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US JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / Commentary
Mar 23, 2020
V4+Japan: A new mode of cooperation or a doomed project?
Much has been written about the reinvigoration of the Japan-EU relationship after signing the strategic and economic partnership in the last few years. But Japanese rapprochement to the EU does not end in Brussels. In recent years, another European platform has been activated by Abe’s proactive policy:...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2020
U.S.-India relations shape Japan's strategic environment
Japan's strategic environment is shaped by the intersection of three major geopolitical storylines.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2020
Japan advises citizens to defer nonurgent travel to U.S.
The ministry cited a national emergency declared by U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. travel restrictions as the reasons for the move.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2020
Japan and U.S. agree to cooperate on border controls to stem outbreak
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo say they see a need to implement border controls for a certain period of time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2020
U.S. halts visa services in coronavirus-hit nations including Japan
The U.S. State Department is suspending routine visa services in countries facing heightened travel alerts, including Japan and South Korea, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2020
Japan gets seventh Aegis destroyer, with improved SM-3 interceptor
The Maritime Self-Defense Force on Thursday put into commission its newest Aegis-equipped destroyer, the first of its vessels to be equipped with an improved antiballistic missile jointly developed by the United States and Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2020
Japanese emperor's state visit to Britain may be postponed
The government is considering postponing a state visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to Britain scheduled for this spring due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a source.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2020
Trump officially picks Hudson Institute head Weinstein to be U.S. envoy to Japan
Weinstein is believed to have close ties with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with the two meeting multiple times in Japan.
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2020
Japan to back EU-led U.N. resolution on human rights in North Korea
Japan will back a draft U.N. resolution condemning North Korea's human rights abuses, government sources said Wednesday, in a move that comes after failed attempts to bring the reclusive country to the negotiating table over its abduction of Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2020
Japan and South Korea agree to continue talks over export controls after marathon session
Japan and South Korea have agreed to continue discussions over export controls after trade officials wrapped up marathon discussions early Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2020
Japan and South Korea trade officials hold talks on contentious export controls
Japan and South Korea held a teleconference Tuesday to discuss trade export controls placed on each other amid the diplomatic feud over wartime labor compensation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2020
Amid strained ties, Fukushima fears grow anew in South Korea
Concerns over radiation from the defunct Fukushima No. 1 power plant remain strong in South Korea nine years after the March 2011 triple core meltdown triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 8, 2020
Will American populism damage Japan?
The sort of polarizing populism exemplified by Trump, Sanders and several other current world leaders may present Japan and the international order with their biggest challenge of the post-war era.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2020
South Korea suspends visas for Japanese in tit-for-tat coronavirus curbs
The bilateral feud begins anew after Japan asks Korean visitors to self-quarantine upon arrival.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 6, 2020
With Xi visit now delayed, coronavirus threatens to spoil Abe's 2020
The prime minister's big plans for 2020 — hosting China's president, the Olympics and amending the Constitution — have been undercut by Japan's muddled response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2020
China's Xi Jinping postpones state visit to Japan due to coronavirus
Chinese President Xi Jinping has postponed his state visit to Japan in April, the Japanese government said Thursday, ending weeks of speculation over whether the trip would go ahead amid efforts to contain the coronavirus epidemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2020
Japan says North Korean weapons test was of short-range ballistic missiles
Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday that projectiles lauched by North Korea a day earlier were short-range ballistic missiles, a move that would again violate U.N. sanctions that ban the nuclear-armed country from such technology.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 2, 2020
Tokyo and Beijing agree to delay Xi's visit as nations battle coronavirus, source says
The move will please conservative lawmakers in the LDP who are unhappy about the lack of improvement with the Senkaku territorial dispute and other issues.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2020
Japan escapes tougher curbs as U.S. bans entry of travelers from Iran and ups South Korea alert level
The U.S. government said Saturday it will ban the entry of travelers from Iran amid concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus there, while issuing an alert to U.S. citizens not to travel to some virus-hit areas of South Korea and Italy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 29, 2020
Who really controls the airspace over central Japan?
A good portion of the airspace over central Japan has been reserved for the exclusive use of the U.S. military since the end of World War II, a fact that isn't widely known in Japan. Over the past several weeks, however, it has become a sudden reality to thousands of Tokyoites and residents of Kawasaki...

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