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KISHIDA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 22, 2017
Low-key Kishida seen as rising prospect to replace Abe
Low-key Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida emerges as a potential prospect to replace brash Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 22, 2017
Abe to retain potential rival Kishida in Cabinet reshuffle: sources
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suggested he will retain Fumio Kishida as foreign minister in the Cabinet reshuffle planned for early next month, sources in the government and ruling party said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2017
U.K. Foreign Secretary Johnson visits Japan to discuss security, post-Brexit issues
Boris Johnson, Britain's top diplomat, arrived in Japan on Thursday to discuss trade after Brexit with an economy that has played a vital role in propping up manufacturing back home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2017
At high-level U.N. forum, Kishida announces $1 billion in aid for children
Announced at gathering on sustainable development, the aid is to be implemented in areas of education, health, disaster risk reduction and gender equality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 6, 2017
Japan and EU reach free trade accord in blow against protectionism
Senior European Union and Japanese officials reached a free-trade agreement on Wednesday, paving the way for leaders to conclude the political accord Thursday, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2017
Japan moots low-tariff import quota on cheese in EU free trade talks
It remains unclear whether the EU will agree given its demand that tariffs on all categories of cheese be eliminated
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2017
Japan warns Russia not to conduct survey in EEZ without permission
Tokyo has asked Russia not to conduct marine surveys or resource exploration within Japan's exclusive economic zone without permission, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2017
Japan to beef up cargo inspections to slow diversion of appliances to North Korean weapons programs
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that the government will tighten cargo inspections to prevent the possibility of items being diverted to North Korea for military use.
JAPAN / Politics
May 29, 2017
Japan, U.S. plan 'two plus two' meeting in July to discuss North Korea
Japan and the United States are planning to hold in mid-July the first meeting of their foreign and defense chiefs since U.S. President Donald Trump took office to discuss how to strengthen their response to North Korea's missile development, officials of the two governments say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 20, 2017
Kishida defends skipping U.N. talks, saying nuclear weapons ban would widen rift between haves and have-nots
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday defended Japan's choice not to participate in U.N. talks toward a treaty banning nuclear weapons, saying that proceeding would risk deepening the rift between countries with nuclear stockpiles and those without them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 16, 2017
Japan, U.S. agree to keep up pressure on Pyongyang, say dialogue off table for now
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also agreed to call on China to play a greater role in dealing with Pyongyang.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 12, 2017
LDP exec Nikai to attend Beijing forum, deliver letter from Abe to Xi
A veteran member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will attend an international economic forum opening Sunday in Beijing, and plans to deliver a letter from Abe to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2017
Abe's constitutional revision push questioned by his own party
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent push to engineer Japan's first revision to the pacifist Constitution continued to cause ripples in the political community on Thursday, with even senior members of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party raising questions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2017
Japan vows to help energy and urban development in Vietnam
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said their countries will cooperate further on infrastructure projects in areas such as urban development and energy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2017
Japan calls for stronger Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty amid North Korea threat
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida called on the international community Tuesday to strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime, citing the growing threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2017
In foreign policy report, Tokyo calls on Seoul to uphold 'comfort women' agreement
Japan urges South Korea to follow a 2015 deal struck to settle the issue of Korean women forced to work at Japan's wartime military brothels in its annual foreign policy report released Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 22, 2017
Top diplomats from Japan, U.S., South Korea plan brainstorming session on North Korea
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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2017
Japan and Australia move to bolster defense ties in Asia
At a meeting of their defense and foreign policy chiefs, semi-allied Tokyo and Canberra agree to cooperate more closely on their response to North Korea's saber-rattling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2017
Japanese ambassador to return to South Korea
The move comes amid an ongoing diplomatic row over statues symbolizing women forced to provide sex in Japanese military brothels before and during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 17, 2017
Tillerson's tough talk on North Korea garners mixed reviews
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued bold proclamations during his Asia visit, saying that “all options are on the table” in dealing with nuclear-armed North Korea.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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