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JAPAN U S RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2019
Lawmakers from Japan and South Korea push for top-down resolution to crumbling bilateral ties
About a year after South Korean courts ordered Japanese companies to compensate for the emotional suffering of Korean wartime laborers, lawmakers from both countries Friday agreed on the need to halt the deterioration in ties and called on their leaders to resolve the stalemate at a summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2019
South Korean military flies planes near disputed islands in Sea of Japan
The South Korean Air Force flew fighter jets and other planes near Takeshima, a group of disputed islets off Shimane Prefecture, on Tuesday as part of a ceremony marking South Korea's Armed Forces Day.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2019
Japan's war crimes, colonialism and apologies
Both Japan and South Korea must aim for objectivity and impartiality in their grasp of their history.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 29, 2019
The 'Chinese Union' and the Korean Peninsula
Unless a diplomatic genius appears out of the blue and solve this small but serious spat between Tokyo and Seoul, the two neighbors may have to reach an extreme end of their game of chicken.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 23, 2019
U.S. intervention can't break the Tokyo-Seoul impasse
Washington's mediation may provide a temporary fix, but not a long-term resolution to the core problems plaguing Japan-South Korea ties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 9, 2019
South Korea's botched handling of wartime labor issue
Seoul's claim of putting the wartime labor victims first doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 6, 2019
ASEAN considering inviting North Korean foreign minister to its 'plus-3' meeting in Bangkok next month
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is considering inviting North Korea's foreign minister as a special guest to an upcoming ASEAN-plus-three meeting of ministers and their counterparts from Japan, China and South Korea, ASEAN sources have said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 10, 2019
A profound development in Tokyo-Seoul relations
A recent ruling by South Korea's Supreme Court has global implications.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2019
Japan's top diplomat Taro Kono meets South Korean counterpart amid widening rift over 'provocative' SDF flights
Their meeting marked the first face-to-face talks between the two ministers since bilateral ties chilled over wartime labor compensation and disputes over military encounters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 18, 2018
Trump looks to tap ex-Air Force general conversant in Korean, Chinese and Japanese as top Asia diplomat
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former Air Force Gen. David Stilwell to be the State Department's top diplomat for East Asia, a post that has remained unfilled for more than a year despite major challenges in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2018
Japan must look beyond U.S. for stable economic and military future, says risk analyst Ian Bremmer
As the United States’ commitment to global leadership and principles grows ever more uncertain under President Donald Trump, Japan finds itself with little choice but to look beyond its closest ally to ensure economic and military security, according to analyst Ian Bremmer, the head of political risk consultancy Eurasia Group.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 18, 2018
Japan stands beside Europe on free trade
The Japan-EU trade pact could be an important turnaround both for the way Europeans see trade with Asia and for liberal democracy at large.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2018
20 years after declaration on future-oriented ties, Japan mulls panel on exchanges with South Korea
Japan plans to launch a bilateral relations panel to discuss how to expand exchanges with South Korea as the two countries mark the 20th anniversary of a declaration to promote future-oriented ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2018
Environment chief Nakagawa calls out China on fire ant shipments
Japan's environment minister calls on China to take measures to prevent the spread of fire ants, thousands of which have been discovered at Japanese ports over the last year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 15, 2018
Trump delivers lessons for Japan on North Korea
The main lesson for Japan from the Trump-Kim summit is that instead of relying on Washington it must directly engage North Korea.
EDITORIALS
Jun 14, 2018
Move forward on the abduction issue
The government needs to devise a strategy for Japan to explore a settlement of the abductions issue while being proactively involved in the efforts to denuclearize North Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 28, 2018
A letter to President Moon Jae-in
Now is the time for South Korean President Moon Jae-in to dramatically change his image in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Feb 26, 2018
South Korean newspapers praise speedskaters Nao Kodaira and Lee Sang-hwa
Nao Kodaira beat South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa to win the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics women's 500 meter speedskating event.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018
Abe explains uncompromising stance on inserting 'explicit SDF mention' in Article 9
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reluctant to compromise on the substance of constitutional amendments, emphasizing his commitment to the ambitious goal of altering the war-renouncing Article 9.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 29, 2018
Abe sends the right message by attending Olympic ceremony
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to attend the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics opening ceremony will help Tokyo and Seoul move the cycle of action and reaction that has impeded Japan-South Korea relations for far too long.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
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.
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.
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.

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