Tag: Japan

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 02:14 UTC

  Quad leaders agree to further develop Pacific Ocean island nations

  

  Leaders of the Quad countries (United States, Japan, Australia, and India) Tuesday issued a joint statement from Tokyo in which they pledged to up their efforts towards securing peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  US, Japan and ten more nations establish the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

  

  United States President Joe Biden established a new trade agreement with 12 Indo-Pacific countries to strengthen economic relations in the region. The announcement was made Monday at a press conference following a meeting between Biden and the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Biden on Asian tour amid growing military threats from China, N.Korea

  

  US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Monday at Tokyo's State House to discuss their two countries' joint deterrence and response capabilities in case of a military conflict involving China, which has sent dozens of warplanes into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone in recent weeks.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 12:04 UTC

  Japan carries out three executions in one day

  

  Japanese judicial authorities Tuesday hanged three death row inmates in the first executions since Dec. 26, 2019 -when a Chinese citizen convicted in the 2003 killing of a family of four in Fukuoka was put to death-, and the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa said he gave the order to resume capital punishment.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 17:20 UTC

  Newly-appointed Japanese PM calls for elections Oct. 31

  

  Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was sworn in Monday as the country's 100th Prime Minister to succeed Yoshihide Suga. In his first relevant measure and after making up a cabinet of political veterans, he called for elections scheduled for Oct. 31 where he will seek support for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 12:53 UTC

  Japan has a new leader, Fumio Kishida who pledges a “new Japanese capitalism”

  

  Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday voted for Fumio Kishida as their new leader who on October 4, parliament will appoint him as the country's prime minister. Kishida will become Japan's 100th prime minister since the country adopted a Cabinet system in 1885 and succeeds Yoshihide Suga, who did not run for reelection as party leader.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Uruguay expands meat sales business to Japan, South Korea

  

  Uruguayan meat sales to Japan have been growing at an increasingly faster pace, according to press reports. In 2019, trade was worth US $ 20 million; in 2020, US $ 24 million and so far in 2021, revenues in dollars have grown 72% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Montevideo Portal.

• Friday, July 9th 2021 - 07:33 UTC

  New state of emergency leaves Tokyo Games with no spectators

  

  Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games which were postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday announced there will be no spectators allowed when competitions take place.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 07:09 UTC

  Suez Canal blockage: Egypt and Japanese company reach a deal to release vessel

  

  Egyptian authorities and Japan's Shoei Kisen Kaisha finally reached an agreement on compensations for Suez canal lost revenues and the cost of salvaging a huge vessel that blocked the crucial waterway linking Asia with Europe.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Tokyo 2020 volunteers keep resigning as locals oppose Olympic Games going on amidst pandemic

  

  The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which had to be postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, have suffered yet another blow Thursday when some 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers submitted their resignations citing health grounds.