner
Had the capture of Iwo Jima taken place in the summer of 1944 as the Tojo Cabinet was collapsing, the war probably would have taken a different course and many lives could have been spared.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 18, 2020
Take COVID-19, add a trade war and raise taxes: A recipe for disaster
Japan is facing a trifecta of challenges with severe economic consequences.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 17, 2020
The first offer is the best offer in negotiations
Japanese policymakers nee to pay continuous attention to the changing situation in the Middle East.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2020
Japan's Motegi meets Russia's Lavrov and offers steps to solve island row
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has proposed "concrete steps" to Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to resolve a long-standing territorial dispute, the minister has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
Feb 16, 2020
Coast guard ship deal highlights growing Japan-Philippine security ties
Earlier this month, Japan and the Philippines inked a contract for the delivery of vessels that would constitute the largest in the Philippine Coast Guard. Though this was just one of many developments in the Japan-Philippine defense relationship, it is not without significance for their security ties...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 16, 2020
China reassures Japan that Xi visit still on despite virus outbreak
Japan and China have agreed to continue preparations for a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping in April despite speculation the trip may be postponed as Beijing struggles to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2020
Ex-SoftBank employee indicted over alleged leak to Russian envoy in Japan
A former SoftBank Corp. employee was indicted Friday on a charge of illegally acquiring corporate secrets, a violation of the law on preventing unfair competition, prosecutors said.
BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2020
Japan not among allies exempted from tighter U.S. investment rules
The United States on Thursday put into effect tougher screening rules on investments from abroad that initially exempt some of its close allies but not Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2020
Olympics minister denounces South Korean posters of Tokyo 2020 torch runner in a hazmat suit
Seiko Hashimoto, minister for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, on Friday denounced South Korean-made posters showing an Olympic torch relay runner wearing a hazmat suit and what appears to be radioactive material spewing from the torch.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2020
Taiwan NGO donates trees to Japan to celebrate new emperor
A donation ceremony was held Tuesday for tree seedlings that a Taiwan nongovernmental organization is sending to Japan as gifts to celebrate the enthronement last year of Emperor Naruhito.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2020
Some coronavirus patients in Japan in serious condition, sources say
Several patients who have tested positive in Japan for the new coronavirus from China are in a serious condition with very severe symptoms, including some who have difficulty breathing, informed sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2020
South Korea's Moon stresses need to satisfy victims in wartime labor row with Japan
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday reiterated the country's position of seeking to resolve issues with Japan over wartime labor lawsuits based on the will of the victims and their kin.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2020
Japan takes second complaint to WTO over South Korean shipbuilding
Japan launched a second complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday over support South Korea gives its shipbuilding industry, intensifying a wider dispute between the two Asian countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2020
Russian diplomat suspected in stolen SoftBank intellectual property case leaves Japan
A Russian diplomat suspected of illegally obtaining proprietary information belonging to SoftBank Corp. left Japan for Russia on Monday, investigative sources said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 10, 2020
Japan and the former Kingdom of Hawaii
If the last king of Hawaii had his way, Hawaii would have formed a confederation with Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2020
Discrimination in Japan on the rise as coronavirus fears grow
Verbal attacks against Chinese and Japanese alike are expected to climb during the epidemic if preventive action isn't taken.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2020
South Koreans least trusting of Japan among six nations surveyed
The results apparently reflect strained ties between Tokyo and Seoul over wartime labor and other issues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2020
Japan and Britain agree to aim for 'ambitious' trade deal
In their first meeting since Brexit, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his British counterpart, Dominic Raab, also said they were planning security talks.

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