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TARIFFS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2014
Concessions on farm products eyed as advance TPP talks with U.S. begin
Japan could make concessions on tariffs on some sensitive farm products, a key Cabinet minister said Tuesday as U.S. and Japanese officials began talks ahead of next week's high-level multilateral negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2014
TPP talks hung up on farm produce, autos
Japan and the United States failed to make progress on resolving their Trans-Pacific Partnership differences in ministerial talks Saturday as the thorny farm produce and auto trade issues kept the trade pact in limbo.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 13, 2013
TPP ministers eye meeting in London in late January: sources
Trade ministers from 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal plan to meet in London in late January, now that negotiations are unlikely to conclude by the end of this year, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2013
Bridging Japan-U.S. gaps key to keeping TPP ball rolling
After failing to reach a deal by the much-touted 2013 deadline, the 12 economies negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership have pledged to keep striving for solutions to thorny issues, with the prospect of Japan-U.S. talks over farm products and cars as one of the keys for an early conclusion of the free trade pact.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2013
Hurdles remain in final mile of TPP talks
Japan and the United States still need to bridge gaps on controversial issues in the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, a Japanese senior vice minister said after meeting with the U.S. trade representative on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2013
Japan can't make further concessions to U.S. in TPP talks: minister
The minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations said Sunday that Tokyo can make no more concessions to Washington on sensitive issues after a Japan-U.S. meeting ended without progress.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2013
TPP chiefs ready for Singapore meeting
Chief negotiators from the 12 countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations set the stage Sunday for next month's ministerial meeting, ending their talks aimed at sifting through as many thorny issues as possible.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 22, 2013
10-year tariff cut offered; 'sacred' items excluded
Japan has proposed to lift tariffs on all items aside from its five "sacred" farm products within 10 years, according to sources involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 16, 2013
10 TPP members urge Japan to abolish all tariffs
All other countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations except the United States are urging Japan to abolish tariffs on all products, including rice, sources said Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 17, 2013
'Sanctuary' safe in TPP talks, Abe assures the Diet
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe again pledged Thursday to fight for Japan's trading interests, despite the prospect of having to eliminate tariffs on certain agricultural products it's attempting to protect in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 10, 2013
Abe under pressure from his party to protect 'sacred five'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing severe resistance from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on plans to potentially scrap import tariffs on some of Japan's "sacred five" agricultural products.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2013
TPP leaders reiterate pledge to strike deal this year
Leaders of countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations restate their pledge to conclude a deal before the end of December, saying they have made 'significant progress' in recent months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2013
LDP flip-flop on 'untouchable' tariffs raises farmers' ire
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BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2013
Japan opens with 75% offer on tariff cuts for TPP pact
Japan apparently offers to eliminate tariffs on 75 percent of imports within the first year of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 22, 2013
TPP talks ready to ascend to political level
Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators on Saturday cleared the way for political decisions at high-level meetings next month that may lead to the creation of a new free trade pact that will dwarf existing agreements, Japan's top TPP negotiator said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 19, 2013
Top TPP negotiators thrash out hurdles ahead of talks
Chief negotiators for the Trans-Pacific Partnership opened a meeting Wednesday to thrash out thorny issues in a bid to streamline the talks for a deal by the end of the year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 18, 2013
Japan offers TPP tariff cuts for nearly 90% of U.S. goods
Japan has made a bilateral proposal to scratch tariffs on nearly 90 percent of U.S. imports under the 12-member Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, an informed source said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2013
Renewable energy push blunted as ad-hoc rules stymie private upstarts
An oversight in the 'feed-in tariff system' for promoting renewable energy is allowing major power companies to shut out independent upstarts eager to sell electricity.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2013
Japan proposes tariff cuts for products sourced from TPP countries
Japan has proposed tariff cuts for products made from materials produced in countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, negotiation sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2013
TPP sides set to keep food safety regimes
The 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are unlikely to ease their individual food safety standards as the subject is not being discussed in the free-trade talks, negotiation sources said Wednesday.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
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.
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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