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BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 26, 2014
Japan and Australia fail to agree on tariffs in FTA talks
Japan and Australia failed to reach an agreement over cutting tariffs on farm products during ministerial talks Wednesday in Tokyo and could only confirm they will continue the negotiations.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 5, 2014
U.S. sets 2014 goal for signing TPP free trade pact
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has outlined a goal of concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership this year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2014
Repairing the tripartite ties
Japan's relations with China and South Korea are at their lowest ebb since Japan normalized its diplomatic relations with them. One way to break the jogjam could be a tripartite free trade agreement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2014
Singapore TPP talks fail to reach a deal
Ministers from 12 Pacific-Rim countries failed Tuesday to achieve the goal of reaching a broad agreement on an envisioned regional free trade deal due to remaining gulfs over such key outstanding issues as tariff elimination.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2014
Stage set for TPP ministerial meeting
The chief trade negotiators from the 12 Pacific Rim countries drafting the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade accord will end their working-level talks Friday in Singapore, setting the stage for a crucial ministerial gathering this weekend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 10, 2014
Nintendo shares surge as China lifts console ban
Nintendo Co., the maker of Wii U game consoles, is riding high in Tokyo trading after China lifted a 13-year ban on gaming machines this week.
COMMENTARY
Dec 27, 2013
Why is work a zero free-speech zone?
If a reality TV show star, or any American for that matter, can be fired for expressing him- or herself when at work — or not at work — then the right to free speech is a meaningless abstraction that applies only to the tiny fraction of super-rich Americans who don't have to worry about getting fired.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2013
Pope misunderstands the power of free markets
Pope Francis, unlike his more diplomatic predecessors, is said to engage the world in the style of after-dinner conversation. As a result, his recent remarks about the power of free markets seemed vague or poorly considered.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 13, 2013
TPP ministers eye meeting in London in late January: sources
Trade ministers from 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal plan to meet in London in late January, now that negotiations are unlikely to conclude by the end of this year, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2013
Bridging Japan-U.S. gaps key to keeping TPP ball rolling
After failing to reach a deal by the much-touted 2013 deadline, the 12 economies negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership have pledged to keep striving for solutions to thorny issues, with the prospect of Japan-U.S. talks over farm products and cars as one of the keys for an early conclusion of the...
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2013
Yearend TPP deal not going to happen
Ministers from the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations wrap up a four-day meeting without a full agreement but say they made 'substantial progress' toward hammering out a final deal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2013
Hurdles remain in final mile of TPP talks
Japan and the United States still need to bridge gaps on controversial issues in the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, a Japanese senior vice minister said after meeting with the U.S. trade representative on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2013
Japan can't make further concessions to U.S. in TPP talks: minister
The minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations said Sunday that Tokyo can make no more concessions to Washington on sensitive issues after a Japan-U.S. meeting ended without progress.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2013
TPP chiefs ready for Singapore meeting
Chief negotiators from the 12 countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations set the stage Sunday for next month's ministerial meeting, ending their talks aimed at sifting through as many thorny issues as possible.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 22, 2013
10-year tariff cut offered; 'sacred' items excluded
Japan has proposed to lift tariffs on all items aside from its five "sacred" farm products within 10 years, according to sources involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 16, 2013
10 TPP members urge Japan to abolish all tariffs
All other countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations except the United States are urging Japan to abolish tariffs on all products, including rice, sources said Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 17, 2013
'Sanctuary' safe in TPP talks, Abe assures the Diet
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe again pledged Thursday to fight for Japan's trading interests, despite the prospect of having to eliminate tariffs on certain agricultural products it's attempting to protect in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2013
TPP leaders reiterate pledge to strike deal this year
Leaders of countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations restate their pledge to conclude a deal before the end of December, saying they have made 'significant progress' in recent months.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2013
Negotiators said 'on track' for accord
Leaders gathering for the Trans-Pacific Partnership summit are likely to announce their countries are "on track" to complete their work while noting "significant progress" in various fields of the free trade accord, their draft statement showed Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2013
LDP flip-flop on 'untouchable' tariffs raises farmers' ire
Three biologists in the United States win the Nobel Prize in medicine for explaining how a cell's transporters navigate and deliver their contents without getting lost.
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.
Japan passes bill to introduce 'blue ticket' fines for cyclists
A new system under which bicycle riders pay fines for minor traffic violations to escape criminal punishment is expected to be introduced in Japan no later than 2026.
Japan changes law to allow joint custody after divorce
Legislation that allows the option of joint custody of children after divorce is passed at the Upper House plenary session on Friday.
U.S. envoy to Japan makes landmark visit to front-line island near Taiwan
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets with members of the Self-Defense Forces stationed on Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday.
Japan to review romanization system for first time in 70 years
An advisory panel to the education ministry will consider how the Japanese language should be transcribed into the Latin alphabet, including unifying different romanization styles currently in use.
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.
A new initiative rethinks old Tohoku crafts
The colored patterns of Tsuguru "nuri," made in Aomori Prefecture, are achieved by applying multiple coatings of lacquer, which are later polished down to reveal layers of colors beneath.
Xi and Putin mark ‘new era’ amid efforts to counter U.S. ‘containment’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event in Beijing on Thursday. During Putin's visit, the leaders showed off their growing alignment amid efforts to push back against the U.S.-led world order.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.

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