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US JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2020
Okinawa governor asks Suga for dialogue on U.S. base transfer
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in a meeting in Tokyo to hold a dialogue to resolve the issue of the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2020
Japan and Australia to promote talks on easing mutual travel curbs
The two countries have been negotiating a resumption of mutual travel, mainly for businesspeople, since June as part of efforts to reboot their economies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2020
Japan and South Korea to resume business travel from Thursday
Business travelers will not be required to observe 14-day self-isolation periods if they test negative for the novel coronavirus and submit travel itineraries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2020
Suga clears first diplomatic hurdle in meeting with Pompeo
The meeting with the top U.S. diplomat at the Prime Minister's Office took place ahead of a dialogue among foreign ministers from the so-called Quad countries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2020
Toyota and Nissan ask U.K. to cover tariffs if no FTA made with EU
The demand from the automakers can also be seen as an effort to pressure the government, struggling to reach a deal with the European Union, to try harder.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2020
Japanese and French leaders affirm cooperation on COVID-19 crisis
In their first talks since Suga took office, it said the Japanese leader and Macron affirmed their cooperation in achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2020
Japan protests Chinese digital museum about disputed Senkakus
Japan has lodged a protest against China's creation of a digital museum laying out its claims to a group of Japan-controlled islets in the East China Sea, the government's top spokesman said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2020
Japan and South Korea close to resuming business travel
An agreement could come as early as this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2020
Mike Pompeo shortens Asia trip as Trump falls ill, but will visit Japan
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to leave the U.S. for Japan on Sunday but will not travel to South Korea and Mongolia on his Asian visit as planned, the U.S. government said, after President Donald Trump was hospitalized with the coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2020
Russian chopper briefly enters Japanese airspace, prompting ASDF to scramble fighters
A Russian helicopter entered Japanese airspace off Hokkaido on Friday, prompting the scrambling of Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets, the Defense Ministry said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2020
Suga wishes Trump early recovery from COVID-19
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday expressed hope that U.S. President Donald Trump will recover soon from the COVID-19 illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2020
Japan and France agree to cooperate on COVID-19 and maritime security
Tokyo has been looking to coordinate with European partners over steps against China's rising assertiveness in the South and East China seas.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2020
North Korea asks Japan-based travel agency to sell stamps to Japanese
The stamps feature scenes including and air show and a meeting between Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2020
Suga won't visit South Korea without guarantee on wartime labor row
The Japanese prime minister told South Korean President Moon Jae-in last week that the leaders 'cannot allow our relations to remain as they are.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2020
North Korea criticizes Abe's visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine
Abe, regarded by neighboring countries as a hawkish conservative, said in a Twitter post three days after his resignation that he visited the shrine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2020
North Korea says issue of abducted Japanese 'completely' resolved
Japan officially lists 17 people as abductees, five of whom were repatriated in 2002, and suspects North Korea's involvement in many more disappearances.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2020
Suga and Canada's Trudeau agree to pursue 'free and open Indo-Pacific'
The two also affirmed their close cooperation in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic during the roughly 15-minute conversation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2020
Japan eager to settle territorial row with Russia, Suga tells Putin
Hours before the talks between the leaders, Russia announced the start of military exercises on two of the islands involving more than 1,500 personnel.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2020
White House wants to know how fast nukes could be pulled out of storage, report says
The report comes as talks over extending the last remaining strategic arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia remain deadlocked.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2020
Japan Coast Guard has brush with Taiwanese fishing boat off Senkakus
The incident occurred within Japan's territorial waters as the patrol boat was warning the fishing vessel to leave while sailing alongside it.

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