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Japan says wants US to ease Iran’s oil import curbs
Jun 03, 2018 05:03Japan says it is trying to seek an exemption from the US to maintain its oil imports from Iran as the administration of US President Donald Trump is preparing to reinstate sanctions against the country.
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EU, Japan notify WTO of retaliatory measures against US metal tariffs
May 19, 2018 02:40Japan and the European Union have notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that they are ready to implement an array of retaliatory measures against Washington in response to tariffs on steel and aluminum imports imposed by US President Donald Trump on Tokyo and the European bloc.
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China, South Korea, Japan back denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
May 09, 2018 09:09Leaders of China, South Korea and Japan meet in a three-way summit to support North Korea’s historic move toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula ahead of the first-ever upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un.
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South Korea: Japan, North Korea should talk
May 08, 2018 03:32South Korea’s president has called on Japan and North Korea to begin talking to each other and normalizing their relations, as Seoul has been mending its own fences with Pyongyang.
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Japan: Embassy will not be relocated to al-Quds
May 02, 2018 02:10Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo has announced that his country will not be moving its Israeli embassy to al-Quds.
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Japan irks South Korea by offering ritual to controversial war dead at shrine
Apr 21, 2018 03:55Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni Shrine for the war dead, the shrine said on Saturday, prompting criticism from Seoul as it is seen in the two Koreas and China as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.
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Japan, Australia to take part in Philippine-US military drills
Apr 19, 2018 12:40Thousands of American, Japanese, Australian and Filipino troops are scheduled to take part in joint military drills in the Philippines.
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Japan seems to bend under US pressure on trade
Apr 19, 2018 02:16Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reluctantly agreed to enter into trade negotiations with the United States, whose president has repeatedly pressured Tokyo to accept new terms in bilateral trade.
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Japan, China agree on dangers of trade war for global economy
Apr 16, 2018 07:12China and Japan have warned against the serious repercussion of a trade war for the global economy, calling for joint efforts to protect multilateral trade systems amid economic frictions between Beijing and Washington.
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Thousands demand Japanese PM's resignation amid corruption scandal
Apr 15, 2018 01:57Thousands attend a protest in front of the National Diet Building in Tokyo to demand the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over an ongoing corruption scandal.