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DIPLOMACY

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 2, 2018
2018 finds Japan walking tightrope with Pyongyang, Seoul, Beijing — and Trump
Experts agree that the biggest national concern for 2018 will be the North Korean threat as Abe's government continues to walk a fine line among the region's leaders.
JAPAN / History
Dec 20, 2017
Israel's Peres sent 'secret envoy' to sound out Japan in 1985 on playing Mideast peace role
An Israeli-American political cartoonist secretly passed a request from Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres to Japanese counterpart Yasuhiro Nakasone in 1985 to get more involved in the Middle East peace process, according to Japanese diplomatic records declassified Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2017
Foreign minister Taro Kono suggests buying plane for overseas trips to counter China's diplomatic clout
Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday he needs a better way to travel overseas to compete with China's diplomatic clout, including the potential purchase of a dedicated airplane.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 7, 2017
Australia charts a flawed foreign policy course
Canberra has chosen to stick to the U.S. line rather than recognize the reality of China, work to improve relations with Beijing and commit to global organizations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2017
Abe and Trump to rekindle friendship, but not all see rapport as positive for Japan, survey says
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump are said to have a good personal relationship, 43.7 percent of those who responded to a recent survey by The Japan Times viewed it as bad for Japan, while 14.1 percent said it was bad for the U.S.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2017
Japan appoints new ambassadors to Saudi Arabia and Ghana
Among a series of diplomatic appointments on Tuesday, the government named Tsukasa Uemura, a former minister at the Japanese Embassy in Egypt, as ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2017
Are we at the demise of dollar diplomacy?
Pundits have been saying last rites for the dollar's global dominance since the 1960s. They may finally be right.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2017
UAE follows Qatar and Kuwait lead and terminates North Korea diplomatic mission
The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it was ending the mission of North Korea's nonresident ambassador and terminating its own envoy's services in Pyongyang, the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency WAM.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2017
America's new world order is dead
Russia and China were never willing fully to embrace the U.S.-led liberal order, which emphasized liberal ideas that were bound to seem threatening to dictatorial regimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2017
Abe and Trump to call on nations to increase pressure on North Korea and strictly enforce U.N. sanctions
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he and U.S. President Donald Trump affirmed Thursday in New York they will work together to call on the international community to strengthen pressure on North Korea, including through the stringent enforcement of U.N. sanctions.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 21, 2017
G-4 nations call for text-based talks on U.N. reform within 12 months
Japan, Brazil, Germany and India called on Wednesday for the launch, within the next 12 months, of text-based negotiations among the 193 U.N. members on reforming the Security Council.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 5, 2017
China's Xi wants to put relations with India on 'right track'
China wants to put its relationship with India on the "right track," President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, as the two countries sought to mend ties damaged by a recent tense Himalayan border standoff.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2017
Canadian pastor freed by North Korea is healthy, passes through Japan on way home
A Canadian pastor freed from a North Korean prison on humanitarian grounds is healthy and not in critical condition, his family said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2017
Diplomacy to defuse India, China border crisis slams into a wall, sources say
India's diplomatic efforts to end a seven-week military standoff with China have hit a roadblock, people briefed on the talks said, prompting Chinese state-run media to trumpet rhetoric of "unavoidable countermeasures" on the unmarked border.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2017
South Korea calls on North to respond to military talks offer
South Korea's proposed military talks aimed at easing tension between the two Koreas planned for Friday failed to happen after the North snubbed the call, a setback for new President Moon Jae-in's hopes for dialogue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2017
At high-level U.N. forum, Kishida announces $1 billion in aid for children
Announced at gathering on sustainable development, the aid is to be implemented in areas of education, health, disaster risk reduction and gender equality.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2017
Returning to Washington without a solution, Tillerson says Qatar crisis may linger on
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a dispute between a Saudi Arabian-led bloc and Qatar may last "quite a while," as the two sides still refuse to speak to each other directly and are no closer to resolving the key demands made after the crisis started.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2017
China detains 35 Japanese over alleged phone fraud
Arrests this month in Fujian province present diplomatic challenge as no extradition treaty exists between Japan and China despite years of negotiations
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2017
Exhibition highlights legacy of U.S.-Japan baseball ties
Warren Cromartie, formerly of the Yomiuri Giants in NPB and the Montreal Expos and Kansas City Royals in MLB, pointed at Masanori Murakami and called him "a hero."
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 3, 2017
Trump nominee for China ambassador promises firm line on Beijing
President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to China promised on Tuesday to take a firm line with Beijing on issues from North Korea to trade disputes and human rights, and seemed poised for an easy confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.

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