Fumio Kishida

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Japan Says Time For Pressure, Not Dialogue With N.Korea

Japan on Monday downplayed South Korea's offer to hold military talks with North Korea, saying the priority should be...

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Japan Protests S.Korea’s ‘comfort Women’ Heritage Bid

Japan has lodged a diplomatic protest with South Korea over its support for registering with the United Nations...

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Japanese PM To Seal EU Trade Deal In Blow To Protectionism

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the EU's top officials will join forces Thursday and approve the broad outline...

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EU, Japan Schedule Summit To Strike Trade Deal

The European Union and Japan will hold a summit Thursday in hopes of sealing broad agreement on a massive trade deal...

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Japan-EU Trade Deal ‘almost There’

The European Union's top trade official said Saturday that a Japan-EU free trade deal was "almost there", as the two...

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Japan, EU To Hold Crunch Trade Deal Talks

European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker dispatched the EU's top trade officials to Tokyo Thursday for crucial...

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Japan-EU Trade Negotiations At Crucial Moment

Japan and the European Union are at a crucial moment in their attempt to sign a free trade deal, Japan's foreign...

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Syria Dominates G7 Meet Before Tillerson Heads To Russia

Syria is set to dominate Tuesday's meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Italy, with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

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US Strike Wiped Out Fifth of Assad Air Force, Mattis Says

The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime's remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim...

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Syria, Russia To Top Agenda As G7 Ministers Meet

G7 foreign ministers were on Monday to send a "clear and coordinated message" to Russia over its stance on Syria as...

International

Tillerson Calls For ‘new Approach’ To North Korea, No Details

U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday the escalating threat from North Korea's nuclear program showed...

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Two Decades of Efforts To Disarm NKorea ‘have Failed’

Two decades of diplomacy aimed at curbing North Korea's nuclear ambitions have failed and a new approach is needed, the...

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US Envoy In Japan To Reassure On North Korea Threat

The United States' top diplomat was in Tokyo on Thursday to reassure allies that Washington stands with them in the...

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Top US Envoy Begins Asia Tour Amid North Korea Crisis

Washington's top diplomat was to fly into Tokyo on Wednesday to begin a first tour of Asian capitals under the shadow...

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Tillerson To East Asia In Shadow of North Korea Threat

With North Korea's drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump's first foreign...

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N. Korea To Top Agenda On Tillerson Asia Visit

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to visit Japan, China and South Korea later this month to discuss Pyongyang's...

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US Pledges Nuclear Defence For Japan, S.Korea After N.Korea Missile…

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday pledged that Washington would use the full range of its arsenal,...

Opinion

Signing of the Japan-Kenya Investment Agreement

1. On August 28, 2016, Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Kenya for the...