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US JAPAN RELATIONS

JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016
Japan to provide Egypt with ¥2 trillion business project, take in 2,500 students
Japan has pledged to continue supporting Egypt’s democratic process five years after revolution swept the country and ousted Hosni Mubarak.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 29, 2016
Japanese, Chinese diplomats meet in Tokyo, agree to more high-level talks
Senior Japanese and Chinese diplomats agree to work on holding high-level talks, including mutual visits by their foreign ministers, to mend the strained bilateral relationship.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2016
Japan to begin working holiday visa program with Slovakia in June
Japan will start a working holiday program with Slovakia beginning this June, with the aim of enhancing friendship and understanding between the two countries.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2016
Abe snubs Obama over Russia visit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has snubbed an appeal by U.S. President Barack Obama, who asked that he not visit Russia in May, sources close to Japan-Russia relations said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2016
Upper House members resume exchanges with Chinese counterparts
A cross-party group of Upper House lawmakers resumed exchanges with China's parliament for the first time in four years this week, in yet another sign of a general improvement in relations between the Asian powers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 22, 2016
Money trail shows China middlemen at heart of North Korea’s illicit cash-flow network
A trail of money stretching from a Panamanian shipping agent to an octogenarian Singaporean to a Chinese bank provides a window on why U.S. efforts to tighten sanctions on North Korea may be harder to achieve than in the case of Iran.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2016
Japan's Kishida abandons plans to visit Beijing in Spring after Beijing pulls invite
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has abandoned plans to visit China this spring after Tokyo stoked anger in Beijing with its tough response to China's moves in the disputed South China Sea and North Korea's recent rocket launch, diplomatic sources have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Feb 20, 2016
In first, U.S. admits nuclear weapons were stored in Okinawa during Cold War
The Pentagon revealed Friday “that U.S. nuclear weapons were deployed on Okinawa prior to Okinawa's reversion to Japan on May 15, 1972.”
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 19, 2016
Japan's Cabinet authorizes fresh sanctions on North Korea
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved Friday new sanctions by Japan against North Korea in response to its rocket launch and fourth nuclear test.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Feb 18, 2016
Beijing missile deployment could lay groundwork for South China Sea ADIZ
Beijing's deployment of surface-to-air missiles to an island in the Paracel chain could lead to a new air defense identification zone in South China Sea, analysts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2016
Japan, U.S. vow to step up defense ties over North Korean provocation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, have agreed to promote bilateral defense cooperation in the face of North Korea's fourth nuclear test in January and a de-facto ballistic missile launch earlier this month.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2016
Japan, U.S. discuss new slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport
Japan and the U.S. on Tuesday began two days of talks on the allocation of slots for flights connecting Tokyo's Haneda airport and U.S. cities, the transport ministry said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2016
Japan, Australia agree on strong action against North Korea
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, agreed in a meeting in Tokyo on the need to adopt a strong U.N. Security Council resolution against North Korea in the wake of its recent nuclear test and rocket launch.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2016
Japan, Britain to hold joint fighter drill in October
Japan's defense minister and a senior commander of Britain's Royal Air Force agreed Friday to hold the countries' first joint fighter drill sometime in October.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2016
In response to sanctions, North Korea disbands committee on abduction of Japanese
Pyongyang said Friday it shut down the panel that was looking into the whereabouts of purported Japanese abductees in response to sanctions over its recent rocket launch.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2016
Japanese radar components used by North Korean navy: U.N. report
North Korea's navy reconfigures Japanese-made civilian radar systems, according to a document compiled by experts investigating U.N. sanctions.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 11, 2016
U.S., South Korea, Japan boost data-sharing in response to North Korea threat
The top military officers from the United States, South Korea and Japan said they agreed at a meeting on Wednesday to step up information-sharing and coordination of security efforts in light of increasing North Korean nuclear and missile threats.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 10, 2016
Japan reimposes ban on visits by North Korean nationals and ships
Tokyo announced Wednesday new unilateral economic sanctions on North Korea following its Jan. 6 nuclear test and the launch Sunday of what Japan denounced as a long-range ballistic missile.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2016
Japan's northern islands minister rapped for not knowing island name
The governor of Hokkaido expressed disappointment Wednesday that the minister in charge of pushing for the return from Russia of islands off her prefecture did not know the name of one.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2016
Grandson of wartime internee embraces reconciliation with life in Japan
For the grandchildren of those who were imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II, it is perhaps understandable that some may still hold hostility toward Japan and its people.

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