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TARO KONO

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2018
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 25, 2018
Japan and Mexico vow to cooperate over the early implementation of the TPP
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Mexican counterpart agreed Thursday to cooperate to put the 11-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement into force as soon as possible.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 24, 2018
Japan and U.S. agree to keep pressure on North Korea ahead of Trump-Kim summit
Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to closely cooperate on pushing North Korea to address the nuclear, missile and abduction issues as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to meet with the North's leader Kim Jong Un next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 22, 2018
Japan, U.K. and Netherlands agree to maintain pressure on North Korea
Foreign Minister Taro Kono agreed Monday with counterparts from the U.K. and the Netherlands on the need to maintain pressure on North Korea to attain the goal of ridding the country of nuclear and other weapons, officials said.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2018
Japan and Bangladesh agree to help realize early return of Rohingya refugees
The foreign ministers of Japan and Bangladesh agreed Monday to help realize the early return of Rohingya refugees to their homes in Myanmar.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2018
Abe hails outcome of inter-Korean summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday hailed the outcome of the inter-Korean summit and the leaders' pledge to achieve a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 26, 2018
Taro Kono plans U.S. trip in May to sound out Mike Pompeo before Trump-Kim summit
Foreign Minister Taro Kono is planning to visit the United States early next month to discuss North Korea policy with his incoming counterpart, Mike Pompeo, according to Japanese government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 24, 2018
Japan calls on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty members to push N. Korea further on nukes
Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday called on parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to urge North Korea to go beyond a freeze of nuclear testing and seek a "complete, verifiable and irreversible" end to its nuclear program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 23, 2018
G-7 foreign ministers resolutely opposed to nuclear-armed North Korea: Kono
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Sunday affirmed they will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and pledged to maintain "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang until it rids itself of nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 23, 2018
Abe plans July visit to France as Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono requests reciprocal trip by Macron
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit France in July, Foreign Minister Taro Kono told his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 22, 2018
Japan and Canada vow to maintain pressure on North Korea
The foreign ministers of Japan and Canada pledge to maintain “maximum pressure” on North Korea to compel it to give up its nuclear and missile programs.
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2018
Japan joins rest of G-7 in blaming Russia for nerve agent poisoning in U.K.
Japan joined the other members of the Group of Seven advanced nations on Tuesday in agreeing that Russia was probably behind a nerve agent attack in Britain last month, after having refused for weeks to assign blame.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2018
Trade war would threaten global growth, Japan and China agree in first economic talks since 2010
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart say the two countries are now at a new starting point to develop their bilateral relationship.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2018
During Tokyo meet, Kono and Wang agree to mutual visits by Abe and Xi
The foreign ministers of Japan and China agreed Sunday to go forward with mutual visits by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2018
Tokyo gets no clear answer after asking Seoul to raise abduction issue at North-South summit
Foreign Minister Taro Kono asked South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday to raise the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and 1980s to be put on the agenda at an upcoming inter-Korea summit.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2018
Japan's top diplomat Taro Kono to visit South Korea for talks on North Korea policy
Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday was set to depart for South Korea to discuss policy on North Korea with his counterpart Kang Kyung-wha.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2018
Japan and Cambodia sign grant and loan agreement worth $90 million for economy and infrastructure
Japan has signed a grant and loan agreement with Cambodia worth more than $90 million (¥9.6 billion) despite concerns from the international community over Prime Minister Hun Sen's crackdown on government critics ahead of a July general election.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2018
Japan's foreign minister to visit South Korea next week before Moon-Kim summit
Taro Kono is arranging his first visit to South Korea next week as foreign minister, in a trip that will see him to try to influence the upcoming summit between the North and South Korean leaders, government sources said Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2018
Foreign Minister Taro Kono urges his newest diplomats to hone their English
Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Monday extended a warm welcome to the ministry's newest recruits, and asked the young diplomats to continue improving their English and other essential skills needed to connect Japan with the rest of the world.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2018
Pyongyang getting ready for seventh nuclear test despite thaw: Japan's Taro Kono
Foreign Minister Taro Kono suggests Pyongyang is getting ready to hold its seventh nuclear test as rare summits with South Korea and the United States approach.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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