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China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, to visit Japan starting Thursday
China's top diplomat will start a three-day visit to Japan on Thursday that will include a meeting with national security adviser Shotaro Yachi, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday. Yang Jiechi is likely to work out details of President Xi Jinping's planned visit to Japan ...
MICE work if you can get it: Kansai cities vie for a bigger slice of Japan's 'meetings industry' pie
About 20 minutes by car from Wakayamashi Station, across a bridge to a reclaimed island, lies Wakayama Marina City and the Porto Europa theme park. Its faux Spanish, Italian, and French buildings and European-style street designs give visitors the impression of being on a ...
Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said this week at climate talks in Bangkok. The talks in the Thai capital ...
Abe repeats desire to hold summit with North Korea on abduction issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reiterated his desire to hold a bilateral summit with North Korea to resolve the abduction issue. "I'm determined to resolve the abduction issue through direct talks between our country and North Korea," he said at a news conference Saturday to ...
Senior Japanese officials arrive in Singapore ahead of Trump-Kim summit
With just two days to go before the historic U.S.-North Korea summit, senior Japanese officials arrived in Singapore on Sunday to collect information about the outcome of the meeting. "The Japanese government's basic policy is to back up the success of the U.S.-North Korea summit," ...
Osaka begins prep for largest international gathering in decades
With the summit for the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies coming to Osaka next year, preparations are underway to host the largest international gathering the city has seen in over two decades. Earlier this month, Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura ...
Abe suggests Japan and China can resume leaders' visits next year
Relations between Japan and China have improved to the point that they may resume leaders' visits to each other's countries next year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested in Manila on Tuesday. "At next year's milestone of the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-China ...
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. The summit between the three countries would be the first since one held in November 2015 in Seoul. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes to ...
China downplays tensions with U.S. as Xi prepares to meet Trump
Beijing sought to play down tensions with the United States on Friday after the U.S. slammed China on a range of business issues ahead of President Xi Jinping's first meeting with President Donald Trump. Trump set the tone for what could be a tense meeting ...
G-7 finance leaders reject coordinated action to revitalize global economy
Japan was looking to hammer out a new fiscal package in the coming months, but its push for joint global fiscal action was rejected by its more cautious peers.
G-7 environment meeting in Toyama kicks off with call to action
During a Group of Seven ministers' meeting in the city of Toyama, Japan calls for "concrete action" to implement a landmark climate deal reached in Paris last year.
