Senior government officials from Japan and the United States have affirmed their continued cooperation to strengthen the bilateral alliance. They also shared concerns about China's new coast guard law.
South Korean sexual slavery survivor wants UN court judgment
The countries had already been struggling to repair relations that sank to the lowest point in decades in 2019 over earlier South Korean rulings calling for Japanese companies to compensate Koreans who were forced to work in factories during the war.If the issue is referred to the International Court of Justice, South Korea would likely raise whether Japans comfort women system of military sexual slavery was in violation of international law in force, said Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, an international law expert at Yonsei University who joined Lee at the news conference.PTI | Seoul | Updated: 16-02-2021 13:52 IST | Created: 16-02-2021 13:04 IST
Japan Expects Biden to Rejoin the TPP
The U.S. was critical in convincing Japan to join the trade pact. Now Tokyo wants to bring Washington back into the fold.
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February 12, 2021
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According to an interview with Jiji Press published on January 16, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu expressed his expectation that the United States under the administration of Joe Biden would come back to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) framework. The United States under the Obama administration was a driving force in the TPP, but the Trump administration pulled out of the pact immediately upon taking office. The remaining countries regrouped to form the TPP-11 or the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a free-trade agreement between 11 countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam. The CPTPP entered into effect in December 2018.
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. On February 8, Minister of Foreign
Affairs B. Battsetseg received Ambassador of Japan to Mongolia Kobayashi
Hiroyuki. At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador congratulated
Minister B. Battsetseg on her appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and
wished success in her endeavors.
Minister B.Battsetseg expressed her gratitude for the
congratulatory letter received from Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu
and noted that the Japanese Foreign Minister T.Motegi s visit was of special
importance in strengthening the Mongolia-Japan Strategic Partnership.
The Ambassador stressed the importance of close cooperation
between the two countries to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and expressed