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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
Ex-Prime Minister Murayama to attend China's WWII anniversary ceremony
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Friday he is planning to attend a ceremony China will hold in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
North Korea warns abduction talks on the rocks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slams North Korea's warning that negotiations on abduction issue might be suspended and vows to stick to its carrot-and-stick strategy.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2015
Tokyo to strongly urge North to stay on course for abductee investigation
In response to Pyongyang's implied threat to halt bilateral negotiations, Tokyo will strongly urge the reclusive country to proceed on the promised re-investigation into the whereabouts of the Japanese nationals it abducted, Japanese sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2015
Takakazu Kuriyama, former ambassador to U.S., dies at 83
Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States Takakazu Kuriyama, who was involved in bilateral talks for the 1972 reversion of Okinawa Prefecture, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Wednesday, his family said Thursday. He was 83.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2015
Boycott of China-led AIIB poses risks for Japan, where companies may lose out in infrastructure building work
Japan has decided to stand back from joining a planned China-led investment bank for now, but risks losing a chance to tap into Asia's rapidly growing infrastructure market.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015
U.S. returns housing area to Okinawa
The United States has returned a 51-hectare housing area of Camp Zukeran in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, as part of a 2013 agreement to reduce the prefecture's burden from hosting U.S. military bases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
Japan rules out joining China-led investment bank as founding member
Japan holds out on joining China's planned development bank as ministers in Tokyo cast skepticism over its governance on the final day for nations to sign up as founding members.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2015
Japan, China, South Korea tourism ministers to meet in Tokyo
Tourism ministers from Japan, China and South Korea will meet in mid-April in Tokyo, resuming what had been an annual meeting last held in 2011 before Japan-China ties soured.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
Japan extends sanctions against N. Korea to 2017
The Abe administration decided Tuesday to extend Japan's trade embargo and other unilateral sanctions against North Korea for two years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 31, 2015
Biden calls for Japan-U.S. TPP deal before Abe's trip to Washington
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has called for Japan to make further concessions in the ongoing Pacific Rim free-trade talks so the two sides can reach a bilateral agreement before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to Washington in late April, a senior Japanese lawmaker said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
U.S., Japan have 'significant gap' on auto market access
Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler said on Monday that "significant gaps" in the trade negotiations remain between the United States and Japan regarding access for U.S. automobiles in the Japanese market.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
Japan, India agree to continue talks on potential US-2 exports
The defense chiefs of Japan and India agreed Monday to continue talks over potential exports of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's US-2 amphibious aircraft to the South Asian country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2015
Abductees' kin disappointed in lack of progress from North Korea probe
With the summer deadline approaching and no major update from North Korea in sight on the fate of Japanese nationals it abducted decades ago, some of the victims' relatives are expressing their disappointment in Pyongyang's investigation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2015
Battle of Palau survivors' group in Gunma to disband
Japan's largest association of war-bereaved from the Battle of Peleliu, one of the islands of Palau, will disband next spring because its aging membership is shrinking, members said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 29, 2015
Japan considers informal six-way talks on North Korean denuclearization
Japan has sounded out other countries in the stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs about holding an informal meeting in Tokyo possibly by the end of June, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 28, 2015
Gloves come off over Futenma base move
The fisheries minister decides to nullify an order by Okinawa's governor for the suspension of work on relocating the Futenma air base.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 28, 2015
Japan, India in talks to set up US-2 joint venture
The Japanese manufacturer of US-2 amphibious aircraft is in talks with Indian companies to set up a joint company in the event Tokyo and New Delhi agree on joint production.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 27, 2015
Abe, Portugal's Passos Coelho agree to bolster business ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told visiting Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho on Friday that shoring up ties with a country that plays central role in Portuguese-speaking nations around the world is in line with what he calls "diplomacy that takes a panoramic perspective of the world map."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 26, 2015
Abe to advocate U.S.-Japan 'leading role' in pursuing regional peace
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the highest-ranking U.S. military officer on Wednesday that he wants to send a message to the world through his upcoming visit to the United States that Tokyo and Washington will play a "leading role" in ensuring peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 26, 2015
Indonesian president Jokowi takes bullet train ride as Japan looks to sell system
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo rode on a bullet train Wednesday from Tokyo to Nagoya as Japan tries to sell a high-speed rail system to Indonesia.

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