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JAPAN U K RELATIONS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 22, 2018
Even a final, irreversible deal can be broken
Japan and South Korea are wrangling again over an apology for 'comfort women.' That tells us something about international law.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2017
Image analysis reveals North Korea may have planned to send first ICBM test much closer to Japan
A new imagery analysis obtained exclusively by The Japan Times sheds light on how North Korea views Japan and Tokyo's American protector as it seeks to master the technology for a long-range missile.
EDITORIALS
Feb 17, 2017
Time to repair Tokyo-Seoul ties
Tokyo and Seoul can't afford to let bilateral ties languish given the regional threat posed by North Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2016
South Korea, Japan to resume talks on military information-sharing pact
South Korea has decided to restart talks with Japan on signing a bilateral agreement on sharing sensitive military information, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 4, 2016
South Korea, Japan eye follow-up talks on 'comfort women' later this month
South Korea and Japan will hold follow-up talks as early as this month on the landmark deal to settle the issue of the "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, according to diplomatic sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 19, 2015
Japan-South Korea rapprochement deepens as defense chiefs meet
When Gen Nakatani arrives in Seoul on Tuesday, he will be the first Japanese defense minister to visit South Korea in nearly five years, signaling that growing regional security risks are trumping the disputes over territory and history that have blighted relations between the two countries.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2015
South Korea urges transparency in Japan's new security policy
South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged Japan on Monday to share information with its neighbors about its new security policies.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2015
Japan needs geopolitical skills
As long as Japan lacks a resolute strategy and prudent foreign policy, it risks becoming a strategic pawn in someone else's game.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2014
Aussie official backpedals on foreign subs
Australia's defense minister apologized on Wednesday after saying he would not trust the government-owned submarine firm "to build a canoe," comments that fueled expectations that most work in a program costing 40 billion Australian dollars ($34 billion) will go offshore.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2014
Japan arranging foreign ministerial talks with China, South Korea
Japan and China enter final talks on holding their first foreign ministerial meeting since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in December 2012.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2014
Seoul to Abe: Thanks for ferry victim gesture
South Korea on Tuesday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and others for paying respects Monday to the victims of the April 16 sinking of a ferry that has left more than 300 dead or missing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2014
In Seoul, Obama urges Japan to settle 'terrible' sex slave issue
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Japan on Friday to settle disputes over the issue of women, mostly Koreans, who were forced to provide sex to Imperial troops in Japan's wartime military brothels, calling it a "terrible" human rights violation.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2014
Abe rejects idea of replacing Yasukuni Shrine
Despite growing tensions generated by his controversial visit last year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday dismissed the idea of building a new memorial to replace war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, saying the Shinto facility is too well known as a venue for mourning.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2014
Repair unraveling Tokyo-Seoul ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye should realize that the past year showed nothing positive for bilateral relations, which appear to have entered a blind alley.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 26, 2013
Yasukuni visits make unified response to N. Korea difficult
At a time when North Korea's erratic behavior has underscored the need for cooperation in Asia, Japan's delicate ties with China and South Korea have become even more tenuous amid increasing displays of nationalism by the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 6, 2013
Japan and Australia: natural allies in the changing Pacific
Does the U.S. pivot to the Pacific represent a necessary rebalancing, overbalancing or counter-balancing against China's growing wealth, power and assertiveness?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 19, 2013
Meiji Japanese who sought to improve China
ASIA FOR THE ASIANS: China in the Lives of Five Meiji Japanese, by Paula S. Harrell. Merwin Asia, 2012, 407 pp., $35 (paperback)
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
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.

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