No change in Japan’s stance on Summit with N. Korea: Suga
May 13, 2019
Tokyo–Japan maintains its policy stance of seeking to hold a summit with North Korea without preconditions, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga suggested Monday. “There is no change in the government’s policy,” Suga said at a meeting of the Committee on
Aso committed to consumption tax hike in October
May 13, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso reiterated on Monday the government’s intention to raise the consumption tax from 8 pct to 10 pct in October as planned. Although exports are sluggish due to the Chinese economic slowdown, the employment situation and
Japan asks China, S. Korea to lift food import bans
May 13, 2019
Niigata–Japanese agriculture minister Takamori Yoshikawa on Sunday requested China and South Korea to lift their import bans on food made in Fukushima and some other prefectures. Yoshikawa made the request to his Chinese counterpart, Han Changfu, and South Korean agriculture
High school general course education in Japan up for reform
May 13, 2019
Tokyo–The general course of high schools in Japan, which has remained untouched since the current school system was established after World War II, will undergo reform as the main part of a drastic revamping of high school education. The general
Int’l pact amended to regulate dirty plastic waste exports
May 12, 2019
Tokyo–Signatories to the Basel Convention, which restricts trading in harmful waste, have agreed to an amendment to the convention to regulate shipments of dirty plastic waste, stepping up efforts to tackle ocean pollution. The amendment, jointly proposed by Japan and
Japan, Russia remain apart over islands
May 11, 2019
Moscow–Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, remained apart Friday over the issue of four northwestern Pacific islands at the center of the two countries’ territorial row. At a joint press conference following their meeting in
Japan wary of U.S. shift to hard line in trade talks
May 11, 2019
Tokyo–Japan is wary of the possibility that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will adopt a hard line in bilateral trade talks following Friday’s U.S. tariff hike for Chinese products. The hike has intensified the uncertainty over the future course of
New Chinese envoy supports Japan-North Korea talks
May 11, 2019
Beijing–New Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou expressed Friday his support for direct talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang. The comments by Kong, currently Chinese vice foreign minister, came after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently expressed his readiness to meet
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