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TOKYO (AP) — The United States and Japan on Sunday offered new talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous standoff over its nuclear and missile programs, but said the reclusive communist government first must lower tensions and honor previous agreements. Tweet This Post
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Caroline Kennedy may be next U.S. ambassador to Japan
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is leaning toward picking Caroline Kennedy to be the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, a source familiar with the process said on Monday. The 55-year-old daughter of former President John Kennedy would be the first female U.S. ambassador to Japan. She was one of the earliest backers of Obama [...]
Caroline Kennedy to Be Named Ambassador to Japan
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2013
Caroline Kennedy is expected to be nominated U.S. ambassador to Japan, but the nomination is not yet finalized, a knowledgeable source told ABC News Monday. Kennedy, the only living child of President John F. Kennedy, is a lawyer and author of 10 books, including a text on… Tweet This Post
Caroline Kennedy Headed to Japan
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2013
President Obama has appointed Caroline Kennedy as the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan, the Washington Post reports. Tweet This Post
Japan PM Abe cites Thatcher reflections on Falklands war
Posted by admin on February 28th, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose country is embroiled in a row with China over tiny islands, on Thursday quoted former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's reflections on the 1982 Falklands war with Argentina to stress the importance of the rule of law at sea. "Our national interests have been immutable. They [...]
Kennedy May Be Tapped as Envoy to Japan
Posted by admin on February 27th, 2013
Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, is a leading candidate to become President Obama’s nominee as U.S. ambassador to Japan, Bloomberg reports. Tweet This Post
China likely to appoint expert on North Korea, Japan as foreign minister
Posted by admin on February 27th, 2013
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is likely to appoint an expert on Japan and North Korea as its next foreign minister, three independent sources said, in a measure of Beijing's resolve to improve difficult relationships with two of its closest neighbors. Barring last-minute changes, Wang Yi, 59, China's ambassador to Japan from 2004 to 2007, was [...]
Japan to raise $10 billion through Japan Tobacco share sale
Posted by admin on February 25th, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's government will sell around a third of its stake in Japan Tobacco Inc , the world's No.3 tobacco company, to raise about $ 10.4 billion for reconstruction of areas devastated by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Ministry of Finance, which owns just over 50 percent of the $ 62 billion [...]
Japan likely to nominate ADB’s Kuroda for BOJ: Nikkei
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's government is likely to nominate Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, an advocate of aggressive monetary easing, as its next central bank governor, the Nikkei newspaper reported. The yen plunged 1.4 percent in early trade to 94.67 per dollar by 4.56 a.m. on Monday after the report Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [...]
Bank of Japan contest becoming more open race as Muto loses momentum
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) – Former top bureaucrat Toshiro Muto is losing some momentum in the race to become Japan's next central bank governor, making for a more open contest, which will kick off in full force this week following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's return from his U.S. trip. Muto had been considered the leading candidate to [...]
