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TPP

BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 23, 2013
Abe's TPP task force to be 100-strong
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a week ago that Japan will join the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, and when his Cabinet met Friday, he said his administration will launch a 100-member TPP task force to gear up for bargaining.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2013
Senior diplomat to head TPP negotiating team
The government plans to appoint Koji Tsuruoka, deputy foreign minister in charge of economic affairs, as Japan's chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2013
U.S. demands more work before TPP talks
The U.S. has welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's declaration that Japan intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, but noted that more work needs to be done to win Washington's approval.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2013
Farm produce tariffs may be lowered: Ishiba
Japan's tariffs on key agricultural products may be lowered as a result of entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba hinted Saturday.
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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2013
Abe declares Japan will join TPP free-trade process
After taking time to lay the groundwork amid intense opposition, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formally announces that Japan will enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade initiative.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2013
Beef, wheat may be sacrificed in talks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may sacrifice barriers protecting Japan's beef and wheat farmers to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade accord, a former government adviser on farm policy said.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2013
LDP panel gives Abe green light to announce Japan's participation in TPP
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has adopted a resolution supporting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's expected announcement that Japan will take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks involving 11 other Pacific Rim nations.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2013
Rally staged in Tokyo to protest Japan's entry into TPP talks
The nation's largest farm lobby and consumer groups linked to the sector staged a protest rally Tuesday in Tokyo ahead of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's expected announcement that Japan will join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 12, 2013
TPP a risky venture for Japan
If Japan joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership its food self-sufficiency rate would be in danger of plunging from the current incredibly low 39 percent to about 13 percent.
EDITORIALS
Mar 12, 2013
Approach trade talks cautiously
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should carefully consider whether Japan's interests will be served in the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2013
Obama puts ambitious trade talks on agenda
U.S. President Barack Obama, who has been critical of free-trade pacts in the past, is pursuing what are arguably the most aggressive trade talks in a generation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2013
As Abe leans toward TPP, car, insurance sacrifices possible
With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe determined to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact, the focus has now shifted to how much deregulation Tokyo would have to sacrifice to Washington in the automobile and insurance sectors in exchange for the protection of Japan's politically sensitive farm products, experts say.
EDITORIALS
Feb 26, 2013
Tough talks ahead for Japan
Contrary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's claim, Japan has not received a clear assurance from the U.S. that it can continue to retain high tariffs on such sensitive agricultural products as rice as a condition for joining the TPP talks.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2013
Abe Cabinet's approval rating soars to 72.8%: latest poll
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has become the first to exceed the 70 percent support rate threshold since September 2009, according to a new survey.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2013
Obama to push entry of U.S. automakers
President Barack Obama won't back off demands that Japan ease barriers for U.S. automakers before joining negotiations for a regional Pacific trade agreement when he meets Friday in Washington with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, White House aides said.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2013
Abe readying to announce Japan's entry into TPP talks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making final preparations to announce Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact after holding talks with U.S. President Barack Obama.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2013
LDP ranks firm on TPP stance: No joining if all tariffs are to be eliminated
Lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party have agreed to call on the government to keep the party's election pledge of refusing to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks if the abolition of tariffs without exception is a precondition.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 14, 2013
The message Asians hope Abe will say to Obama
Neither Japan nor China can give up its claims to the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, but stoking up conflict in today's world economy would hurt them both.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2013
LDP ranks, like-minded lobbies rally against TPP
About 120 members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party joined major lobby groups for a rally Thursday to oppose participation in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, stepping up pressure on the Abe administration to maintain barriers on sensitive items in the farming, fishing and medical markets.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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