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KISHIDA

JAPAN
Nov 28, 2013
Kishida to make Japan's case on air defense dispute in Germany
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit Germany to speak at a security conference in Munich from late January, government sources said Wednesday, a move aimed at airing Japan's concern over China's establishment of an air defense zone over parts of the East China Sea that covers the disputed Senkaku Islands.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2013
Japan may join pact on compensation for nuke damage
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that legislation may be submitted to the Diet early next year for ratifying an international pact on compensation for nuclear accidents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2013
Kishida, Hague eye bolstered security ties
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and British Foreign Secretary William Hague agreed Wednesday to deepen bilateral security cooperation, especially in the fields of maritime, computers and outer space as well as counterterrorism.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2013
Japan to remain Australia's 'best friend in Asia,' new foreign minister says
Australia's new government will strive to keep Japan as its "closest partner" in Asia while maintaining trade relations with China, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tuesday on her first visit to Tokyo in her new post.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2013
China naval activities raised at APEC
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida expresses concern about China's increasingly assertive naval activities at a ministerial meeting of the APEC forum in Indonesia.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
Onodera, Kishida to state case in Okinawa
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera will visit Okinawa next week to brief Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on measures to reduce the heavy concentration of U.S. military bases in Japan, government sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
Kishida assures Kerry on South, Syria, WMDs
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida discussed Japan's policy on South Korea in a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry, saying Tokyo regards its relationship with Seoul as "extremely important," a Japanese official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2013
U.S., Japan to update defense rules in 2014
The diplomacy and defense chiefs of Japan and the United States agree to revise a defense cooperation guideline by the end of 2014 so their security alliance will reflect the increasingly severe situation in the Asia-Pacific region.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2013
Humanitarian aid for refugees key: Kishida, Hague
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and British Foreign Secretary William Hague, meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, agreed Tuesday on the importance of humanitarian aid in tackling the Syrian crisis.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 1, 2013
Abe, Kishida, Onodera keeping eye on U.S. response
Prime Minister Abe says he is closely watching how Congress will respond to U.S. President Barack Obama's request for backing to attack Syria over chemical weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2013
Kishida visits Chernobyl for insights into bungled Fukushima cleanup
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday paid a visit to Chernobyl, site of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine, to tour the wrecked nuclear power plant and areas around it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2013
Kishida, Kim try to patch up ties
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met with Kim Kyou-hyun, South Korea's first vice minister of foreign affairs, on Thursday as the two countries struggle to overcome territorial and historical disputes that are damaging bilateral ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 13, 2013
No Abe-Park summit in G-20 cards
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Russia, sources say.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2013
Japan mum on North envoy chat in Brunei
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said he had a short conversation with North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun Monday afternoon as they gathered for ASEAN-related meetings in Brunei.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 30, 2013
All eyes on Kishida at ASEAN talks
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida's regional diplomacy skills were to be tested in Brunei from Saturday as he looks to improve ties with China and South Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2013
Kishida to take part in regional talks
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he will visit Brunei from Saturday to attend ASEAN-related meetings to discuss regional and international affairs and convey Japan's positions to participants.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 16, 2013
Japan, U.S., South Korea lining up trilateral meeting of foreign ministers in Brunei
Japan, the United States and South Korea are arranging a meeting of their foreign ministers next month in Brunei on the sidelines of a regional security forum to confirm their unity on the North Korean nuclear and missile threat, government sources revealed Saturday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 16, 2013
'The Shibakawa Collection: Tribute to a Patron of Aoki Shigeru, Kishida Ryusei and Others'
During the late1800s, westernization in Japan brought about a new art style — yōga, for which Japanese artists emulated western conventions and techniques, inspired in particular by European painters.
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2013
Kishida to ask France not to sell chopper equipment to China
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will meet with French counterpart Laurent Fabius in Tokyo next week to ask that Paris prevent helicopter landing equipment from being sold to China in light of the Senkaku Islands dispute, government officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 1, 2013
Kishida pushes Latin American ties
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has a message for Latin America: Tokyo will strive to "boldly" expand free trade through its participation in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'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.
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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