Tag - uk-japan-relations

 
 

UK JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2016
Kishida, Lavrov lay groundwork for Abe's Russia visit
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov discuss signing a peace treaty to end the war and having Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visit Russia.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2016
North Korea missile launch did not impact security: Nakatani
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday that the missile launched by North Korea earlier in the day had no impact on the security of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 14, 2016
Park's election defeat carries costs for Tokyo
The landslide defeat may also derail progress on settling the 'comfort women' issue, experts said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 13, 2016
Japan's Taiwanese residents thrive in a state of 'hidden inbetweenness'
Ethnic minority exists under the radar yet civic groups have top-level political pull in both Japan and Taiwan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2016
Hiroshima survivors look to Obama visit for disarmament, not apology
Progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, not an apology, is what Hiroshima would want from a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the city wiped out in the U.S. atomic bombing 71 years ago, survivors and other residents said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2016
Korean schools in Japan riled by possibility of losing subsidies over anger toward Pyongyang
The head of the Korean School Principals Association is demanding that the education ministry retract its notice that local governments be cautious about providing subsidies to schools that serve the Korean community.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2016
Kishida discusses defense, diplomatic ties during meet with British counterpart Hammond
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in the city of Hiroshima on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2016
Kishida, Italian counterpart agree to strengthen security, defense ties during Hiroshima meet
Japan and Italy agreed Sunday to strengthen security and defense ties, eyeing early enforcement of a bilateral pact signed last month enabling the two countries to exchange intelligence, the Foreign Ministry said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2016
Japan, Canada set 'two-plus-two' meet in Tokyo in bid to strengthen security ties
Japan and Canada on Saturday agreed to hold a so-called two-plus-two meeting between the countries' vice foreign and defense ministers on April 19 in Tokyo to strengthen bilateral security ties, the Foreign Ministry said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2016
Japan, Estonia vow to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Estonian counterpart Taavi Roivas pledged Friday to strengthen cooperation on cybersecurity and digital identification technology.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2016
Abe meets with Ukraine president, vows to raise Crimea issue at G-7 summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko in Tokyo on Wednesday and reaffirmed that Japan is committed to resolving the crisis in Crimea, adding that it will bring the issue to the Group of Seven summit next month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 6, 2016
China seeks 'new chapter' in first visit with Myanmar's Suu Kyi
China and Myanmar pledged to open a "new chapter" in their sometimes strained relationship, raising the prospect that stalled Chinese investment projects in the Southeastern Asian country could be allowed to resume.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2016
Japan's annual foreign policy report lauds improved ties with South Korea
Japan's ties with South Korea have improved significantly since last year's bilateral deal to settle the issue of Korean "comfort women," according to a draft version of the government's annual foreign policy report.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2016
Plan to build base off Nago in 1960s got OK by U.S. top brass, document reveals
A plan in the mid-1960s to build a large base off the coast of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, was approved by a top U.S. military official, according to a declassified U.S. document obtained by Kyodo News.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2016
Turnbull says decision close on Australian submarine contract
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has indicated his government is close to reaching a decision on who will build Australia's next fleet of submarines.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2016
Japanese submarine, destroyers arrive in Philippines for port call near disputed South China Sea waters
A Maritime Self-Defense Force flotilla of three vessels arrives in the Philippines on a goodwill visit — the first to include a Japanese submarine in 15 years — amid China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 2, 2016
Xi, Abe skip chance to chat at nuclear summit amid growing tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, standing only a row apart, chose not to speak to each other during a group photo session at a nuclear summit in Washington, highlighting the state of relations between Asia's two biggest economies.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2016
Japan urges Taiwan to relax restrictions on food imports
Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan has urged the country to relax restrictions placed on food from certain prefectures after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2016
Kishida plans Myanmar visit to forge closer ties
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit Myanmar in late April to bolster ties with the country after its first democratically elected government in more than 50 years took office Wednesday, government sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 31, 2016
New Myanmar government brings challenges for Tokyo
With Wednesday's installation of a new government in Myanmar that will effectively be led by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, the Southeast Asian nation has arrived at a crossroads in its relationship with Japan.

Longform

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'