Category: Japan
France wants to boost Japan relations, maintain China ties
France wants to boost its relations with Japan all the while maintaining strong ties with China, despite simmering diplomatic tensions between the two Asian giants, [...]
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Manmohan extends Japan trip, sends a strong message to China
Under fire from the opposition for its “soft” foreign policy in the face of Chinese incursion in eastern Ladakh, India has finally started to show some teeth to [...]
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Japan never had smooth ties with China: DPM Taro Aso
Japan has never in the past 1,500 years had a smooth relationship with China, Japanese deputy prime minister Taro Aso was quoted Sunday as saying during a visit to India. [...]
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Japan vows no aid to N. Korea without kidnappings answers
Even if North Korea gives up its nuclear arms, Japan would not resume aid to the isolated state until it clears up abduction cases dating back more than three decades, a [...]
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Japan, Turkey sign $22-bn nuclear deal
Japan and Turkey on Friday signed a long-awaited deal to build a sprawling nuclear power plant on Turkey’s Black Sea coast, a milestone for the Japanese nuclear [...]
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Japan says it has learned from Fukushima, vows ‘high safety’ levels for Turkish reactor
Japan’s prime minister says his country has learned lessons from the Fukushima disaster and will offer the “highest level of safety” in building [...]
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US study sees China ‘coercive power’ on Japan
China will likely use its growing power to try to force its way with Japan but it is doubtful that Beijing will enter a Cold War-style confrontation with the United States, a [...]
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Japan signs nuclear cooperation deal with UAE
Japan and the United Arab Emirates signed on Thursday a nuclear cooperation agreement during a visit by prime minister Shinzo Abe who stressed Tokyo’s cooperation with [...]
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Japan, Philippines see few signs of Asia bubbles post-BoJ easing
There are few signs of asset bubbles forming in Asia due to Japan’s massive monetary easing, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and his counterpart in hot-money [...]
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Japan-Taiwan fishing panel to hold first meeting next week
Members of the joint Japan-Taiwan fishing committee will meet for the first time in Taipei next Tuesday, Tokyo’s de facto mission in Taiwan said Thursday. The [...]
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Japanese, Indonesian consortia picked for Jakarta metro
Two consortia made up of Japanese and Indonesian firms were selected Thursday to build the first section of Jakarta’s long-awaited metro, a key step in efforts to ease [...]
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Eye on China, India holds talks with US, Japan
The United States, India, and Japan held their fourth trilateral dialogue here on Wednesday, discussing among other issues, greater security cooperation at a time all three [...]
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Japan’s Nuclear Plan Unsettles US
Japan is preparing to start up a massive nuclear-fuel reprocessing plant over the objections of the Obama administration, which fears the move may stoke a broader race for [...]
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China says US should watch Japanese nationalism
The United States should be just as concerned as other countries about a rise in Japanese nationalism, China’s ambassador to Washington said, hinting that the United [...]
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Japan Airlines tests modified Dreamliner
Japan Airlines on Thursday conducted its first test flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet since the aircraft was grounded worldwide, with an eye on resuming commercial [...]
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