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US JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2015
Abe meets Jordanian king, agrees to help counter Islamic State threats
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Jordanian King Abdullah agree to counter the threat posed by the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 18, 2015
Japan to play more active security role, Kishida tells India
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, in India, says Japan will play a more active role in promoting international peace and stability.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jan 18, 2015
Stealth tech no given in Japanese sub deal
Retired Vice Admiral Masao Kobayashi commanded Japan's submarine fleet from 2007 to 2009. In a recent interview in Tokyo with The Japan Times, when asked to explain one of the country's most tightly guarded military secrets, he seemed reflective.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 16, 2015
Abe, Park hope to repair Japan-South Korea ties on 50th anniversary
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have indirectly sent each other messages expressing hope for repairing strained bilateral relations this year, a Japanese lawmaker said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 15, 2015
Key LDP lawmaker, Seoul counterpart push for Abe-Park summit by June 22
A senior Liberal Democratic Party politician and his South Korean counterpart on Wednesday agreed to make efforts to arrange a meeting between the countries' leaders by June 22.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2015
Japan inks aviation accord with Cambodia
Japan signed a bilateral aviation agreement with Cambodia on Wednesday that will allow airlines to operate regular direct flights between the two countries, a Cambodian government official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jan 14, 2015
Japan complains after China says 300,000 died in Nanking Massacre
Japan told China in late December that it wasn't appropriate for Chinese President Xi Jinping to say that 300,000 people were killed in the 1937 Nanking Massacre, government sources said on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2015
Nakatani confirms crisis hotline with China is near
Defense Minister Gen Nau00adkau00adtau00adni confirms that Japan and China will soon launch a maritime and airspace crisis management mechanism to prevent inadvertent clashes in the East China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2015
Japan urges 'no preconditions' in S. Korea summit
Senior officials have urged South Korea to attach no preconditions to a potential summit with Japan, citing the "comfort women" issue as a potential stumbling block.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2015
Japan, China resume talks on maritime crisis management mechanism
Japan and China resumed talks Monday on launching a maritime crisis management mechanism by the end of this year, as both countries aim to avert unwanted clashes over the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2015
Under new pact, fewer S. Korean fishing boats to operate in Japan EEZ
Tokyo and Seoul agree to cut the number of South Korean longline fishing boats approved to operate within Japan's economic waters by 20 percent over the next five years.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2015
Park open to 'meaningful' summit with Abe
President Park Geun-hye says she is open to a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, so long as it's 'meaningful.'
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2015
China bristles at Nakatani's criticism over Senkaku incidents
China criticized new Defense Minister Gen Nakatani for the first time on Monday, saying it was "firmly opposed" to his comments that Beijing has repeatedly engaged in "dangerous actions" around the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / FOCUS
Jan 9, 2015
China brings sex slave issue into spotlight
For years, China literally kept the tragic story of its "comfort women" underground.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2015
Japan to extend visa validity for rich Chinese tourists
The government will further ease visa requirements for high-income Chinese tourists by extending the validity of their multiple-entry visas to five years from the current three, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2015
Hotel Okura Co. to enter Turkish market
Hotel Okura Co. is planning to enter the Turkish market by operating about five hotels there over the next five years, company officials said.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2015
Japan, China to resume talks on maritime crisis management next week
Japan and China have agreed to resume talks as early as next week on establishing a mechanism this year to handle maritime crises, several Japanese sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2015
Suga downplays U.S. comments on upcoming WWII statement
The Liberal Democratic Party will step up efforts this year to revise the Constitution, a long-cherished goal of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 5, 2015
China says Japan should match 'words and actions' on WWII legacy
China urged Japan on Monday to take concrete actions toward resolving outstanding disputes over World War II following recent comments by Emperor Akihito related to the 70th anniversary of the war's end this summer.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 5, 2015
Think tank gives Japan-U.S. diplomacy an Okinawan voice
Shocked by indifference in Japanese and U.S. government circles toward the island's interests, a lawyer has taken matters into her own hands.

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