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UK JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 4, 2019
Saving the Japan-South Korea relationship
Historical and territorial disputes have consistently marred bilateral ties, but relations between the two democracies have hit a new low.
EDITORIALS
Oct 3, 2019
The Japan-EU partnership grows deeper
The Japan-EU partnership continues to assume greater signficance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 3, 2019
The quiet push to fix fractured Japan-South Korea relations
Almost a year has passed since the South Korean Supreme Court handed down a ruling ordering Japanese firms to pay damages to wartime forced laborers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 1, 2019
Natural disasters: Preparing for the unexpected
Disasters can strike anywhere at anytime. Japan must be prepared.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2019
Japan delaying export of key chipmaking material beyond 90-day limit, South Korea says
Japan is delaying export approval of a material vital to South Korea's semiconductor manufacturing industry, Seoul's trade ministry said in a statement as the bilateral trade fight shows no signs of abating.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2019
Record high 85% of Japanese view China unfavorably, despite improving ties between Beijing and Tokyo
Although bilateral ties between Beijing and Tokyo are on the mend, a new survey has found that a record high 85 percent of Japanese have unfavorable views of China — a stunning contrast with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's talk of creating a "new era" of friendship with Japan's top Asian rival.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 30, 2019
Tenuous ties: Few signs of substance behind warming Sino-Japanese relations as communist China marks 70th anniversary
As Washington and Beijing increasingly clash over global primacy, Japan's own ties with communist-ruled China have experienced an upswing — at least on the surface — ahead of Tuesday's 70th anniversary of the People's Republic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2019
Economist warns on larger ripple effect of Japan-South Korea trade war
An economist says any escalation of the trade war between Japan and South Korea will have a greater ripple effect than is priced in the markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 26, 2019
Tokyo touts pact with U.S., but trade experts highlight lack of strong commitments
Officials also claimed that Japan had avoided a nightmare scenario of a 25 percent tariff on exports of Japanese cars.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 26, 2019
Japan's Hong Kong conundrum
Liberal democratic societies such as Japan should see the Hong Kong protests as the first volley in a protracted cyber struggle that could undermine their open societies.

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