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G1 SUMMIT

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JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Dec 20, 2015
Summit preparations to increase security, but for whom?
Last month's terror attacks in Paris and the closely timed suicide bombings in Beirut have raised fears in Japan of a similar attack to unprecedented levels. With Japan hosting next year's Group of Seven leaders' summit in Mie Prefecture, and a host of smaller ministerial conferences elsewhere around...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2015
Ise braces for tourism boom following G-7
On an early weekday afternoon at the shops lined up in front of JR Ise station, business was fairly brisk.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2015
Japan launches counterterrorism unit to liaise with foreign spy agencies
The government set up a new terrorism intelligence unit Tuesday that will liaise with foreign agencies and collate data on incidents and threats
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2015
Japan brings forward anti-terrorism intelligence unit launch
Japan decided Friday to move forward the launch of a government unit to collect intelligence on international terrorism as part of a push to strengthen the nation's anti-terrorism capabilities.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2015
Islamic State could attack Japan's infrastructure, public safety minister says
Japan is at risk of cyberattacks on its essential infrastructure by the Islamic State group, the minister in charge of public safety said in an interview two weeks after a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2015
Security a focus as Ise-Shima G-7 summit approaches
The remote coastal Shima Kanko Hotel Classic will be the main venue for the Ise-Shima summit next May.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2015
Big price tag for security as Japan gears up for next G-7 summit
Heavy anti-terrorism measures mean the overall cost to Japan for hosting the Group of Seven summit next May won't be any less than that for staging the previous summit in 2008, despite the cost-cutting effect derived from experience, a government source said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 23, 2015
Economic impact already felt in Ise-Shima six months out from Japan's G-7 summit
With six months remaining until the Ise-Shima Group of Seven summit, the host region in central Japan has already begun to feel the impact on the local economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2015
EU official cautions Japan about exporting coal-fired power plants
The European Union's climate change chief has advised Japan to be careful about exporting coal-fired power plants because the technology could prove "unsustainable" in light of the need to rein in global warming.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2015
South Korea's Park to play balancing act between China and Japan
President Park Geun-hye aims to balance her country's ties with Beijing and U.S. pressure to mend relations with Tokyo ahead of a three-way summit with China and Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2015
Abe pledges ¥12 billion to Uzbekistan
Japan on Sunday pledged ¥12.7 billion in official development assistance to Uzbekistan — ¥12 billion in loans and ¥700 million in grant aid — for the purpose of upgrading power-generation facilities in the country as well as medical equipment at hospitals, Japanese officials said.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Foreign minister to accompany Abe to trilateral summit in South Korea
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to accompany Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to a summit in South Korea with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Park Geun-hye in late October or early November, Foreign Ministry officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2015
Japan, South Korea vow to ensure success of three-way summit with China
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, agreed Wednesday to cooperate closely toward the success of a summit Seoul plans to hold with Tokyo and Beijing in late October or early November.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 16, 2015
Sources say close Putin aide to visit Japan late this month
Japan and Russia are making arrangements for a close aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Japan in late September, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2015
Abe-Park first summit eyed for late October
The leaders of Japan and South Korea plan to hold their first official meeting on the sidelines of a proposed trilateral summit with China, diplomatic sources.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2015
79% of public worried about terrorism in Japan, poll shows
A government poll shows that 79.2 percent of the public feels anxiety about possible terrorism in Japan, with the fear being fueled by incidents abroad, particularly those involving Japanese.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2015
Japan finalizes all 10 venues for G-7 ministerial meetings in 2016
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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 23, 2015
G-7 summit in Shima fixed for May 26-27
Next year's Group of Seven summit of advanced countries in Shima, Mie Prefecture, will be held on May 26 and 27.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2015
For Mie, 2016 summit chance to enhance area's tourism appeal
Mie Prefecture sees next year's Ise-Shima Summit as the best opportunity to build infrastructure and nurture human resources to welcome more foreign tourists, hoping to achieve sustainable regional growth beyond 2016, Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki said.

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