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UK JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 27, 2019
The summit that kick-started Okinawa's reversion
The decision to hand back Okinawa, one of the few times in history when land seized in war was returned peacefully — was reached over the course of several steps.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2019
China bests U.S. with largest global diplomatic network as Japan quietly rises, study finds
In the highly competitive arena of global diplomacy, it is Beijing that now stands atop the podium.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2019
Japan denies floating one-month time frame for ending South Korea export controls
The denial marks the latest tit-for-tat between Tokyo and Seoul following years of bickering and finger-pointing amid sour bilateral relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 25, 2019
Japan-South Korea friction flares again after GSOMIA intel pact rescue
Japan and South Korea take fresh swipes at one another, raising questions about whether relations between the U.S. allies will improve after reaching a last-minute deal to rescue an expiring intelligence-sharing pact.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2019
GSOMIA lives, but what's next for Japan and South Korea ties?
After South Korea's surprise announcement to remain a party to a key intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, wartime labor, the issue at the heart of strained bilateral ties, remains far from being resolved.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 23, 2019
Despite continuation of intel pact, Japanese businesses see little hope for early recovery of ties with South Korea
Despite Seoul's eleventh-hour decision on Friday to effectively extend its military information-sharing pact with Tokyo, Japanese businesses appear to have little hope of an early recovery for bilateral ties due to the lack of a resolution of the wartime labor issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2019
G20 foreign ministers, including South Korea's Kang Kyung-wha, gather in Nagoya for Japan's last turn as host
Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major economies gathered in Nagoya on Friday, where they were set to discuss free trade, sustainable development and how to best assist rapidly growing economies in Africa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2019
Japan must do more to fix China's image problem: Xi
In a statement likely to annoy some in Japan ahead of his visit planned for next spring, Chinese President Xi Jinping blamed the unpopularity of his country on Japanese bias and prejudice.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2019
GSOMIA survives as South Korea reverses decision to exit intel pact with Japan
The dramatic reversal just hours before the deadline came in the face of strong pressure from Washington and after Tokyo and Seoul reportedly narrowed their gap on trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 22, 2019
Japan and India — a special relationship
As the world's economic center of gravity shifts to Asia, it increasingly falls to these two countries to take up the baton to champion freedom, inclusivity, trade and other liberal values.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 21, 2019
Hopes for 11th-hour deal dim as deadline for Japan-South Korea intel pact looms
As the clock ticks closer to the deadline for renewing the pact, Tokyo and Seoul appear no closer to bridging significant gaps.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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