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CHINA JAPAN RELATIONS

A Shiseido booth at the third China International Consumer Products Expo, in Haikou, Hainan province, in April
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2023
Shiseido slashes profit forecast on Fukushima water release
Cosmetic products were at the center of a viral campaign that spread unproven safety allegations on Chinese social media platforms.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Bangkok in November 2022.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 9, 2023
Kishida-Xi talks eyed for sidelines of APEC meeting in U.S.
Japan's top national security adviser Takeo Akiba is expected to lay the groundwork for the summit in his talks with senior Chinese officials in Beijing.
Buyers gather for an auction at Numanouchi fish port in the city of Iwaki, in Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 24.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2023
Marine product exports to China tank 90% on year after import ban
Beijing has imposed a blanket import ban on Japanese seafood over Japan's discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea.
Panasonic Holdings' booth at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2023
Japanese firms vow to still invest in China despite slowing economy
Satoshi Shimizu, vice president of Muji operator Ryohin Keikaku, said the company plans to open some 50 new outlets per year in China.
South Korean Environment Minister Han Wha-jin, Japanese Environment Minister Shintaro Ito and Chinese Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu pose for a photo during a meeting in Nagoya on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2023
At trilateral talks, Japan asserts Fukushima treated water is safe
Tokyo again emphasized the safety of the water, during a meeting of environment ministers involving China and South Korea.
A fishing boat patrols the sea for poaching off the port of Yomogita, Aomori Prefecture, on the night of Sept. 13.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Oct 30, 2023
Aomori sea cucumber fishermen hit hard by China’s seafood import ban
Twenty-seven cooperatives in the prefecture have suspended operations in October, when the fishing season for sea cucumbers starts in a normal year.
The Japanese Embassy in Beijing
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2023
A million nuisance calls made to Japan Embassy in China over Fukushima
Tokyo has repeatedly asked the Chinese government to deal with the calls, saying they impede operations at the embassy.
Japan on Tuesday named Shigeo Yamada (left) its new ambassador to the United States and tapped and former Foreign Ministry top bureaucrat Kenji Kanasugi to be its envoy to China.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2023
Japan taps new U.S. and China envoys as Tokyo looks to balance ties
The appointments of new envoys to the U.S. and China come amid growing rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
Masakazu Tokura (center), head of the Japan Business Federation, addresses a ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of a bilateral friendship treaty between Japan and China on Monday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2023
Japan and China renew pledge to promote ties on anniversary
Japan and China have acknowledged the need to stabilize ties, but tensions remain over Beijing's military and economic assertiveness in the region.
A building housing a rare metal-related company in Baotou in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in July 2020
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2023
Chinese employee of Japan firm held over alleged rare metal info leak
The move comes as the Chinese Communist Party-led government steps up export controls on the materials essential for cutting-edge technologies.
Kenji Kanasugi
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2023
Japan to name ex-Asian affairs chief Kenji Kanasugi as China envoy
The official will be Japan's first ambassador to China in seven years to not take Chinese language training at the Foreign Ministry's "China School."
Yasushi Kudo (right), head of the Japanese nonprofit think tank Genron NPO, answers questions at a news conference following the closing of a a two-day forum on China-Japan relations in Beijing on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 21, 2023
China and Japan experts seek dialogue ahead of anniversary
The experts also called on them to deal with concerns stemming from the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
China's top diplomat Wang Yi's online message is shown at a forum on Sino-Japanese relations in Beijing on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2023
Kishida seeks dialogue with China on opposing nuclear weapons use
Kishida said that international cooperation is needed to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by nations that seek to "change the status quo by force."
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno says China has formally arrested a Japanese businessman detained earlier this year.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2023
China formally arrests Japanese man detained for espionage
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a news conference that the government confirmed the arrest of the man in his 50s earlier this month.
Locally caught seafood at the Hamanoeki Fish Market and Food Court in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 31
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2023
China's fish imports from Japan fall to zero in September
The result followed a 33% decline in July from a year before and a 70% drop in August.
Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2023
Kishida sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine
Kishida sent an offering on the first day of the biannual rite, but is likely to refrain from an in-person visit.
Shinji Tanimura sings at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo in April 2010.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 16, 2023
Japanese singer Shinji Tanimura dies at 74
Tanimura, leader of Japanese folk group Alice, underwent surgery for acute enteritis in March this year, with ongoing treatment.
Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai in August
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2023
Most Japanese companies pessimistic on China’s economy
A quarter of firms said they wouldn’t invest in China this year, while another 22% said they would reduce the amount they invest, a report has shown.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chat in Jakarta on Sept. 6 on the fringes of ASEAN-related summits.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2023
Chinese premier has conveyed will to advance dialogue with Japan
"China-Japan relations are important, so we need to promote exchanges," Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Water treated through the Advanced Liquid Processing System and diluted with seawater flows from the upstream water tank to the downstream water tank at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant during its second release in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2023
Chinese scientists join Fukushima water review
Experts from China will join those from Canada, South Korea and the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency in collecting samples and marine creatures.

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