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Foreign Minister Taro Kono attends opening of Japonismes 2018 cultural event in Paris
Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Thursday that he wants as many people as possible to come into contact with and enjoy Japanese culture at Japonismes 2018, an event program to promote Japanese culture, which kicked off in Paris earlier in the day. Referring to how ...
In Tokyo following his latest visit to Pyongyang, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denies that Washington has softened its stance against North Korea. The U.S. is still demanding "complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization (CVID)" of the nuclear-armed hermit state, he said Sunday. Speculation has been ...
Japan, U.S., South Korea foreign ministers to coordinate over North Korea
The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea will seek to beef up coordination on Sunday amid uncertainty about North Korea's denuclearization path. The second trilateral meeting in less than a month follows U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Pyongyang ...
Kono tells IAEA Japan is ready to help with inspecting North Korea's nuclear facilities
Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Thursday that Japan will support the International Atomic Energy Agency if it conducts inspections of North Korea's nuclear facilities. During his meeting with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, Kono conveyed that Tokyo is ready to help by shouldering part of ...
Japan bothered by ramifications of U.S. halt to Korean war games
Despite assurances from the Pentagon chief, Tokyo is pressuring Washington because peace on the Korean Peninsula might benefit China and alter U.S. troop levels in Japan.
Taro Kono announces Japan aid for development of fishing facilities on remote Indonesian islands
Tokyo said Monday it will provide ¥2.5 billion in grant aid to Indonesia for the development of fishery facilities on remote islands, at a time when China's influence in the region is increasing. The signing of a document regarding the aid was witnessed in Jakarta ...
Japan agrees to train Bhutan's civil servants, seeks support on abductions and sanctions
Japan will help young civil servants from Bhutan receive higher education at Japanese universities as the two countries aim to promote personnel exchanges, Foreign Ministry officials said Saturday. Under a human resource development plan agreed to by both countries, Japan will provide ¥183 million ($1.6 ...
Japan was assured by South Korea that a planned initiative by Seoul to raise global awareness of violence against women is unrelated to the thorny bilateral "comfort women" issue, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Wednesday. The South Korean Foreign Ministry explained that the Action with ...
Taro Kono and Mike Pompeo agree to keep North Korean sanctions in place during denuclearization
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed Wednesday to urge North Korea to denuclearize in a "complete, verifiable and irreversible" way while keeping existing U.N. sanctions in place. After meeting with Pompeo, Kono told reporters that the two foreign ministers ...
Hong Kong mulls partial relaxation of post-Fukushima food import ban
The Hong Kong government has proposed a relaxation of its ban on food imports from four of the five Japanese prefectures on which it was imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, according to a legislative paper released Tuesday. Food items including ...
Foreign Minister Taro Kono eyes U.S. visit in early June to meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Foreign Minister Taro Kono is arranging a visit to the United States in early June to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to coordinate policies toward North Korea, Japanese government sources said Wednesday. Kono is considering accompanying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will ...
Japan planning to arrange meeting between Kono, North Korean counterpart Ri in Singapore in August
Japan intends to hold a foreign ministerial meeting with North Korea in Singapore in early August if progress is made on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs at an expected U.S.-North Korea summit, government sources said Tuesday. Tokyo has conveyed its intention to arrange talks ...
