U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan will travel to Nagoya to attend a two-day foreign ministerial meeting of the Group of 20 major economies starting Friday, the State Department said. Sullivan will engage in discussions on a broad range of issues, including trade and ...
China slams U.S. restrictions on Chinese diplomats as 'groundless'
China on Thursday slammed as "groundless" a U.S. decision to order Chinese diplomats to notify the State Department before meeting with local officials, in the latest spat to strain bilateral relations. Washington — which called the move "reciprocal" — announced the decision Wednesday in response ...
Abe to meet 50 foreign guests visiting for Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold separate talks with about 50 foreign dignitaries when they attend a ceremony proclaiming the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito later this month, government sources said Wednesday. Abe will meet the guests over four days from Oct. 21, with the exception ...
The quiet push to fix fractured Japan-South Korea relations
Almost a year has passed since the South Korean Supreme Court handed down a ruling ordering Japanese firms to pay damages to wartime forced laborers.
Japan's 'peace contributor' role tested amid Iran tensions following Saudi oil attacks
Just a few weeks ago, it seemed that the U.N. General Assembly in New York would be a possible venue for the leaders of the United States and Iran to sit down for historic talks amid their standoff over a 2015 nuclear deal. The chance, ...
With clock ticking, Europeans hustle to set up talks in New York between U.S. and Iranian leaders
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will on Wednesday face their last chance for a historic meeting as European leaders raced to arrange talks aimed at defusing soaring tensions. A meeting between the adversaries would be historic but also come under a ...
Shifts in recognition by the Solomon Islands and Kiribati are the latest skirmishes in the diplomatic war fought between Taipei and Beijing, a battle that China is winning.
Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, attended a dinner in Budapest on Saturday to mark the 150th anniversary this year of diplomatic ties between Japan and Hungary. "I pay my respect to your efforts from the bottom of my heart," the princess told 12 ...
Solomon Islands minister signs pact to establish diplomatic ties with China
China and the Solomon Islands on Saturday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after the Pacific island nation ditched relations with Taiwan, which Beijing claims as a Chinese province and seeks to cut off from the international community. The Chinese government's top diplomat, State ...
New Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi holds firm that Seoul must end wartime labor row
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Wednesday that Tokyo urgently demands Seoul eliminate “violations of international law” regarding wartime Korean labor issues.
Abe to visit India in December following 'two-plus-two' security talks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit India in December in the wake of the countries' first "two-plus-two" security talks, his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi said Thursday. Modi disclosed the planned visit to reporters at the beginning of a meeting with Abe in Vladivostok in the ...
Former PM Hatoyama regrets reneging on pledge to move Futenma airbase out of Okinawa
Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says it was a "big mistake" to abandon his pledge to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma out of Okinawa. Hatoyama became prime minister in September 2009, after the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan scored a landslide victory in ...
