Tag - uk-japan-relations

 
 

UK JAPAN RELATIONS

EDITORIALS
Sep 14, 2018
Shelving territory row with Russia is unacceptable
Tokyo should not be swayed in its position by the surprise remark and step up the efforts to address the territorial row with Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 14, 2018
Taiwan courts security ties with bigger friends such as Japan, India as Beijing snatches allies
As Beijing intensifies its effort to further isolate Taiwan diplomatically, Taipei is actively but discreetly broadening security ties with regional powers beyond its long-standing relationship with the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2018
Rising trade war with U.S. the mere 'last push' for Japan and China to improve ties, but officials still cautious
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have long understood the need to improve bilateral ties for their own national interests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2018
What lies behind Putin's peace proposal
The Russian leader's offer is a political move aimed at gaining a tactical advantage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2018
Second Kim-Trump summit could lay groundwork for arms control talks — and de facto nuclear state recognition
A second meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is being planned, the White House said Monday. Such a summit, some experts say, could help break the current impasse in denuclearization talks and lay the groundwork for what ultimately may be the only way forward:...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 10, 2018
Trump nearly sent tweet that could have sparked war with North Korea, Watergate journalist says
Could a single tweet spark a nuclear war? U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly avoided such a scenario had he sent out a missive he drafted that North Korea would have seen as a sign of an imminent attack, Watergate journalist Bob Woodward said in an interview Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 8, 2018
Kim looks to showcase might without drawing Trump's ire in parade
Kim Jong Un was expected to preside over a toned-down military parade Sunday designed to showcase North Korea's strength without jeopardizing his efforts to rejoin the international community.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2018
Documentary to capture views of young Okinawans on U.S. Futenma base issue
As Okinawa continues to be roiled by tensions over a plan to move a key U.S. air base within the prefecture, filmmakers from Iwate Prefecture are using their next documentary to give younger Okinawans a greater voice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 3, 2018
A strategic framework that works for Japan and India
India, as the geographic anchor, and Japan, as the development anchor, are key actors and their partnership will be central to the success of the FOIP.

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat