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LI KEQIANG

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2018
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang re-elected, but influence expected to wane
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was re-elected for a second five-year term by the National People's Congress on Sunday, although it is believed that he will have less influence within the government as President Xi Jinping moves to bolster his influence at home and abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 3, 2018
Japan to invite Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for three-day visit in May
The visit will coincide with a trilateral summit involving South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is likely to be snubbed over the “comfort women” issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2017
Japan moves to host trilateral summit with South Korea and China in early April
Japan arranges to hold a long-delayed trilateral leaders' summit with China and South Korea in April, but China remains silent on the invite.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2017
Japan sounds out China, South Korea about hosting summit in late July
Japan has sounded out China and South Korea about holding a trilateral summit in late July in Tokyo, diplomatic sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2017
Chinese premier positive on improving relations with Japan
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, meeting with a business delegation from Japan led by political heavyweight Yohei Kono, expressed his desire to get relations with Japan on the right track.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2016
Japan-China ministerial meet may fail to materialize by year-end
Japan and China are finding it almost impossible to hold a meeting of their finance, foreign and other key ministers by year's end as they agreed to do last year, diplomats with knowledge of the situation said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 25, 2016
China, Cuba agree to deepen ties during first visit by a Chinese premier
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met with Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday during a two-day trip to Havana, and the two leaders oversaw the signing of around 30 agreements on economic cooperation in various sectors, Cuban state media reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2016
U.S., China to step up coordination on North Korea
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law-enforcement channels after North Korea's fifth nuclear test, the White House said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2016
Japan eyes three-way summit with China and South Korea, possibly in November
Japan is working to arrange a trilateral summit with China and South Korea in late November or early December, aiming to strengthen cooperation in dealing with North Korea's missile development and countering terrorism, according to government sources.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 17, 2016
Abe, Li try to move on despite choppy seas
Despite vociferous rhetoric and confrontations over the South China Sea at the Asia-Europe Meeting, Japan's prime minister and China's premier took care to ensure their meeting could be viewed as a small step forward in bilateral relations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2016
Kishida arrives in Beijing to begin first leg of eight-day Asian tour
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Beijing on Friday for the first leg of an eight-day trip that will also take him to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2016
Chinese premier says China-Japan relations improving but 'still fragile'
The relationship between China and Japan has improved but still remains fragile, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told a news conference Wednesday at the end of the annual meeting of the country's parliament.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2015
Li upbeat on bilateral ties during ASEAN chat with Abe
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday he views relations with Japan as improving, expressing hope to continue moving bilateral ties forward, a Japanese official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2015
East Asia leaders agree to revive annual trilateral summit
In a sign of a warming relations among Japan, China and South Korea, the leaders of the three countries agreed Sunday to revive their annual trilateral summit after a 3½-year hiatus, with plans to meet in Japan next year.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2015
Top Japanese, Chinese diplomats agree to further improve ties
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday agreed with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, that the two countries should strengthen rapprochement efforts amid thawing ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 31, 2015
Chinese premier Li arrives in Seoul for three-way summit, discusses North Korea with Park
South Korean President Park Geun Hye and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday agreed to stay in close touch in dealing with North Korean issues, according to South Korea's presidential office.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 30, 2015
China's journey from new normal to stock market crisis epicenter
In late January, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shared a proverb with global leaders in a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 30, 2015
China rhetoric emboldens business critics
Private entrepreneurs in China are voicing unprecedented criticism of government, encouraged by policies and rhetoric from Beijing emphasizing support for the most productive sectors of the economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2015
History tops agenda at Kono's meeting with Li
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono on Tuesday and praised him for the "courage and sense of responsibility" he showed as a politician in addressing history when he was in the government in 1993.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2015
China fights deflation on its own
During the past two years, China has tightened fiscal and monetary policy in the hope of offsetting the adverse effects of the large stimulus package implemented in response to the 2008 global financial crisis.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
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.

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