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Japan, South Korea agree to mend ties as leaders meet after 12 year gap

As Japan and South Korea continue to deal with North Korean threats and growing concerns about China, the leaders of two neighbours promised to rekindle ties in a fence-mending summit in Tokyo

China, Japan trade accusations over infringement on maritime territory

China's dispute with Japan over tiny Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea is heating up again, with both sides accusing the other of infringing on their maritime territory. China says the islands belong to it and refuses to recognize Japan's claim to the uninhabited chain known as the Senkakus in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Taiwan also claims the islands, which it calls Diaoyutai, but has signed access agreements for its fishermen with Japan and does not actively take part in the dispute. China routinely sends coast guard vessels and planes into waters and airspace surrounding the islands to harass Japanese vessels in the area and force Japan to scramble jets in response. On Wednesday, a Chinese coast guard spokesperson said Chinese vessels had expelled some Japanese vessels which had illegally entered the territorial waters. The unidentified official said its moves were routine measures to safeguard sovereignty and maritime interests. Japan's coast guard on Thursd

Japan needs South Korea to defend against North Korea's missile tests

The prosecutor-turned-politician Yeol made it a high priority six months ago to find a way to pay people forced to work at Japanese colonial-era mines and factories that was acceptable to Tokyo

N Korea launches ICBM before S Korea-Japan summit to display military might

North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in a display of military might Thursday just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan were to meet at a Tokyo summit expected to be overshadowed by North Korean nuclear threats. The launch, the North's first ICBM test in a month and third weapons testing this week, also comes as South Korean and U.S. troops continue joint military exercises that Pyongyang considers a rehearsal to invade. South Korea's military said the North Korean ICBM flew toward the Korean Peninsula's eastern waters after being launched from North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, around 7.10 a.m. The statement said South Korea's military is maintaining readiness in close coordination with the United States. The Sunan neighbourhood is the site of Pyongyang's international airport and has emerged as a major testing site where the North launched most of its ICBMs in recent years, all flown on a high angle to avoid the territory of neighbours. Japan

Japanese startup tells new hires they need to know ChatGPT for job

The startup, which focuses on promoting digitizing business transactions, is confident it's on the right side of a growing divide over the use of the technology

Japan, South Korea summit must overcome history to renew ties amid tensions

South Korean and Japanese leaders will meet in Tokyo this week, hoping to resume regular visits after a gap of over a decade and overcome resentments that date back more than 100 years. The two major Asian economies and U.S. allies have long hoped to cooperate on shared security concerns about China and North Korea, but previous rounds of diplomacy have foundered on unresolved issues from Japan's 35-year occupation of the Korean Peninsula. Seoul has offered Tokyo concessions on South Korean demands for compensation over wartime forced labor, but it remains to be seen whether the South Korean public will accept reconciliation. The AP explains what's kept the two neighbors apart, what they're expected to talk about, and why it matters for the region. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? Japan effectively colonized the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945, in a regime that imposed Japanese names and language on Koreans and conscripted many into forced labor or forced prostitution in military brothe

SVB's collapse drives concern over Japanese banks' exposure to US bonds

SVB's woes have been rooted in tens of billions of dollars it plowed into longer-term bonds, confident that rates would stay steady

India, US, and Japan talk greater cooperation on 5G, telecom stacks

Telecom Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw's met with senior government figures from Japan, US over the weekend

Ashwini Vaishnaw meets Japanese Minister to collaborate on latest tech

Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, met the Digital Minister of Japan Kono Taro on Saturday.

Japanese PM to visit India on 20-21 March to discuss bilateral ties

Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio will pay an official visit to India on March 20-21

Japan's GDP growth downgraded to annualised real rate of 0.1% in Q4 2022

Japan's economic growth in the October to December 2022 quarter was downgraded, owing to private consumption increasing less than previously thought, the government said in a report on Thursday

Japan's economy struggles to eke out growth, shows fragile recovery

Japan's economy grew at an annual pace of 0.1 per cent in October-December, in a downgrade from an earlier 0.6 per cent increase, showing how the world's third-largest economy was barely eking out growth. The Cabinet Office's revised figure for seasonally adjusted gross domestic product, or GDP, for the last three months of 2022 showed growth on quarter was flat, down from an earlier estimate given in February at 0.2 per cent growth. The annual rate shows what the growth would have been if the on-quarter rate continues for a year. Domestic demand shrank 0.3 per cent, worse than the earlier release, showing a 0.2 per cent decline, according to the data released Thursday. Public demand stood unchanged from the initial figure at plus 0.3 per cent. The latest numbers underline Japan's fragile recovery, although the easing of restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic has helped. Japan has struggled over a shortage of imported parts from China, and the rest of Asia, such as compu

Will pay up to settle labour dispute with Japan, says South Korea

Forced work under Japan's 1910-1945 occupation: The move presents a unified front against China and North Korea

Japan will disappear without any action on births, says PM's aide

The population has fallen to 124.6 million from a peak of just over 128 million reached in 2008, and the pace of decline is increasing

South Korea pushes to end Japan disputes over forced labourers to mend ties

South Korea says it'll raise local civilian funds to compensate Koreans who won damages in lawsuits against Japanese companies that enslaved them during World War II. Seoul's announcement reflects conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol's determination to mend frayed ties with Japan and solidify a trilateral Seoul-Tokyo-Washington security cooperation to better cope with North Korea's nuclear threats. But the announcement is expected to draw strong backlash from former forced labourer and their supporters, who have demanded direct compensation from the Japanese companies. South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin told a televised news conference Monday the victims would be compensated through a local foundation that would be funded by civilian donations.

40% of Japanese firms want central bank to scale down monetary easing

Nearly 40 per cent of Japanese companies want the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to scale down its ultra-loose monetary policy over the next year, local media reported citing a recent survey

Fukushima's nuclear wastewater can produce cancers on release: Scientists

Treated nuclear wastewater from Japan's damaged Fukushima power plant, which, if released into Pacific Ocean will reach the High Seas, is "capable of producing cancers", New Zealand scientists said

Japan's unemployment rate drops to 2.4% in January, says ministry

Japan's unemployment rate dropped in January from a month earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said in a report on Friday

As G7 President, Japan wishes to coordinate with G20 chair India: FM

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put a great strain on the global economy, including energy and food security, and Japan is keen to respond to the challenges by working hand-in-hand with India, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday. In an exclusive interview to PTI, Hayashi cited China's "unilateral attempts" to change the status quo by force in East and South China as well as its military activities around Taiwan as the region's challenges and concerns. The foreign minister said Japan's revised National Security Strategy views China's current external stance and military activities as an unprecedented and the greatest strategic challenge in ensuring peace and stability of Japan and the international community. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi also said that it is necessary to build a free and open international order that is inclusive and based on the rule of law to maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, a region that has seen mounting Chinese ..

South Korean prez calls Japan 'partner' in tackling economic challenges

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called Japan a partner in tackling security and economic challenges as he marked the anniversary of the nation's 1919 independence movement