June 19, 2018
The public is divided over the first summit meeting between the United States and North Korea, with 43 percent viewing it positively while 47 percent had negative assessments, according to a nationwid...
Japan, China and South Korea have begun arranging a trilateral summit meeting aimed to be held within this year, it has been learned. China, the next host country, suggested the meeting, and the Ja...
SEOUL (AFP-Jiji) — The two Koreas on Monday discussed forming unified teams for the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia to extend the burgeoning diplomacy on the peninsula that took off at the Winter ...
The government will pursue cooperation with China over infrastructure development in other countries amid plans to increase support for projects related to the Belt and Road, a massive economic initia...
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. President Donald Trump told Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe he could ship 25 million Mexicans to his country and make him lose an election — one of several odd sta...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo metropolitan assembly is likely to enact a proposal aimed at introducing measures against passive smoking that are stricter than those proposed by the central governm...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The ruling coalition is set to extend the ongoing ordinary session of the Diet to ensure the enactments of important bills, including those to introduce casino featuring integr...
Regarding the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, agreed to at the U.S.-North Korea summit, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday that the government would help bear the expense relat...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government is considering holding a meeting of foreign ministers with North Korea on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum in Singapore...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government adopted updates to its basic economic and fiscal policy and its growth strategy at a cabinet meeting on Friday, postponing a fiscal consolidation target for five...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday called for the compilation of emergency measures to save children from abuse, following the death of a 5-year-old girl who was abused by her...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese and North Korean officials met in Ulaanbaatar on the sidelines of an international conference on Thursday, Foreign Ministry officials said. The meeting was part of a ...
Japanese and North Korean government officials have met and held talks several times behind the scenes to try to arrange a summit meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim ...
SEOUL — Foreign Minister Taro Kono, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung Wha confirmed on Thursday their close trilateral coordination, with the aim of st...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government has said it will provide financial assistance to households with children attending universities or other higher educational institutes if their annual income is...
As the abductions of Japanese nationals were raised in the U.S.-North Korea summit meeting Tuesday, the Japanese government intends to seriously explore the possibility of a Tokyo-Pyongyang summit me...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet approved on Wednesday a bill to ratify the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement among 11 nations, excluding the United States. The bill was adopted ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet enacted Wednesday a bill to oblige businesses to make an inventory of hazardous materials used for large ships in order to ensure safety when they are dismantled. The...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A government panel working to promote women’s social participation on Tuesday decided on emergency measures to prevent sexual harassment, including a requirement for senior c...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet enacted on Wednesday a bill to move certain holidays to the opening day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the days before and after the Games’ opening and closing cerem...
NAHA (Jiji Press) — The government said Tuesday it will start earth-filling work on Aug. 17 at a planned U.S. military base site in Okinawa Prefecture. The Defense Ministry’s Okinawa Defense Bur...
NAMIE, Fukushima (Jiji Press) — Tamotsu Baba, mayor of the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday submitted his resignation due to illness. After obtaining approval from the town assem...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Diet enacted Wednesday a bill to lower the adult age defined under the Civil Code to 18 from the current 20.
The bill to amend the law was approved by a majority vote at a...
SEOUL (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. President Donald Trump accepted an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea during their historic summit, Pyongyang state media reported Wednesday...
In response to a series of cases in which foreign tourists have left Japan without paying medical fees, the government plans to refuse reentry to foreign visitors who may do so again, according to sou...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan hopes to hold a summit with North Korea to resolve the issue of the country’s abductions of Japanese nationals, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. ...
SINGAPORE (Jiji Press) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he brought up the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals by Pyongyang, during his historic summit with North Korean leader ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed gratitude toward U.S. President Donald Trump for raising the abduction issue during the U.S.-North Korea summit meeting on Tuesday.
“I highly evaluate that he [...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A committee of the House of Councillors passed on Tuesday a bill to lower the country’s adult age to 18 from the current 20. At the Judicial Affairs Committee, the bill to am...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A House of Representatives committee decided Tuesday to vote on a bill to introduce casino-featuring integrated resorts in Japan on Wednesday.
Lower house Cabinet Committee Cha...
The Japanese government is considering making contact with North Korean officials on the sidelines of an international conference on security in Northeast Asia to be held in Mongolia from Thursday, af...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, the day before the latter meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Abe and Trump “made meticulous coordi...
NIIGATA (Jiji Press) — A candidate supported by the ruling coalition won a closely watched gubernatorial election on Sunday, possibly providing a tailwind to the administration of Prime Minister Shi...
QUEBEC CITY — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday reiterated his enthusiasm to realize a bilateral meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to resolve the abduction issue.
“I’m determine...
CHARLEVOIX, Canada (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday agreed with each of his counterparts from four other Group of Seven member nations to continue to closely cooperate for realizi...
CHARLEVOIX, Canada (Jiji Press) — The leaders of the Group of Seven major industrial countries kicked off a two-day summit in Charlevoix, eastern Canada, on Friday, with U.S. President Donald Trump ...
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that Japan and the United States will not lift sanctions against North Korea until it takes concrete steps t...
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump expressed anew his desire to seek reductions in the U.S. trade deficit with Japan through bilateral negotiations, in talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government stressed in a white paper on Friday the need to diversify resource suppliers to include those outside the Middle East. In the annual energy white paper, adopte...
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his determination to resolve the issue of North Korea’s abduction of Japanese nationals through a face-to-face dialogue with the country’s leade...
The Japanese and Chinese governments on Friday officially started operating a bilateral maritime and aerial communication mechanism designed to avert unintended clashes between the Self-Defense Force...
UEBEC CITY, Canada (AFP-Jiji) — Europe and host Canada warned U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday that they will not be intimidated at the Group of Seven summit, despite fears that a trade war w...
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Summits of the Group of Seven powers are often marred by anti-globalist demonstrations in the streets of the host city.
This time, the greatest threat to the liberal world ...
WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — New satellite images show that North Korea has almost razed the missile test stand near Kusong in the country’s northwestern region, the 38 North website said Wednesday....
WASHINGTON — Foreign Minister Taro Kono held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday in Washington, where the two sides confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump would raise the...
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Wednesday it may be difficult to have North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abandon all nuclear weapons, sharing his view at the recent Yomiuri In...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed his Cabinet ministers on Tuesday to implement stricter management of public documents by raising government workers’ awareness and overhau...
With China’s high-handed maritime expansion in mind, the Japanese and French governments will likely establish a “maritime dialogue” mechanism to comprehensively strengthen bilateral cooperation...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Finance Ministry announced punishments for a total of 20 former and incumbent officials involved in a high-profile document tampering scandal on Monday, slapping then Financ...
