Asia-Pacific
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Japan, ASEAN Leaders Start Talks on Economy, Security
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Leaders of Japan and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation...
December 17, 2023
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Indonesia OKs Low-Tariff Import Quota for Japanese Rice
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Indonesia has agreed to set a low-tariff quota of 8,500 tons for rice imports fro...
December 17, 2023
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Japan, ASEAN Begin Special Summit Commemorating 50th Year of Friendship, Cooperation
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday began a special summit in T...
December 16, 2023
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo Keen to Strengthen ASEAN-Japan Ties
JAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo — incumbent chair of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ...
December 16, 2023
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ASEAN Plus 3 to Launch Emergency Financing Facility
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan, China, South Korea and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nati...
December 8, 2023
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Kim Jong Un’s Daughter Kim Ju Ae May Be His Heir, South Korea Suspects; North Korea Reportedly Calls Her ‘Female General’
South Korea is looking into whether the daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is being groomed...
December 5, 2023
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North Korea Begins Spy Satellite Mission Work
SEOUL — North Korea on Saturday began operations for its Malligyong-1 reconnaissance satellite from ...
December 4, 2023
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Vietnam’s President Reunites with Japanese Host Families; Thuong visited Akita, Miyazaki Prefs on Exchange Program
Long before he became the president of Vietnam, Vo Van Thuong visited Japan on an exchange program. ...
November 29, 2023
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Japanese, Chinese, South Korean Foreign Ministers to Work Toward Summit
BUSAN, South Korea — The Japanese, Chinese and South Korean foreign ministers had their first trilat...
November 26, 2023
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New Delhi Presses Firms in Japan, South Korea to Set Up Semiconductor Firms in India
AHMEDABAD, India — Against a background in which Washington is spurring U.S. companies to invest in ...
November 26, 2023
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Taiwan Presidential Election Set to be 3-Way Battle
TAIPEI/GUANGZHOU, China — With the registration period for filing candidacies for Taiwan’s presidenc...
November 25, 2023
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Seoul High Court Orders Japan to Pay Compensation for Comfort Women (Update 1)
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — The Seoul High Court on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling and ordered th...
November 23, 2023
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Komeito Head Yamaguchi Meets with China’s Cai, Seeking Path toward Top-level Talks
BEIJING — Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Komeito, met in Beijing on Wednesday with Cai Qi, a member of ...
November 23, 2023
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North Korea Poised to Launch More Satellites; Threats Increase for Japan, U.S. and South Korea
SEOUL — North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully put a military reconnaissance satellite i...
November 22, 2023
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Japanese Schools in Malaysia Receive Bomb Threats
KUALA LUMPUR (Jiji Press)—Two Japanese schools in Malaysia have received emails threatening to blow ...
November 22, 2023
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