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BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 4, 2013
TPP leaders expected to claim work mostly completed
Leaders of the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations are planning to issue a statement next week confirming they have substantively completed their work on the envisioned pact and will ensure it is a high quality 21st century accord, according to negotiation sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 3, 2013
TPP countries to ban subsidies only when overfishing is feared
The 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations are now planning to only scrap fishing subsidies that clearly cause overfishing, negotiation sources say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2013
IT startup barters its way into niche
At around noon on a recent weekday, the Roppongi branch of Shamrock by Abbot Choice, a Tokyo-based Irish-style pub chain, had a bustling lunchtime crowd.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2013
Abe, Harper to delve into free trade, energy, defense
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper were expected to confirm cooperation in free trade, defense and energy during talks to be held later Tuesday in Ottawa.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 22, 2013
TPP talks ready to ascend to political level
Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators on Saturday cleared the way for political decisions at high-level meetings next month that may lead to the creation of a new free trade pact that will dwarf existing agreements, Japan's top TPP negotiator said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 19, 2013
Top TPP negotiators thrash out hurdles ahead of talks
Chief negotiators for the Trans-Pacific Partnership opened a meeting Wednesday to thrash out thorny issues in a bid to streamline the talks for a deal by the end of the year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 18, 2013
Japan offers TPP tariff cuts for nearly 90% of U.S. goods
Japan has made a bilateral proposal to scratch tariffs on nearly 90 percent of U.S. imports under the 12-member Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, an informed source said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 18, 2013
Various artists "Tanukineiri Drink Sampler"
It's getting harder to listen to netlabel-released albums in one sitting recently. Electronic-music compilation series "Fogpak" recently put out a collection featuring 48 different artists (should we call the Guinness people?). Now Tanukineiri Records has popped out "Tanukineiri Drink Sampler" — 90 minutes and 30 tracks strong. The album also highlights the negatives and positives of a super-size album in that there are a fair amount of duds to wade through before catching onto some fantastic work from a handful of fledgling artists.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2013
Japan proposes tariff cuts for products sourced from TPP countries
Japan has proposed tariff cuts for products made from materials produced in countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, negotiation sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2013
TPP stakeholders' next summit likely in October in Bali
Leaders of the 12 countries participating in Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations are expected to hold a summit on Oct. 8, a source involved in the talks said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2013
TPP challenges await Japan
This month's 19th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Brunei will test Japan's negotiation skills as a full participant. Japan must build alliances quickly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 22, 2013
Tariffs figure large for Amari at TPP talks in Brunei
Twelve Pacific Rim countries begin the 19th round of negotiations in Brunei for creating a regional free trade pact, with Japan engaging in full-fledged talks on tariffs and other issues for the first time after joining last month.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 1, 2013
Japan, U.S. to hold TPP-related talks
Japan and the United States will hold trade negotiations next week in Tokyo in parallel with the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, the government said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / BALANCING INTERESTS
Jul 22, 2013
Japan may be latecomer but TPP trade party has just begun
Japan only has three days in Malaysia for the TPP negotiations, but experts say it has a solid chance to lead the revamp of trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 17, 2013
Slow Beach "Lover Lover"
Slow Beach is somewhat of a supergroup in Tokyo's indie-rock scene. The group finds Dai Ogasawara, founder of twee-leaning netlabel Ano(t)raks, hooking up with producer Kai Takahashi, who is responsible for some of the most interesting electronic compositions of the year, including a chilled-out remix of Phoenix's "Entertainment." They have teamed up with Yuriko Ohno (keyboard) and Keito Taguchi (bass) to create "Lover Lover," a collection of tropically tinged songs arriving just in time for summer. Slow Beach isn't just floating on beach imagery and surf-rock guitars, though, as "Lover Lover" conceals some good sonic experimentation and a melancholic heart.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 15, 2013
TPP talks kick off in Malaysia; Japan waits
The 18th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations kicks off in Malaysia, as Japan prepares to make its debut.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 9, 2013
Top negotiators to update Japan on TPP talks
Top negotiators from the 11 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership will spend a full day explaining the current status of the talks to Japan when it joins them in Malaysia this month, government sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 26, 2013
Japan to join TPP talks at next round in July
The 11 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership have agreed to hold the next round of free-trade talks in Kuala Lumpur from July 15 to 25, extending the meeting to include Japan as the 12th member.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 10, 2013
Asia-Pacific nations hold trade talks
Sixteen Asia-Pacific nations including Japan and China held their first round of talks Thursday toward forming one of the world's largest free-trade blocs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 19, 2013
TPP in sharp focus as APEC ministers meet
As APEC trade ministers meet in Indonesia this week to discuss strengthening regional trade links, Japan will enter another critical phase for joining the talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which involves many members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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