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FOREIGN MINISTERS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 23, 2018
G-7 foreign ministers resolutely opposed to nuclear-armed North Korea: Kono
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Sunday affirmed they will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and pledged to maintain "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang until it rids itself of nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said.
JAPAN / History
Aug 18, 2015
Japan will urge G-7 foreign ministers to visit Hiroshima A-bomb park, museum
Japan plans to call on the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries to visit facilities related to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to reinvigorate efforts toward nuclear disarmament when they visit the city for a ministerial meeting next April.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2015
Japan, U.S., Mongolia mull first trilateral foreign ministerial talks
Japan, the United States and Mongolia are considering holding their first trilateral foreign ministerial talks in a bid to tap into Mongolia's close ties with North Korea and settle a host of issues involving Pyongyang, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2015
Top G-7 diplomats to meet in Hiroshima, bankers in Sendai in 2016
Next year's Group of Seven foreign ministerial meeting will be held in Hiroshima ahead of the main Ise-Shima summit for the leaders of the major industrialized nations from May 26 to 27, the government officially announced Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2015
Japan arranging to hold G-7 foreign ministerial meeting in Hiroshima
Japan is making arrangements to hold a foreign ministerial meeting of the Group of Seven countries in Hiroshima before the country hosts the G-7 leaders' summit next year, a government source said Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 6, 2015
Kishida looks to meet Park during trilateral talks in Seoul, may push for Abe summit
The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea plan to meet with South Korean President Park Geun-hye on the sidelines of a trilateral session March 21-22 in Seoul, a source said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2014
Japan, U.S., S. Korean foreign ministers to meet in Myanmar
Japan, the United States and South Korea have agreed to hold foreign ministerial talks this weekend to reaffirm their cooperation in tackling North Korea's nuclear and missile development, diplomatic sources said.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2014
Japan eyes foreign minister meeting with S. Korea in August
A meeting is being considered between Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Myanmar in August, according to Japanese sources.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
North Korean animators may be involved in Japan anime production, report says
North Korean animators may be involved in the production of some Japanese and U.S. animated shows, according to a report by a website providing analysis on North Korea.
BOJ to hold rates with focus on hawkish signals to buoy yen
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda hasn’t ruled out responding to exchange rates with a policy move if the impact on prices is seen to be "non-negligible.”
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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