Abe and Macron agree to coordinate ahead of G20, while tiptoeing around Ghosn and Nissan
Prime Minister Abe and French President Macron agreed in Paris to coordinate closely in addressing global economic, trade and environmental issues before Japan hosts the G20 summit in June.
A decision on the third request for provisional freedom is expected in the next few days.
France's Macron tells Shinzo Abe he feels Ghosn's detention in Japan is 'too long and too hard'
It’s the French president’s strongest comments yet on the auto industry scandal.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Emmanuel Macron have expressed hope that a management change at Renault SA will work to facilitate cooperation between the French automaker and its Japanese partner, Nissan Motor Co. During 20-minute telephone talks Friday, Abe told Macron that the ...
Japan and France agree to hold new maritime dialogue by year-end
The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France affirmed on Friday the launch of a new bilateral framework to discuss maritime security and environmental issues amid China's growing assertiveness, with the first meeting likely to be held by the end of the year. In ...
Japan and France to hold security talks next month in France
Japan and France will hold talks involving their foreign and defense ministers in France on Jan. 11 to deepen bilateral defense cooperation, the Japanese government said Friday. The agendas for the fifth "two plus two" meeting between the countries may include maritime security issues amid ...
Crown Prince Naruhito meets Japanese schoolchildren in Lyon at start of nine-day French trip
Crown Prince Naruhito, who is set to become the nation's next emperor after his father, Emperor Akihito, abdicates next April, on Saturday met with Japanese schoolchildren and toured a world-renowned textile museum at the start of his nine-day goodwill visit to France. The Crown Prince ...
Crown Prince Naruhito arrives in Lyon to mark 160th anniversary of Japan-France diplomatic ties
Crown Prince Naruhito arrived in the southeastern French city of Lyon on Friday for his first official visit to France to commemorate the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the countries. During the nine-day trip, he plans to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and attend ...
Crown Prince to visit France in September to mark anniversary of diplomatic ties
Crown Prince Naruhito will make a nine-day trip to France from Sept. 7 to commemorate 160 years of diplomatic ties, the government said Tuesday. Initial plans by the Imperial Household Agency for Crown Princess Masako to accompany her husband at the invitation of France were ...
GSDF joins Bastille Day parade in Paris as Japan and France mark 160th anniversary of bilateral ties
Seven members of the Ground Self-Defense Force took part in the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris on Saturday. The seven, including Col. Hiroyuki Yokoyama, head of the 32nd Infantry Regiment of the GSDF's 1st Division, were among some 4,300 participants who marched about 2.5 ...
Japan, France sign agreement to share defense supplies, deepening military ties
Japan and France have inked a bilateral agreement to share defense and other supplies to deepen security cooperation. Under the acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, the fourth of its kind for Japan, the Self-Defense Forces and the French armed forces can provide items such as food, ...
France celebrates Japanese culture with huge eight-month festival
France has opened the largest celebration of Japanese culture ever to take place abroad. The eight-month festival Japonismes 2018 features everything from prehistoric art to what the organizers bill as Europe's first virtual reality concert. "It's the largest extravaganza of its kind ever held outside Japan," ...
