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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2016
U.S. would back a rethink of Japan's plutonium recycling program: White House
Washington says it would back a change to Japan's nuclear fuel reprocessing program due to concerns it may lead to an increase in the stockpile of unused plutonium.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 20, 2016
Alleged Okinawa murder threatens to reignite Futenma base issue
Thursday's arrest of a 32-year-old U.S. man for the alleged murder of a young Okinawan woman has reignited anger locally and threatens repercussions at an international level.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2016
Kadena worker admits strangling and stabbing woman found dead in Okinawa
A former U.S. Marine admits killing a young Japanese woman in Okinawa, priming the prefecture for another wave of harsh anti-U.S. sentiment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 18, 2016
Japan to provide ¥11.2 billion in loans to Ghana for infrastructure
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that Japan will provide Ghana with ¥11.2 billion ($102 million) in loans to build infrastructure, including a new bridge, as part of a move to enhance economic ties with the resource-rich country.
JAPAN / Politics
May 17, 2016
Tokyo and Seoul reaffirm commitment to ¥1 billion 'comfort women' fund
Japanese and South Korean officials say they are track toward setting up a ¥1 billion fund to assist former 'comfort women.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 16, 2016
Japan's new ambassador in Beijing voices determination to improve ties with China
Japan's new ambassador to China said Monday he is determined to step up the pace of improving bilateral relations and do everything he can to achieve a meeting between the two countries' leaders this year.
JAPAN / Politics
May 16, 2016
Tokyo, Moscow vow to cooperate on developing Russian Far East
Senior officials from Japan and Russia agreed Monday to promote bilateral economic cooperation on developing the Russian Far East, according to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 16, 2016
Trump remarks prompt debate over cost of Japan-U.S. defense ties
Donald Trump, who is now expected to be the Republican candidate for U.S. president, has made a number of disturbing remarks.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 15, 2016
Rather than apologize, Obama should vow to halve the U.S. nuclear stockpile
What remains is that egregious, gaudy number: America's 7,000 nuclear weapons, a number that countries without nuclear arms see as a slap in the face.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2016
Vietnam urges Japan to take more active role in settling South China Sea row
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said Saturday that Japan, as a major regional power, should play a more active role in promoting the peaceful resolution of disputes involving the South China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
May 14, 2016
Report saying disputed isles off Hokkaido will be exchanged for aid is 'nonsense': Russian official
A news report claiming there will be a handover of the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido in exchange for economic aid is "nonsense," news agency Tass reported Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 13, 2016
Japan, Kuwait affirm Mideast peace-building goals
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, agreed Thursday to cooperate in building peace and stability in the terrorism-prone Middle East.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Some in Hiroshima, Nagasaki welcome Obama's historic visit; others wish it came sooner
The mayors, many survivors of the atomic bombings, and many residents of the only two cities ever attacked with nuclear weapons have hailed the decision announced Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 11, 2016
A 'new approach' for the Russian territorial dispute?
If Shinzo Abe makes any attempt to offer concessions to Moscow over the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, hawks in the Foreign Ministry are sure to fight him every step of the way.
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
White House: Viewing Obama's Hiroshima visit as tantamount to apology would be 'wrong'
A White House spokesman said Tuesday it would be "wrong" to view U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima as an apology for the atomic bombings of Japan at the end of World War II.
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Pelosi, other U.S. lawmakers hail 'principled' Obama's decision to visit Hiroshima
Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers welcomed President Barack Obama's decision Tuesday to become the first sitting American head of state to visit Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2016
Hiroshima mayors long sought U.S. presidential visit, sent Obama five invites
Prior to the announcement Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Hiroshima later this month to attend the Group of Seven summit, mayors of the only two cities to have been attacked with nuclear weapons had long sought the landmark event.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 10, 2016
Japanese technology, investment could help turn Ethiopia into gateway to Africa, ambassador says
Introducing Japanese technology and investment projects to Ethiopia would not only speed up its growth but could also serve as a gateway to Africa, Cham Ugala Uriat, Ethiopia's new Ambassador to Japan, said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 10, 2016
Duterte's South China Sea stance could shake up security ties with Japan, U.S.
Take a breath. Tough-talking Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte is unlikely to ride a jet ski to plant a flag on a China-held island, as he promised in a stump speech.
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2016
Japan, China may revive high-level economic talks possibly this summer
Japan and China are considering holding a ministerial-level economic meeting as early as this summer in Tokyo as part of efforts to improve bilateral relations, a government source said Monday.

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