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Hisane Masaki
For Hisane Masaki's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2001
Decision on China produce facing delay
In a last-minute bid to avert further escalation of the trade war with China, Japan may delay -- by at least a couple of months -- a decision on imposing "safeguard" import restrictions on some Chinese farm products.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2001
Political rapport to smooth cultural ties
As Japan's frosty political relations with China and South Korea head for a long-awaited thaw, its high-level cultural contacts with the two Asian neighbors are expected to follow suit.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2001
Popular U.S.-Japan Common Agenda hangs in limbo
Is the Common Agenda dead or alive under the Republican administration of U.S. President George W. Bush?
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2001
Japan ready to seek ratification of Kyoto Protocol
After months of wavering and foot-dragging, Japan will seek ratification of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming during a 150-day ordinary Diet session that is to open in January, government sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2001
Koizumi, Mbeki plan science pact
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South African President Thabo Mbeki will agree at a meeting in Tokyo this week to start negotiations on a science and technology cooperation pact, government sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2001
Japan planned initiative for Middle East peace
In an unprecedented -- but eventually unrealized -- diplomatic initiative to achieve peace in the Middle East, Japan considered brokering a summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Jordan next month, government sources said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2001
Economic forum set for next month
Japan and the United States plan to hold the inaugural meeting of a deputy ministerial-level economic forum in Washington early next month, government sources said.
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2001
Forum could smooth relations
Japan is informally considering the establishment of a high-level comprehensive forum for discussing economic issues with China as early as next year to promote policy cooperation in a wide range of areas, government sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2001
Global summit to issue call to arms against disease
Japan will host an international symposium early next month to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in the fight against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2001
APEC nears compromise
The 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have reached a compromise on the contentious question of revising its 1995 guideline for liberalizing trade and investment within the Pacific Rim by 2020.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2001
More students to be offered taste of diplomatic life
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2001
Japan ready to lift sanctions on India
Japan is considering lifting economic sanctions on India, imposed in 1998 to protest nuclear tests by New Delhi, before the end of the year in order to get bilateral relations back on a normal footing, government sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2001
State to finance NGOs' participation in conflict-prevention activities abroad
In a bid to raise its low profile in international peacekeeping efforts, Japan is embarking on a significant financial-assistance program for domestic nongovernmental organizations participating in overseas conflict-prevention activities.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2001
Japan, U.S. to discuss environmental project
Japan and the United States will begin expert-level environmental talks in September aimed primarily at boosting cooperation in the development of technologies needed to better forecast and prevent global warming, government sources said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2001
Saudi investment pact going nowhere
Nearly four years after Japan and Saudi Arabia agreed to form a pact to rev up Japanese private investment in the world's largest oil-exporting country, negotiations remain stalled and the treaty hangs in limbo.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2001
Cooperation in education key to poverty reduction
UNESCO chief Koichiro Matsuura is convening an unprecedented meeting of government leaders from 30 major industrialized and developing countries in autumn to discuss the promotion of primary education in the fight against poverty, according to Japanese government sources.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2001
Japan hopes to improve ties through intellectual exchanges
In a bid to put Japan's often stormy relations with China and South Korea on a more stable footing over the long term, the government is embarking on a multimillion-yen program to promote friendship and mutual understanding among the three Asian neighbors.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2001
Crucial days of negotiations lie ahead for 'oil diplomacy'
Quietly, but nevertheless significantly, Japan's oil diplomacy is entering one of its most crucial stages ever. Success or failure could determine the future of the nation's energy security -- and even that of its economy as a whole.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2001
Sony's Idei to lead exchange with China
Sony Corp.'s charismatic chairman and chief executive officer, Nobuyuki Idei, has been tapped as the point man for galvanizing exchanges with China next year to mark 30 years of diplomatic ties between Japan and China.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2001
Japan may formalize China import curbs
Upping the ante in its rankling, tit-for-tat trade war with China, the government could soon begin procedures to formalize emergency import restrictions on three Chinese farm products, government sources said Wednesday.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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