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Japan

Why Japan’s Kishida finally called it quits

by William Pesek August 14, 2024August 20, 2024

TOKYO — As Fumio Kishida bows out of Japanese leadership, let’s first dispense with the spin about why. No, Prime Minister Kishida isn’t falling on his sword because of slush fund scandals. These are about as rare for his Liberal Democratic Party as Tokyoites eating raw fish. What derailed Kishida was an underperforming economy – […]

Japan closely, quietly shadowing China in the Pacific

by Tomohiko Kimura May 20, 2023May 24, 2023

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to media after National Security Council (NSC) meeting on a suspected nuclear test by North Korea, at prime minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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Kishida’s ‘new capitalism’ is easier said than done

by William Pesek November 2, 2021November 3, 2021

Japan

‘Reluctant’ Kishida to become Japan’s next leader

by Jake Adelstein September 29, 2021October 5, 2021

AT+

Nikkei at 30-year high lifts Japan election risks

by William Pesek September 28, 2021September 29, 2021

Japan

Japan politics on a precipice but US barely notices

by Daniel Sneider September 22, 2021September 25, 2021

Japan

Japan’s PM Suga falls on his sword

by Jake Adelstein and Chihiro Kai September 3, 2021September 9, 2021

Suga running out of time to shine

by William Pesek August 10, 2021August 15, 2021

Japan’s push to join the West’s ‘Five Eyes’ intel alliance

by Craig Mark April 23, 2021April 23, 2021

Japan

End of an Abe era for Japan

by Jake Adelstein and Andrew Salmon August 28, 2020September 2, 2020

The case for bringing Japan into the Five Eyes

by Grant Newsham August 24, 2020August 27, 2020

Japan’s aim for first-strike capability

by Jagannath Panda June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

Japan

Japan dumps Aegis Ashore missile defense system

by Dave Makichuk June 26, 2020June 30, 2020

Japan

Japan halts deployment of Aegis anti-missile system

by Dave Makichuk June 21, 2020June 23, 2020

Japan, Northeast Asia, United States, World

The Japanese prime minister’s end game

by Daniel Sneider September 16, 2019February 18, 2020

Northeast Asia, South Korea

Abe reshuffles cabinet, looks for future leader

by Andrew Salmon September 11, 2019February 18, 2020

A statue of a laborer taken to work at a Japanese company during World War II in front of Yongsan Station in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Seoul, not Tokyo, sued by Koreans over WWII forced labor

by Andrew Salmon December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Kim Sung-joo, a victim of forced labor by Japan during its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, is surrounded by media as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Seoul on November 29. It ordered a Japanese industrial giant to pay compensation over forced wartime labor, the latest decision to strain bilateral ties. Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Seoul-Tokyo brawl could blow up into economic war

by Todd Crowell and Andrew Salmon December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Lee Choon-shik (C), a victim of forced labor by Japan during its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945, is surrounded by supporters and relatives outside the supreme court in Seoul on October 30, 2018. Photo: AFP/Ed Jones

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

History war between Japan and South Korea heats up

by Andrew Salmon October 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees walk down a footpath during a heavy monsoon downpour in Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, southern Bangladesh. Photo: UNHCR

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Suu Kyi and Kono tiptoe around Rohingya refugee crisis

by Bertil Lintner August 8, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho as they arrive for a group photo at the ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat in Singapore on August 4, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea presses US on confidence building at ASEAN forum

by Andrew Salmon August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP/Andrew Harnik

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Pompeo accuses Russia of North Korea sanctions violations

by Andrew Salmon August 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Fans cheer during a friendly basketball match between North and South Korea at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang on July 4, 2018. Photo: AFP/Kim Won-Jin

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

Bomb diplomacy to follow basketball diplomacy in Pyongyang

by Andrew Salmon July 5, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House in Seoul on June 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-ji/Pool

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Pompeo admits implementing North Korean deal will not be easy

by Andrew Salmon June 14, 2018February 18, 2020

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) stands beside Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono. Photo: AFP/Tomohiro Ohsumi

Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Chinese, Japanese foreign ministers make stops in Washington Wednesday

by Asia Times staff May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters/Toru Hanai

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

China-Japan ties take cautious step forward

by Asia Times staff April 17, 2018February 18, 2020

People walk past a street monitor in Tokyo showing a news report about North Korea's nuclear test last September. Photo: Reuters/Toru Hanai

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

Satellite images counter Japan’s claim that N Korea preparing for nuke test

by Asia Times staff April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono listens to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Andy Wong

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Japan welcomes US ‘Nuclear Posture Review’

by Asia Times staff February 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to a bilateral meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8, 2017. Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Vietnam, World

China, Japan foreign ministers voice hopes for improved ties

by Asia Times staff January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (2nd R) and Defense Secretary James Mattis (R) poses with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono (2nd L) and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) ahead of the start of the US-Japan Security Consultative Committee in August. Photo: Reuters / Mandel Ngan

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Japan’s Kono: inter-Korean talks scheme by Pyongyang to buy time

by Asia Times staff January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

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