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TARIFFS

BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 26, 2013
TPP talks on farm tariffs not likely till September
Japan is likely to start negotiating tariffs on rice and other farm products during the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in September or later, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2013
TPP talks stirred up by decade-plus tariff phaseouts
Some of the countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations are proposing phaseout periods of over 10 years for certain tariffs, negotiation sources said Sunday.
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2013
Government crafting tariff cut offers for Brunei TPP round
The government told industry groups Monday that it is drafting proposals on lowering or eliminating tariffs for the Brunei round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 2, 2013
TPP talks set four-stage tariff deadline
The 12 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact have set four deadlines for reaching a consensus on eliminating tariffs, aiming for a basic agreement by the end of October, negotiation sources said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 4, 2013
Japan's farm tariffs not exempt from TPP talks: Malaysia trade minister
Japan will eventually have to eliminate the tariffs it imposes on imported farm products despite its intention to keep them as an exception in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations it plans to join later this month, Malaysia's trade minister has indicated.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2013
EU warns of duties on Chinese solar panels
The European Union's trade chief vowed Tuesday to tax Chinese solar panels next month in the largest EU commercial dispute of its kind, while urging China's exporters to boost prices in return for an eventual end to the tariffs.
EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 2013
Rough seas ahead for Japan
The prime minister should not entertain the delusion that membership in the Trans-Pacific Partnership will automatically strengthen Japan's economy.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
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.
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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