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US JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2017
Historical issues should not impede ties with Japan, South Korean President Moon Jae-in says
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told an envoy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the “comfort women” issue shouldn't impact the development of bilateral ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2017
Japan may try to get Xi to visit in 2018
The government might ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Japan in the latter half of 2018 as a state guest, government sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2017
Japanese travelers told to look for maps labeled East Sea instead of Sea of Japan
The government is calling on citizens abroad to contact Japanese diplomatic missions if they find a map showing the Sea of Japan labeled as the East Sea, the name favored by South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2017
North Korea warns long-range missile test 'not too far away'
North Korea warned Saturday that it was "not too far away" from testing a long-range missile capable of hitting the continental U.S. amid an unprecedented pace of weapons tests by the nuclear-armed nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2017
North Korea says new anti-ship cruise missile can strike enemy battle groups 'at will'
The latest missile test by North Korea was of "a new-type ground-to-sea cruise rocket," the nuclear-armed country's state media said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 8, 2017
Abe, Laotian leader affirm specifics of joint development plan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Laotian counterpart, Thongloun Sisolith, agreed Wednesday in Tokyo to flesh out the elements of a joint plan to conduct a wide range of development projects in Laos.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2017
South Korea foreign minister-nominee to seek talks on 2015 'comfort women' deal
South Korea's foreign minister-nominee, Kang Kyung-wha, said Wednesday she would seek talks with Japan to re-evaluate a controversial deal struck in 2015 over the "comfort women" issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2017
China welcomes Abe's interest in Silk Road initiative
China said Tuesday that it welcomes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's interest in cooperating with Beijing's initiative of trying to build closer economic links along and beyond the ancient Silk Road trade routes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2017
Abe, Trudeau agree to press U.S. on climate after Paris accord withdrawal
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau agreed in a telephone conversation Tuesday to press the United States on climate change after Washington announced it would leave the Paris agreement designed to curb global warming.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 5, 2017
Abe offers conditional cooperation with China's Silk Road initiative
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that Japan is ready to cooperate with China's "One Belt, One Road" cross-continental infrastructure development scheme, under certain conditions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2017
North Korea labels U.S. interceptor test a bluff, says system can't handle 'shower' of missiles
North Korea has blasted the United States' test of a long-range interceptor missile designed to gauge American readiness to counter potential threats from Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2017
Mattis dials up U.S. pressure on China over North Korea, South China Sea
Washington respects Beijing's efforts to restrain Pyongyang but won't accept the militarization of islands in the South China Sea, the U.S. defense chief tells the annual Shangri-La Dialogue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 2, 2017
Japan said to ink deal to promote U.S. LNG in Asia
Japan plans to sign an agreement to promote American liquefied natural gas exports during U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry's visit to Tokyo, which started this week, according to people familiar with the plans.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 31, 2017
Abe hammers home view that Chinese cooperation needed to tackle North Korea nuclear issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday sought China's cooperation in addressing North Korean provocations during his meeting with Beijing's top diplomat.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2017
South Korea's military intentionally left out THAAD missile launchers in report: Blue House
South Korea's Defense Ministry "intentionally dropped" mentioning that four more launchers had been deployed for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system in a report to President Moon Jae-in's top aides, his office said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2017
Divide still large as Japan pushes to tighten noose on North while China emphasizes dialogue
In a meeting of top-level diplomats on Tuesday, Tokyo urged Beijing to impose more decisive sanctions on North Korea, seeking to end China's apparent inaction amid a recent litany of provocations by Pyongyang.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2017
Japan, Russia vow to step up joint economic project talks on disputed islands
Senior officials from Japan and Russia's Sakhalin Island confirmed Wednesday that both Tokyo and Moscow will step up dialogue for potential joint economic projects on disputed islands off Hokkaido controlled by Moscow but claimed by Tokyo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 30, 2017
North Korea blasts South for 'nuclear bomb-dropping' drill with U.S. B-1B strategic bomber
North Korea lambasted the U.S. on Tuesday over the staging of what it called a "nuclear bomb-dropping drill" by flying a two B1-B strategic bombers close to its border with the South a day earlier.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 29, 2017
Japan needs 'bargaining leverage' as U.S. likely to push for bilateral trade deal
Given U.S. President Donald Trump's calls for breaking down trade barriers and expanding American exports as part of "fair" international commerce, his administration appears likely to push Japan to further open its agriculture and automobile markets.
JAPAN
May 29, 2017
Japanese and Chinese ruling parties to huddle in August in bid to improve ties
Japan's ruling coalition and China's Communist Party will hold consultative talks in Tokyo in early August to discuss ways to improve ties between the two countries, a Japanese party official said Sunday.

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