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Japan-China Relations, Ministry of Foreign
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Japan Center for International Exchange (A nonprofit and non-governmental
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Japan Times
No Plans to Seek Saito
Recall: Deputy Minister
(Taipei Times, May 6, 2009) The government has no
plans to demand that Tokyo
recall Interchange Association Representative Masaki Saito, Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs David Lin told a group of lawmakers.
KMT Lawmakers Call for
Recall of Japanese Envoy on Comments
(China
Post, May 3, 2009) Masaki Saito, Japan's Interchange Association representative
in Taipei, must be considered persona non grata for stating in public the status of Taiwan
has not been decided, legislators of the ruling party said.
76% in Japan See Good
Relationship
(CNA, May 2, 2009) Three-quarters of Japanese
responding to a recent poll commissioned by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said that bilateral relations between Taiwan and Japan are good and over 60
percent indicated they were interested in visiting Taiwan.
China, Iran Hit for Nuke
Secrecy
(Japan Times, Apr. 28, 2009) Shedding light on
China and Iran's secretive nuclear arms programs is key to advancing global
disarmament, Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said in
Tokyo.
China Announces Visit by
Japanese Leader
(AP, Apr. 24, 2009) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will make an official visit to China next week, Beijing announced, a day after protesting
an offering given by the Japanese leader to a war shrine.
Japan Aims for Walking Robot
on the Moon by 2020
(AP, Apr. 3, 2009) Japan hopes to have a
two-legged robot walk on the moon by around 2020, with a joint mission
involving astronauts and robots to follow, according to a plan laid out by a
government group.
Japan Sends Navy to Join
Somalia Anti-Pirate Patrols
(Reuters, Mar. 13, 2009) Japan ordered two naval
vessels to join international patrols aimed at curbing pirate attacks off
Somalia, after months of deliberations on how to help protect cargo ships
without breaching its pacifist constitution.
Taiwan, Japan Reach Deal
After Ocean Incident
(Reuters, Feb. 28, 2009) Taiwan and Japan
agreed during talks in Taiwan
to share any urgent information about fishing boat activity and to let a pair
of non-governmental agencies hash out any disputes.
Japan Fishing Talks to be
Resumed After 4-Year Hiatus
(CNA, Feb. 18, 2009) Taiwan and Japan will hold
their 16th round of fisheries talks late this month in Taipei to search for a
solution to fishing rights issues in disputed waters,Tsai
Ming-yao, secretary-general of the quasi official
Association of East Asian Relations (AEAR), said.
Japan Orders Ships to Fight
Somalia Pirates
(AP, Jan. 27, 2009) Japan's
defense minister ordered the dispatch of ships to fight pirates off the shores of Somalia, joining countries ranging from the United States to Iran
to China
in the battle against the outlaws.
Taiwan to Woo Japan in 2009
(Reuters, Jan. 21, 2009) Taiwan will try to improve relations with Japan following strained ties
with its former colonial ruler since President Ma Ying-jeou
came to office, the government said.
Japan, China Meet Over Gas Row
(AFP, Jan. 9, 2009) JAPAN and China
held talks on a renewed row over gas fields in the East China Sea, a dispute
that has long clouded ties between Asia's
two biggest economies.
Talks with Japan on Fishing
Rights to Open Next Month
(Taipei Times, Jan. 7, 2008) The 16th round of
talks between Japan and Taiwan on fishing rights disputes will be held in
Taipei next month, MOFA said, but added that the matter of sovereignty over
the Diaoyutai islands would not be discussed.
Envoy to Japan Ready to
Upgrade Two-Way Ties
(CNA, Jan. 6, 2009) Taiwan's top envoy to Japan,
John C. T. Feng, promised to do his best to enhance
and cement ties between the two countries.
Japan Says China’s Gas
Drilling ‘Regrettable’
(Reuters, Jan. 5, 2009) Japan's foreign minister
said Tokyo had protested over Chinese gas drilling in a disputed East China
Sea field, which it called regrettable, and urged Beijing to resume talks
quickly.
Taipei Nixes Protest Voyage
to Senkakus
(Kyodo, May 6, 2009) A planned protest voyage
from Taiwan to the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands was called off just hours
before the scheduled departure amid government pressure, according to one of
its organizers.
Japan and China Talk Up
Cooperation, Sidestep Tensions By Yoko Kubota (Reuters, Apr. 30, 2009) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso held out agreements on fighting the financial crisis,
global warming and swine flu as evidence of deepening ties with sometime
rival China,
sidestepping tensions over the past.
Japan, China Summit to Focus
on Positive, Not Feuds By Yoko Kubota (Reuters, Apr. 28, 2009) Leaders of Japan
and China will be seeking
to send an upbeat economic message when they meet this week, tiptoeing around
a feud over a Tokyo
shrine for war dead.
Japan Set to Fire at N.
Korean Missile if Launch Goes Awry By
Blaine Harden (Washington Post, Mar. 28, 2009) Japan ordered its military on
Friday to destroy a North Korean missile or its debris if the launch fails
and falling pieces of the rocket imperil Japanese territory.
Japanese Military Assumes
More Global Role By Eric Talmadge
(AP, Mar. 22, 2009) The political leadership and
military planners _ with the blessing of Washington, their closest ally _ are
cautiously moving the military away from its longtime role as a stay-at-home
force.
Japan, China Must Get in
Tune on Security Issues
(Editorial, Yomiuri Shimbun,
Mar. 22, 2009) Differing perceptions between Japan
and China on key East Asia
security issues were again all too obvious during talks between the defense
ministers of the two nations in Beijing.
It is essential that both sides make efforts to narrow these gaps through
more frequent dialogues.
Obama ‘Panda-Huggers’ Stoke
Japan’s Anxiety Over U.S. Relations By
Bradley K. Martin and Sachiko Sakamaki (Bloomberg, Jan. 16, 2009) Paralyzed by a political stalemate
that has given it three prime ministers in two years and enmeshed in the
first recession since 2001, Japan is now suffering from an attack of angst
over what is widely perceived to be the U.S.’s greater focus on China.
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