16 JUNE 2018
Japan-China Relations: Warm in Politics and Cold in Economics
China-Japan relations have long been characterized as being “hot in economics and cold in politics”. However, the strained political relations have shown signs of improvement in recent years
http://ippreview.com/index.php/Home/Blog/single/id/725.html
14 JUNE 2018
Japan and North Korea officials make contact at international conference in Mongolia
Japanese and North Korean officials made informal contact while attending an international conference in Ulaanbaatar, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said Thursday
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/14/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-north-korea-officials-make-contact-international-conference-mongolia/#.WyKrPUiFM2w
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180614_39/
11 JUNE 2018
Kuril Islands: Japan protests Russian undersea cable to disputed territory
A territorial spat over the Kuril Islands has been a stumbling block to reconciliation since the end of World War II. Russia now wants to lay an undersea fiber optic cable to the disputed islands
http://www.dw.com/en/kuril-islands-japan-protests-russian-undersea-cable-to-disputed-territory/a-44155558
26 MAY 2018
Abe, Putin reconfirm readiness to conclude postwar peace treaty
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Saturday to make renewed efforts to sign a postwar peace treaty and accelerate bilateral economic cooperation
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180527/p2g/00m/0in/001000c
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/ex-pm-nakasone-turns-100-hopes-for-constitution-amendment
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201805270017.
4 MAY 2018
In a first, Japanese and Chinese leaders talk by phone
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation on the phone Friday, the first time leaders of the two countries had ever done so
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/04/asia/japan-abe-china-north-korea-intl/index.html
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180504_23/
29 APRIL 2018
North Korea ready for Japan talks, South Korea says
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is willing to engage in dialogue with Japan’s leadership at “any time.”
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/04/29/560084/Korea-Japan-talks
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Moon-says-N-Korean-leader-wants-to-normalize-ties-with-Japan