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TARO KONO

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2018
Foreign minister Taro Kono to visit Beijing this weekend
Foreign Minister Taro Kono will visit Beijing on Saturday and Sunday to discuss the outlook for improving Japan-China relations with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Foreign Ministry has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 22, 2018
Japan will not waver from pressure strategy on North Korea, Foreign Minister Taro Kono says
Japan will continue to pressure North Korea rather than encouraging dialogue over its internationally condemned nuclear and ballistic missile programs, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Monday as the Diet kicked off a 150-day ordinary session.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 18, 2018
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told foreign ministers gathered in Vancouver of North Korea war plan: source
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told participants in a 20-nation ministerial meeting on North Korea that the United States has already prepared a war plan for the North in case diplomatic efforts fail, a source from one of the countries said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2018
Taro Kono's clean energy critique in UAE speech fuels talk of Abe succession
Criticism by a Cabinet minister of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy policies may say more about his own political prospects than it does about the country's debate over clean power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 17, 2018
Tokyo rejects Seoul's demand for additional measures on 'comfort women'
Foreign Minister Taro Kono rejects South Korea's request that Japan take additional measures over the issue of Korean women who were forced to work in wartime military brothels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 15, 2018
In rare dissent, Foreign Minister Taro Kono says Japan's energy policy 'lamentable' at conference on renewables
In a rare expression of dissent, Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Sunday criticized the government's energy policy as "lamentable" and pledged to promote renewable energy sources in line with global trends.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 14, 2018
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono to call for boosted pressure on nuclear-armed North Korea at Munich security meeting
Foreign Minister Taro Kono plans to call for international cooperation in ratcheting up pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions, at an international security conference next month in Germany, a government source has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 12, 2018
Foreign Minister Taro Kono urges Suu Kyi to ensure safe return of Rohingya refugees
Foreign Minister Taro Kono asked Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Friday to ensure the "safe and voluntary repatriation and resettlement" of members of the Rohingya ethnic group who have fled to Bangladesh from the strife-torn state of Rakhine.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 9, 2018
Japan calls for continued pressure on North Korea despite Pyongyang's talks with Seoul
Japan called Tuesday for continued pressure on North Korea regardless of the first formal meeting between the two Koreas in over two years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 7, 2018
Japan and Maldives agree to join hands on Tokyo's Indo-Pacific strategy
Foreign Minister Taro Kono convinces Asia's smallest country to back Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's new strategy as China flexes its muscle in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 4, 2018
Japan tells Pakistan not to allow 'loopholes' in North Korea sanctions
Foreign Minister Taro Kono told his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Asif in Islamabad on Thursday that South Asian countries must not allow "loopholes" in U.N. sanctions against North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2017
Japan moves to host trilateral summit with South Korea and China in early April
Japan arranges to hold a long-delayed trilateral leaders' summit with China and South Korea in April, but China remains silent on the invite.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 29, 2017
Abe doubtful on attending Pyeongchang Winter Games given Seoul's report on 'comfort women' accord
South Korea's misgivings about the 2015 “comfort women” agreement might cause Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to skip the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, a source says.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2017
Japan and Oman seek to ensure maritime order as China's assertiveness grows in the Asia-Pacific region
The Japanese and Omani foreign ministers agreed Wednesday that the two countries will work together to maintain maritime order amid China's growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2017
Japan dismisses South Korean criticism of 'comfort women' deal
Japan on Wednesday rejected a South Korean government report that raised doubts over the process that led to a bilateral deal aimed at resolving a dispute over Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 27, 2017
South Korea issues report casting doubt on 2015 'comfort women' deal with Japan
A South Korean report says its government failed to gather the opinions of former “comfort women” who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels before reaching its 2015 deal with Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 26, 2017
Jerusalem issue should be settled through negotiations, Japan's top diplomat Taro Kono says
Foreign Minister Taro Kono has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders that the status of Jerusalem should be settled through negotiations between the parties concerned, after U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial decision to recognize the city as Israel's capital.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 26, 2017
U.S. eyes multilateral defense ministers' meeting on North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told Foreign Minister Taro Kono that Washington is considering a multilateral defense ministers' meeting aimed at reining in North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs, sources have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2017
Taro Kono to discuss Rohingya crisis during Myanmar visit in January
Foreign Minister Taro Kono is set to visit Myanmar next month to hold talks with leader Aung San Suu Kyi and express concerns over the ongoing Rohingya crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2017
Foreign Minister Taro Kono discusses 'comfort women' and North Korea with South Korea counterpart
Threat from Pyongyang and sensitive bilateral issues dominate talks in Tokyo.
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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