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China’s Grim Milestones, Japan Moonshot: Saturday Asia Briefing

An Na — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:23:19 +0000

While US stocks hit an all-time high, it’s shaping up to be the most miserable January for China’s markets in years. Here’s a shortlist of milestones reached this week. Read about China’s deflation problem here and about the outlook for stocks here. Still, at least China’s economy met the government’s growth target of around 5% last year. Or did […]

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Japan and ASEAN: Partners for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific in an Era of Uncertainty

Fen Chun — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 04:50:20 +0000

The 50-year-old friendship between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is evolving in response to today’s challenging security environment. Political scientist Ōba Mie calls for closer and more wide-ranging cooperation to navigate the rough waters ahead. This year Japan celebrates a half-century of friendship and cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations […]

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Institutionalized US-Japan-S.Korea military cooperation a dangerous sign

Fen Chun — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 06:02:12 +0000

The military cooperation between the US, Japan, and South Korea is moving toward a military alliance, which not only intensifies tension on the Korean Peninsula and confrontation in Northeast Asia, but also complicates and intensifies the situation in the Indo-Pacific region, seriously affecting regional peace and stability. According to a report by Yonhap News Agency, […]

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Japan-Chile Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

An Bowen — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:07:35 +0000

On November 13, commencing at 4:00 p.m. (local time; 9:00 a.m. on November 14 JST) for approximately 30 minutes, Ms. KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who is visiting San Francisco, the United States to attend the APEC Ministerial Meeting, held a meeting with H.E. Mr. Alberto Leo van Klaveren Stork, Minister of […]

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Philippines Joins Japan-Led Naval Drills as Brushes With China Rise in Disputed South China Sea

Yawen — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 03:59:26 +0000

ABOARD THE USS CARL VINSON—Japan led an annual multinational naval exercise that included the Philippines as an observer for the first time, as Filipino coast guard vessels are increasingly harassed by China in the disputed South China Sea. The Annualex exercises that began Saturday off Japan’s coast also included the United States, Australia, and Canada. […]

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Japan and China Open Hotline Amid Simmering Tensions

Wei Shufen — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 03:12:24 +0000

TOKYO — Just days ago, Chinese and Japanese coast guard ships faced off — again — over rocky islets in the East China Sea that each nation claims as its own. Called the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, the Nov. 1 incident was a repeat of a similar incident on Oct. 17. […]

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Japan to Remain on Track to Conclude Peace Treaty With Russia — PM

Yawen — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 05:04:15 +0000

Fumio Kishida has also criticized Russia’s actions in Ukraine TOKYO, October 23. /TASS/. The Japanese government will retain its course toward resolving the territorial issue and concluding a peace treaty with Russia despite current difficulties in Japanese-Russian relations, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in his keynote address at a plenary session of the parliament’s lower […]

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US-China Rivalry: ASEAN Must Exert Its Own Influence and Stay United, Says Panel

Wei Shufen — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 05:57:14 +0000

SINGAPORE – With South-east Asia again becoming an arena of competition among great powers, it has become more important than ever for the 10 Asean members to remain united, said international affairs academic Joseph Liow. He noted that Asean states have had to deal with “external powers impinging into our region for a very long […]

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Japan’s Top Diplomat to Visit, Promote Ties With 4 ASEAN States

Hai Rong — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 05:36:24 +0000

Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Friday that she will set off from Sunday for a six-day trip to Brunei, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand to promote security and economic ties with the ASEAN members amid China’s growing regional assertiveness. Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2023. (Kyodo) At a […]

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Japan Stresses Safety of Fukushima Water Release at ASEAN-Plus-3 Meet

Fen Chun — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 03:39:43 +0000

Japan on Friday assured agriculture ministers from ASEAN members plus China and South Korea that the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea is “being done safely.” Ichiro Miyashita, Japan’s minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, made the remarks when he met his counterparts from the Association […]

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