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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 8, 2015
Japan-Indonesia power plant to break ground in Java this month
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said Tuesday a project to build a $4 billion thermal power plant project funded by an Indonesia-Japan consortium will begin at the end of April.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2015
U.S. defense chief says new guidelines will 'transform' U.S.-Japan alliance
Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that updated bilateral defense cooperation guidelines will "transform the U.S.-Japan alliance" and enable the two countries' forces to "cooperate seamlessly" to respond to challenges around the world.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2015
Nippon Steel, Techint brawl in boardroom as company founders
What started as an alliance to bring balance and direction to Brazil's second-largest steel maker has become a feud spanning three continents that's diluting the company's efforts to navigate a global commodities rout.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2015
Suga, Onaga hold talks over relocation of U.S.' Futenma base in Okinawa
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga cross swords over the air base relocation dispute in Naha but make little progress.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2015
Japan, South Korea to resume security dialogue this month
Japan and South Korea agree to resume a security dialogue this month after strained bilateral ties put the talks on ice in December 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2015
Japan, U.S. experts digitizing A-bomb archives
Japanese and American experts are exploring ways to put the data archives of a wartime study of A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki online.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2015
U.S. defense chief Carter to visit Tokyo, Seoul next week: Pentagon
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is traveling to Japan and South Korea to discuss issues including Tokyo's new defense cooperation guidelines with Washington.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
Ex-Prime Minister Murayama to attend China's WWII anniversary ceremony
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said Friday he is planning to attend a ceremony China will hold in September to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
North Korea warns abduction talks on the rocks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slams North Korea's warning that negotiations on abduction issue might be suspended and vows to stick to its carrot-and-stick strategy.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2015
Tokyo to strongly urge North to stay on course for abductee investigation
In response to Pyongyang's implied threat to halt bilateral negotiations, Tokyo will strongly urge the reclusive country to proceed on the promised re-investigation into the whereabouts of the Japanese nationals it abducted, Japanese sources said.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2015
Takakazu Kuriyama, former ambassador to U.S., dies at 83
Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States Takakazu Kuriyama, who was involved in bilateral talks for the 1972 reversion of Okinawa Prefecture, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Wednesday, his family said Thursday. He was 83.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 1, 2015
Boycott of China-led AIIB poses risks for Japan, where companies may lose out in infrastructure building work
Japan has decided to stand back from joining a planned China-led investment bank for now, but risks losing a chance to tap into Asia's rapidly growing infrastructure market.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2015
U.S. returns housing area to Okinawa
The United States has returned a 51-hectare housing area of Camp Zukeran in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, as part of a 2013 agreement to reduce the prefecture's burden from hosting U.S. military bases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
Japan rules out joining China-led investment bank as founding member
Japan holds out on joining China's planned development bank as ministers in Tokyo cast skepticism over its governance on the final day for nations to sign up as founding members.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2015
Japan, China, South Korea tourism ministers to meet in Tokyo
Tourism ministers from Japan, China and South Korea will meet in mid-April in Tokyo, resuming what had been an annual meeting last held in 2011 before Japan-China ties soured.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
Japan extends sanctions against N. Korea to 2017
The Abe administration decided Tuesday to extend Japan's trade embargo and other unilateral sanctions against North Korea for two years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 31, 2015
Biden calls for Japan-U.S. TPP deal before Abe's trip to Washington
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has called for Japan to make further concessions in the ongoing Pacific Rim free-trade talks so the two sides can reach a bilateral agreement before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to Washington in late April, a senior Japanese lawmaker said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
U.S., Japan have 'significant gap' on auto market access
Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler said on Monday that "significant gaps" in the trade negotiations remain between the United States and Japan regarding access for U.S. automobiles in the Japanese market.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2015
Japan, India agree to continue talks on potential US-2 exports
The defense chiefs of Japan and India agreed Monday to continue talks over potential exports of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's US-2 amphibious aircraft to the South Asian country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2015
Abductees' kin disappointed in lack of progress from North Korea probe
With the summer deadline approaching and no major update from North Korea in sight on the fate of Japanese nationals it abducted decades ago, some of the victims' relatives are expressing their disappointment in Pyongyang's investigation.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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