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Japan preparing to accept more caregivers from Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam
Japan plans to accept more caregivers from three Southeast Asian countries that have free trade agreements with Tokyo to help address the national labor shortage, sources familiar with the matter said. By easing some restrictions on caregivers from Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, the government ...
Japan's negotiating skills to be put to the test in trade talks with U.S.
Japan's negotiating skills will be put to the test as Tokyo tries to fend off U.S. demands for a bilateral free trade agreement and counter the threat of tariffs on cars and auto parts. The longtime allies are set to launch high-level trade talks Thursday ...
Japan and Germany agree to promote free trade, rules-based order
Foreign Minister Kono and his German counterpart stress the importance of closer economic ties just days after Japan and the EU sign a free trade agreement.
When a trade agreement represents a global vision
Japan and the EU are making it clear the appetite for trade deals remains strong.
Japan has no interest in trade deal with just U.S., top government spokesman says
One of Japan's top policymakers has indicated that the government will continue to resist U.S. efforts to create a bilateral free trade agreement between the two nations. "Japan is not going to do anything with any country that harms the national interest," said Chief Cabinet ...
Abe cancels trip to Europe and Middle East to deal with rain disaster
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday canceled a trip to Europe and the Middle East, deciding instead to oversee the government's response to the devastation caused by torrential rain in western Japan. Abe was scheduled to leave for Brussels on Wednesday to sign a free ...
Diet enacts TPP bill, moving Japan a step closer to ratifying the trade pact
The Diet on Friday enacted legislation necessary for the completion of domestic procedures ahead of the ratification of the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact. The passage of the bill through the House of Councillors has set the stage for Japan to finalize its domestic ...
Tokyo approves bill in next step toward enactment of new Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Diet approved a bill Wednesday to ratify the 11-country Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. The bill was adopted at a plenary session of the Upper House by a majority vote, with support mainly from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition ...
Japan and U.S. to 'move rapidly' on trade deal, ambassador says
The United States and Japan will "move rapidly" to get a trade deal under a new framework aimed at intensifying bilateral trade consultations, U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty said, keeping pressure on Tokyo to open up protected markets such as agriculture. President Donald Trump and Prime ...
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressed an eagerness to strike a free trade agreement with Japan “at some point” — an arrangement Tokyo has adamantly opposed.
Japan likely to welcome U.S. return to TPP, but time scale and route unclear
President Donald Trump orders his trade negotiators to explore the possibility of restarting talks on joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership as trade pressures build between the U.S. and Asia.
Japan and the European Union are in talks on holding a signing ceremony in Brussels in mid-July for an economic partnership agreement to facilitate free trade, according to an EU source. The two sides are considering arranging a summit in the Belgian capital on July ...
