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JAPAN U S TRADE

JAPAN
Apr 10, 2018
South Korea appeals WTO ruling against import ban on Japanese seafood
South Korea has appealed a World Trade Organization ruling against its restrictions on the import of seafood from eight Japanese prefectures following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2018
EU and Japan rush to activate trade deal before Brexit
The European Union and Japan are rushing to ensure their planned free trade agreement can take force early in 2019, ideally before the British exit from the EU, the lead negotiators of both sides said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2018
WTO backs Japan complaint against South Korea's Fukushima import ban
Tokyo welcomes a World Trade Organization ruling against South Korea's ban on seafood from Fukushima Prefecture but Seoul plans to appeal.
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2018
U.S. trade deficit with Japan fell 10.5 percent in November
The U.S. goods trade deficit with Japan narrowed 10.5 percent in November from October to $5.76 billion, due partly to smaller imports of automobile parts, the U.S. Commerce Department said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Dec 20, 2017
U.K. may struggle to top Japan-EU trade terms after Brexit
Despite hopes for a good free trade deal with Japan, the United Kingdom is unlikely to improve on the recent agreement between Tokyo and Brussels, and could end up worse off, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2017
Government will take steps to help farmers after Japan-EU free trade accord is implemented
The government says it will take measures to bolster the cheese, pork, beef and other industries once a Japan-EU trade agreement ushers in fresh competition.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2017
JCCI urges Taiwan to ease 3/11 food import ban
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry is urging Taiwan to ease its ban on food imports from five prefectures imposed as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2017
Taiwan conditionally lifts import ban on Japanese beef
Taiwan has conditionally lifted a 16-year-old ban on beef imports from Japan, clearing a major roadblock in negotiations on an economic partnership agreement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 12, 2017
Can Japan-EU deal prompt a U.S. trade recalibration?
A deepening of the Japan-EU partnership could prompt the U.S. to once again embrace its traditional leadership role on trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 13, 2017
Japan-U.S. economic dialogue: risk and strategy
The fact that the current relationship between Japan and the U.S. increasingly resembles that of 30 years ago elicits a certain sense of futility.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2017
Tokyo signals U-turn on TPP, moves to activate trade pact sans U.S.
In an apparent shift, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga signals Tokyo plans to push forward talks for activating the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement without the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2017
Critics of Japan's current account overlook overseas benefits
Thanks to its bilateral trade balance with the U.S., and its current-account surplus with the rest of the world, Japan finds itself on America's watch list for currency manipulators at a time when the Trump administration is turning up the heat on economic friends and foes alike.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 28, 2017
Japan should push for Asian cooperation in absence of effort by Trump, expert says
With U.S. President Donald Trump apparently paying little attention to regional order in Asia, Japan should push for cooperation with its neighbors to foster long-term coexistence with a rising China, according to a Japanese expert on international relations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2017
Trump taps Reagan ex-official Lighthizer as trade chief
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he will nominate former trade official Robert Lighthizer as the next U.S. trade representative.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 21, 2016
Abe seeks to improve ties with China ahead of 45th anniversary of normalization
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Xi Jinping have agreed to improve relations ahead of the 45th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2016
In report, Japan warns Brexit may drive finance, pharmaceutical investment to EU
Japan has warned Britain that its exit from the European Union could prompt Japanese financial institutions to relocate from London and listed a raft of concerns from Japanese companies about the transition away from the EU.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2016
Brexit doesn't doom the Japan-U.K. partnership
Japan should be aggressive in trying to shape post-Brexit trade relations with Britain.
EDITORIALS
Oct 8, 2015
TPP deal needs a sober assessment
A sober assessment is needed of what Japan stands to gain and lose from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 3, 2015
Let's discuss rice and the TPP
Japan is proposing to set a 70,000-ton tariff-free import quota for U.S. rice in bilateral talks for a Pacific free trade agreement, in return for maintaining a high tariff on the country's staple food.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 29, 2015
As China tensions loom, Japan, EU vow to seal EPA by year's end
The leaders of Japan and the European Union pledged Friday at their annual meeting to conclude a bilateral free trade deal by the end of the year and expressed concerns about rising tensions in the East and South China seas.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu 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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
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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