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Japan, U.S. agree to discuss digital trade

April 17, 2019

Washington–In their first round of talks on concluding a new bilateral trade agreement that ended Tuesday, Japan and the United States agreed to discuss digital trade such as e-commerce. Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert

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Abe tells Arab ambassadors Fukushima food safe

April 17, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a meeting with ambassadors from Arab states on Tuesday emphasized the safety of food products from areas affected by the 2011 nuclear accident. He made the point after the Appellate Body of the World

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan may defer imperial succession talks until after Spring 2020

April 17, 2019

Tokyo–Some Japanese government officials are calling for deferring the start of discussions on the issue of stable Imperial succession until after the last of a series of events related to Emperor Akihito’s abdication and Crown Prince Naruhito’s enthronement is held

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Abe, outgoing Chinese ambassador meet over lunch

April 16, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had lunch on Tuesday with outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua. Abe apparently expressed his appreciation for the efforts of Cheng, the longest-serving Chinese envoy to Japan, who has served in the position for

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LDP bigwig Kato to visit US from April 29

April 16, 2019

Tokyo-Japanese ruling party heavyweight Katsunobu Kato told a press conference Tuesday that he will make a trip to the United States from April 29 to May 3. Kato, chairman of the General Council of the Liberal Democratic Party, plans to

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Criminal interrogations to be recorded in Japan from June 1

April 16, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday adopted an ordinance to mandate the recording of criminal suspect interrogations, effective from June 1. Under the revised Code of Criminal Procedure, which will come into force the same day, suspect

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Japan, U.S. to negotiate tariffs comprehensively: Motegi

April 16, 2019

Washington–Japan and the United States will negotiate goods tariff reductions and eliminations comprehensively in the first round of bilateral trade talks that started Monday, a Japanese official said. “We will, in principle, be making decisions as a package,” Economic Revitalization

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Japan, U.S. to hold 2-plus-2 talks on April 19

April 16, 2019

Tokyo–Japan and the United States will hold a so-called two-plus-two meeting of foreign and defense officials in Washington on Friday, Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Tuesday. At the meeting, the two countries are expected to coordinate defense policies and

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