Tag - us-japan-relations

 
Menu
Search
 
April 27, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

US JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2015
Embassy in Beijing issues safety alert to Japanese after media report getting terrorist attack info
The Japanese Embassy in Beijing is warning Japanese nationals living in China of possible terrorist attacks in public locations during the seven-day holidays that started Wednesday in conjunction with the Lunar New Year.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
Komeito urges Abe to retain remorse for 'aggression' in WWII statement
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II should retain wording from past apologies, according to a high-ranking Komeito official.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
How two small rocks stop Japan and South Korea from getting along
They were once a source of fortune for Japanese fishermen hunting sea lions and abalone, but now the pair of remote rocks in the Sea of Japan are preventing Japan and South Korea from getting along.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 17, 2015
China's defense budget expected to defy economic lilt
President Xi Jinping is expected to authorize robust defense spending for this year despite China's slowing economy, determined to strengthen the country's armed capabilities amid growing unease in Beijing at Washington's renewed focus on Asia.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 16, 2015
In appearance on far-right TV, U.S. official calls Okinawa base protests 'hate speech'
A senior official for the U.S. military has branded anti-base demonstrations in Okinawa as 'hate speech' in an appearance on a rightist TV network in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Feb 16, 2015
Readers split over issue of U.S. military presence in Okinawa
Some emails and online comments in response to the claim by a U.S. military official that Okinawan protesters have faked their injuries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 16, 2015
Putin, fearing Russia's subservience to China, casts wider net over Asia
Boxed in by the U.S. and its allies, faced with an uneasy relationship with China and needing new friends and income, Russia is popping up everywhere in Asia.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 9, 2015
Injuries to Okinawa anti-base protesters 'laughable,' says U.S. military spokesman
In an email, a top marine official likens protesters hurt in demonstrations to diving soccer players.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 6, 2015
Tokyo, Okinawa stuck in cold war over U.S. base
The central government and the Okinawa Prefectural Government are now in an apparent cold war.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
By Tomoko Otake

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after
Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER