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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato voiced serious concern over China’s latest export controls on rare earths, stressing the importance of coordinated action from Group of Seven nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/16/economy/japan-finance-minister-china-rare-earth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #katsunobukato #rareearths #chinajapanrelations #g7 #scottbessent

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Japan’s Kato calls for G7 unity over China’s rare earth curbs

'Japan is deeply concerned about these measures,” Kato told reporters in Washington on Wednesday, referring to China’s latest trade measures.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Japan turns to anti-dumping measures as international trade gets complicated, with an uptick in the number of probes this year indicating an evolving strategy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/15/economy/japan-anti-dumping/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #southkorea #steel #trade #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations

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Japan turns to anti-dumping measures as international trade gets complicated

An uptick in number of probes this year indicates an evolving strategy.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The Japan Coast Guard on Monday spotted a Chinese marine survey ship in the Japanese exclusive economic zone off an island in Kagoshima Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/japan/china-survey-ship-eez/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kagoshima #china #chinajapanrelations #amamioshima #japancoastguard

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Japanese diplomacy has landed in a precarious position following the exit of Komeito from the LDP-led ruling bloc, as a spate of summits and meetings scheduled for the end of this month fast approach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/politics/japan-prime-minister-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #us #china #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #leejaemyung #xijinping #asean #apec

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Sanae Takaichi is often compared to Margaret Thatcher, but the analogy fails because Japan today is not 1980s Britain and her success depends on pragmatism, not ideology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/10/10/ideology-must-not-guide-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #defense #china #southkorea #us

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s likely first female prime minister, will face key diplomatic challenges with the U.S., China and South Korea, while addressing economic and demographic issues, if she is appointed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/08/japan/will-takaichi-be-the-leader-japan-needs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #defense #china #southkorea #us

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, who is running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, expressed hopes for dialogue with Chinese leaders over Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/ldp-takaichi-china-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #taiwanjapanrelations

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Takaichi hopes for dialogue with Chinese leaders over Taiwan

The former economic security minister also indicated her intention to increase Japan's defense spending and sought to continuously review its defense strategy and capabilities.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A Chinese survey ship was spotted within Japan's exclusive economic zone off Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/china-ship-in-japans-eez/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #kagoshima #japancoastguard #amamioshima

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Chinese ship spotted within Japan's EEZ off island in Kagoshima

The Chinese vessel released what appeared to be a wire into the sea.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

A delegation of Japanese who were abandoned in China after the end of World War II and later came back to Japan visited China in what would likely be their last trip due to their advanced ages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/ex-japanese-war-orphans-visit-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #wwii

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Japanese war orphans make what is likely their final trip to China

This is expected to be their last large-scale visit to China as the war orphans have grown older 80 years after the end of the war.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Japan is recalibrating its core foreign policy principles to navigate an assertive China, a transactional U.S. and a shifting regional order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/23/world/japan-foreign-policy-in-uncharted-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #aukus #thequad #asean #indopacific

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Japanese citizens in China remain concerned about their safety a year after a 10-year-old boy was stabbed to death on his way to a Japanese school in Shenzhen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/society/china-japanese-boy-stabbing-one-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #chinajapanrelations #stabbings #shenzhen

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Safety concerns linger as year marked since stabbing of Japanese boy in China

Security measures have been increased around the school amid worries that anti-Japanese sentiment could rise in China around historical anniversaries.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Guests from China and Taiwan have reportedly clashed at a reception at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Denmark. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/japan/taiwan-china-clash-denmark-reception/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwan #china #taiwanjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations

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Taiwan and China clashed at Japan envoy's residence in Denmark

The two sides clashed during a reception celebrating the Japanese emperor's birthday, with China's irate ambassador ultimately leaving the room.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

China’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday offered the latest hint that its third and largest aircraft carrier could soon enter service, after it undergoes further testing and training in the disputed South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #aircraftcarriers #pla #southchinasea #taiwan #disputedislands #chinajapanrelations #defense #defenseministry

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces on Thursday spotted for the first time China’s biggest and most advanced aircraft carrier, Fujian, as the vessel sailed in the East China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/china-biggest-carrier-spotted-in-east-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #fujian #senkakus #aircraftcarriers #sdf

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is visiting Japan on a "personal" trip, her office said, prompting an angry rebuke from China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/tsai-ing-wen-taiwan-visit-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tsaiingwen #taiwan #china #taiwanjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

China’s Foreign Ministry placed sanctions on Hei Seki, a Nippon Ishin no Kai lawmaker in the Upper House, for criticizing Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/china-sanction-hei-seki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #heiseki

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

China’s massive military parade through Beijing on Wednesday showed off scores of cutting-edge new weapons, with many specifically designed to keep U.S., Japanese and other allied forces at bay in the event of conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/asia-pacific/china-military-parade-weapons-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #sdf #defense #chinajapanrelations #uschinarelations #us #usmilitary #missiles #drones

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The eldest daughter of a Japanese war orphan left behind in China at the end of World War II and repatriated decades later has opened a nursing car facility that provides support in Chinese. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/japan-aging-left-behind-war-orphans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #chinajapanrelations #elderly #aging#nursingcare

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Tokyo faces an impossible choice between an unreliable America and an assertive China. The solution? Don’t choose. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/28/japan/a-post-american-indo-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #indopacific #china #us #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung's latest trip to Japan has put a damper on Sino-Japanese ties, with Beijing canceling at the last minute a bilateral meeting of agriculture ministers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/16/japan/politics/taiwan-foreign-minister-japan-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan

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