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East Asia
G20 Osaka summit could be game changer if China, Japan explore BRI possibilities
It seems the days when Japanese brands were hotly favored in the Chinese market are gone. However, tangible signs still exist of strong trade and investment ties between the two East Asian economies. Beliefs are also firmly held that wide-ranging China-Japan cooperation, especially the bonds between the two nations concerning…
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Open cooperation, joint development remain a thoroughfare
The World Bank’s global growth forecast for 2019 stood at 2.6 percent, the lowest in the recent three years, while the global trade growth this year was also revised down to 2.6 percent, the weakest since the global financial crisis 11 years ago. The trade friction unilaterally provoked by the…
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East Asia
Win-win cooperation remains the only right choice
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 14th Group of 20 (G20) summit in Osaka, Japan from June 27 to 29 at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It will be the seventh consecutive time that President Xi to attend or chair the G20 summit, which reflects the…
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East Asia
Upcoming G20 summit to inject positive energy into global economic governance
The 14th Group of 20 (G20) summit is slated to be held in Osaka, Japan on June 28 and 29. Chinese President Xi Jinping will once again join the leaders of other G20 members, guest countries, and heads of international organizations for discussions on stabilizing world economy and promoting global…
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Xi to hold meetings with world leaders at G20 summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold multilateral meetings with leaders of BRICS countries, trilateral talks with leaders of India and Russia as well as meetings with leaders of African countries during the G20 summit in Japan from June 27 to 29, Chinese officials said. Against rising protectionism and unilateralism in…
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East Asia
Trump, Abe to coordinate N.K. policy at White House meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will coordinate their next steps to achieve North Korea’s denuclearization when they meet at the White House this week, a senior U.S. government official said Thursday. Abe will be in Washington on Friday for an official working visit, which will…
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Business
From Abe to Outer Space, Can Japan’s Military Techno-Nationalism Survive?
Japan has often been regarded as the forerunner and indeed the very apogee of techno-nationalism in Asia. In the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa eras, Japan was the first Asian state to industrialize and rise to great-power status, largely due to national policies encouraging importation, indigenization and wielding modern technologies. In…
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East Asia
Seoul cancels construction permit for new Japanese Embassy building
The construction permit for a new Japanese embassy building in central Seoul has been revoked due to construction delays, municipal officials said Wednesday. Seoul’s Jongno Ward Office said it notified the Japanese Embassy on March 4 of the cancellation of the building permit issued in 2015. The revocation came as…
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East Asia
Scholar discovers original copies of 1919 Swiss resolution calling for Korean independence
A South Korean scholar said Wednesday he has discovered the original copies of a resolution adopted at the 1919 International Socialist Conference in the Swiss town of Lucerne that show the Korean provisional government’s diplomatic efforts to call for Korean independence from Japan. Although the resolution itself has been known…
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East Asia
N. Korea to focus on securing Tokyo Olympic spots: sports minister
North Korea will concentrate all its forces on securing 2020 Tokyo Olympic spots this year, a pro-North Korea newspaper in Japan reported Friday, citing Pyongyang’s sports minister. The Chosun Sinbo said that North Korean Sports Minister Kim Il-guk unveiled the communist state’s 2019 objectives in sports at its National Olympic…
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