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YASUO FUKUDA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2022
Former prime minister calls for early Japan-China summit
Yasuo Fukuda said the Japanese government's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands in 2012 was a major factor behind the deterioration in ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2018
Ex-Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visits memorial hall for Nanking Massacre victims
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Sunday visited a memorial hall dedicated to victims of the 1937 massacre committed by Japanese troops against civilians in the city now known as Nanjing, Chinese media reported Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2017
China and Japan should cooperate on global issues to tap 'golden chance' for mending ties: ex-PM Fukuda
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Saturday the time is ripe for Tokyo to strengthen cooperation with Beijing beyond bilateral issues so relations can get back on the right development track sooner.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 8, 2017
Abe’s hotel spa and gym visits inflame media speculation
Are Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's weekly "workouts" masking something more ominous?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2016
China's premier asks Japanese business leaders to back momentum of improving ties
Premier Li Keqiang is urging the Japanese business community to support and propel the current momentum of improving bilateral ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2015
Fukuda urges forum to focus on bright side of China relations
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda says it is time for politicians both in Japan and China to focus more on the bright side of bilateral ties to continue their nascent rapprochement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2015
Major tourism delegation to visit Indonesia
A major delegation will visit Indonesia for five days from Nov. 20 to promote tourism in Japan, its chief said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
Ex-Prime Minister Fukuda urges Asian leaders not to agitate public opinion
As Japan's relations with China and South Korea fester over historical and territorial disputes, former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Friday urged leaders in all three countries not to "agitate" public opinion.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 30, 2015
Fukuda urges Japan to actively gather info on China's planned development bank
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is urging the Abe government to actively gather information about the China-led Asian development bank to determine whether Japan should join it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 23, 2015
Ex-Prime Minister Fukuda to be dispatched to pay respects to Saudi Arabia
Japan offered condolences to Saudi Arabia on Friday following the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying, "Great sadness never ceases."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2015
Abe could ease doubts by apologizing over WWII, says former leader Fukuda
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could help remove international doubts about Japan's stance toward its wartime past by apologizing over World War II in a statement he is planning to help mark the 70th anniversary of the war's end, said Yasuo Fukuda, one of Abe's predecessors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2014
Former Prime Minister Fukuda meets Xi again
A meeting Wednesday between former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing was a positive step for repairing strained bilateral ties, the Abe administration said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2014
Fukuda, Xi plan second meeting at Boao Forum in Beijing
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next Wednesday in Beijing, diplomatic sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2014
Ex-Prime Minister Fukuda shares a 'sense of crisis' with Xi over frayed China-Japan ties
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda revealed on Wednesday that he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a his to Beijing last month and that they shared a "sense of crisis" over the strained ties between the two countries.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 5, 2014
Abe probably won't visit Yasukuni Shrine on surrender anniversary: administration sources
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is leaning toward not visiting war-related Yasukuni Shrine on the Aug. 15 anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, administration sources say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2013
Japanese, Chinese experts call for level-headed discussions
Japanese and Chinese experts released a joint statement Sunday stressing the urgent need for their governments to start dialogue aimed at easing tensions over conflicting claims to a cluster of tiny islets in the East China Sea.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2013
Fukuda readies for South Korea trip
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was set to make a three-day visit to Seoul from Thursday to take part in the Korea-Japan Forum, an annual gathering of lawmakers and experts from the two nations, a forum official said Wednesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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