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HAYASHI

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2022
Foreign minister declines to clarify Japan's position on Iran drone allegations
Japan's top envoy said the nation will closely monitor developments and urge Iran to 'play a constructive role for peace and stability' amid the war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2022
U.S. State Department's No. 2 official to travel to Japan next week
The trip is said to demonstrate the United States' continued commitment to the Indo-Pacific region and its closest allies in Asia — Japan and South Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2022
Japan orders Russian consul to leave in tit-for-tat response
Foreign Minister says move is in retaliation after Russia's Federal Security Service detained a Japanese consul in Vladivostok for alleged espionage and ordered him out of the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2022
Japan's top envoy unable to meet Chinese counterpart on fringes of U.N. gathering
Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters before wrapping up his five-day trip in New York that talks did not materialize due to scheduling conflicts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2022
'Quad' nations favor expansion of U.N. Security Council permanent seats
The ministers said they backed expansion of the Security Council 'so that the Council reflects the current global realities and incorporates more geographically diverse perspectives.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2022
Japan and South Korea agree to seek early resolution of wartime labor issue
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters that he and his South Korean counterpart Park Jin welcomed working-level talks on the issue when they met in New York.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Kishida planning to attend U.N. General Assembly in New York
On the sidelines of the U.N. gathering, Kishida is expected to hold bilateral and multinational talks with leaders of other nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Japan must not 'obscure' stance on Taiwan issue, China's top diplomat says
Foreign Minister Wang Yi demanded that Tokyo respect the principle that Beijing is the sole legitimate government of China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2022
Japan to maintain sanctions on Russia as Ukraine war drags on
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has also instructed officials to craft measures to address rising energy prices prompted by the ongoing war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 19, 2022
Verdict of South Korea's top court on wartime labor to shape Seoul-Tokyo ties
If the court decides to uphold its previous ruling on compensation for forced labor, assets held by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries inside South Korea will be liquidated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2022
What's behind the key appointments in Kishida’s new ‘unity Cabinet’
Selections have significant implications for what observers should expect from the government over the next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2022
Japan and U.N. voice 'serious concern' about rising tensions over Taiwan
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.N. chief Antonio Guterres have expressed their shared 'serious concern' following China's large-scale military drills near the island.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 7, 2022
Japan to have challenges in ASEAN ties as tensions over Taiwan grow
Southeast Asia is regarded as being at the forefront of the rivalry between Japan and China and recent tensions over Taiwan are expected to create greater diplomatic challenges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2022
Japan's top envoy promises Tokyo will help ASEAN with Myanmar issue
During a meeting with Cambodia's prime minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed 'serious concern' about executions of four Myanmar people, including two pro-democracy activists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2022
Japan and China lock horns over Pelosi's Taiwan visit and Chinese drills
At an ASEAN meeting involving Japan, China and South Korea, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed 'grave concern' over the ongoing large-scale drills in the Taiwan Strait.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2022
Japan and South Korea to accelerate talks over wartime labor issue
In a meeting in Phnom Penh, two ministers expressed readiness to improve bilateral relations following Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration as South Korean president in May.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2022
China skips foreign minister talks with Japan at ASEAN-linked Cambodia meet
A spokesperson for Beijing said Japan and other G7 countries had unreasonably blamed China for its actions around Taiwan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2022
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi meets new South Korean envoy as relations thaw
The meeting with new South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yun Duk-min signals Tokyo's willingness to improve ties with Seoul, which have frayed over wartime and territorial issues.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2022
Foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to attend ASEAN talks in Phnom Penh
While in Cambodia, the minister is also arranging to have bilateral meetings with the Chinese and South Korean foreign ministers and trilateral talks with U.S. and Australian counterparts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2022
Japan vows to build international opposition to any change of status quo by force
'Russia's aggression needs to go down in history as a clear failure, otherwise it is inevitable that other countries will follow,' Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi warned.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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