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UK JAPAN RELATIONS

JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2015
Japan rejects Putin's claim it is to blame for stalled islands talks
Japan has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that it is responsible for stalling bilateral talks on a decades-long territorial dispute, and called for speeding up negotiations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 16, 2015
Japanese emigrant to North Korea hopes bilateral ties will improve
A Japanese woman who moved to North Korea more than 50 years ago said Thursday she hopes official talks that resumed between the two countries last year will pave the way for improved relations.
Reference / Q&A
Apr 15, 2015
Is China-led bank a lost opportunity?
China's proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is causing a stir as the majority of Group of 20 leading economies sign on as founding members, while the U.S. and Japan remain on the sidelines.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2015
North Korea defectors say don't trust regime's claims on abductees
Two North Korean defectors now have warned that information provided by the Kim Jong Un regime should not be trusted, amid stalled negotiations with Pyongyang over its investigation into the fate of Japanese abductees.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2015
Japan, G-7 partners Germany, France, Italy plan close coordination over China-led Asian Infrastruture Inestment Bank
Japan agreed with Germany, France and Italy on Tuesday to work closely to handle issues related to a planned China-led new development bank although there is no change in Tokyo's cautiousness about joining it, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2015
History tops agenda at Kono's meeting with Li
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono on Tuesday and praised him for the "courage and sense of responsibility" he showed as a politician in addressing history when he was in the government in 1993.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2015
F-15 scramble in Naha interrupts ASDF training demonstration
Two F-15 fighter jets were scrambled Monday from an Air-Self Defense Force base in Okinawa Prefecture as a real mission interrupted a training session that was being held for the media.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 13, 2015
Abe to avoid controversial Yasukuni Shrine visit during spring festival
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will again skip a spring visit to contentious Yasukuni Shrine because the 70th anniversary of the war is apparently generating too much scrutiny.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2015
Japan, EU to hold summit on May 29 in Tokyo: sources
Japan and the European Union will hold an annual summit on May 29 in Tokyo to discuss their potential free trade agreement and security cooperation, diplomatic sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2015
U.S. questions Japan about stance on China-led bank
The United States has questioned Japan about the possibility it might participate in China's initiative to set up the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, sources familiar with bilateral relations say.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2015
China at center of growing security risks in East Asia: defense paper
China's rapid military buildup and increasing assertiveness in the seas and skies made 2014 a "year of growing risks to security" in East Asia, the Defense Ministry's core policy arm said Friday in its annual report.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2015
Poll finds trans-Pacific gap on role Japan should play in region
An expanded military role for Japan is a more popular idea among U.S. citizens than Japanese themselves, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2015
China raps U.S. defense chief over Senkakus comment
China on Thursday rapped U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter for saying that the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands fall under the U.S.-Japan security treaty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 8, 2015
Japan-Indonesia power plant to break ground in Java this month
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Tuesday a project to build a $4 billion thermal power plant project funded by an Indonesia-Japan consortium will begin at the end of April.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2015
U.S. defense chief says new guidelines will 'transform' U.S.-Japan alliance
Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that updated bilateral defense cooperation guidelines will "transform the U.S.-Japan alliance" and enable the two countries' forces to "cooperate seamlessly" to respond to challenges around the world.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2015
Nippon Steel, Techint brawl in boardroom as company founders
What started as an alliance to bring balance and direction to Brazil's second-largest steel maker has become a feud spanning three continents that's diluting the company's efforts to navigate a global commodities rout.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2015
Suga, Onaga hold talks over relocation of U.S.' Futenma base in Okinawa
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga cross swords over the air base relocation dispute in Naha but make little progress.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2015
Japan, South Korea to resume security dialogue this month
Japan and South Korea agree to resume a security dialogue this month after strained bilateral ties put the talks on ice in December 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2015
Japan, U.S. experts digitizing A-bomb archives
Japanese and American experts are exploring ways to put the data archives of a wartime study of A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki online.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2015
U.S. defense chief Carter to visit Tokyo, Seoul next week: Pentagon
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is traveling to Japan and South Korea to discuss issues including Tokyo's new defense cooperation guidelines with Washington.

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