Hiroaki Asakura, a farmer in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, learned how to be a green thumb from his father. This meant knowing the seasons for planting crops and what pesticides to apply and when. But climate change has made reliance on instinct a dangerous game. To deal with today’s reality, Japanese firms have begun supplying…
Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. could strengthen their struggling electric vehicle businesses through a merger, sharing substantial development costs and utilizing common parts for EVs, potentially reshaping the global auto industry. Japan’s No. 2 and No. 3 carmakers by volume are in talks on a merger under a holding company, sources familiar with…
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is arranging talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Dec. 25, a Japanese government source close to the matter said Saturday, in what will be his first visit to the neighboring country as Japan’s top diplomat. The visit will take place as Japan and China seek to explore ways to…
China has told Japan it intends to remove a buoy it installed inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, diplomatic sources said Saturday. While it is hoped the move will help stabilize strained relations between the two countries, China has not removed the buoy from the area. Japan…
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is planning to visit China in late December for talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, as the two countries seek to resume high-level bilateral exchanges, government sources said Saturday. Takeshi Iwaya. (Kyodo) The two sides are also considering holding a ministerial-level human and cultural exchange dialogue during the visit…
China is arranging the restart of its unilateral visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors in the near future, several travel industry sources in Beijing said Friday. China has yet to revive the pre-COVID practice of visa exemption for Japanese nationals, although it has given such preferential treatment to a number of other countries, including South…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to foster “mutually beneficial” and “stable” relations in their first in-person talks. Following the meeting in Lima, held on the sidelines of this year’s summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Ishiba told reporters that he also raised concerns about China’s…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to hold their first summit on Friday in Peru, a government source said Tuesday. The two leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum gatherings and confirm that they will seek “strategic and mutually beneficial” relations, more than…
China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, and Takeo Akiba, Japan’s chief national security adviser, held marathon talks in Beijing on Monday and agreed to maintain dialogue at various levels, including between their leaders, Akiba told reporters. Their meeting was intended to lay the groundwork for the first summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took…
China informed Japan that an “unexpected obstruction” was what caused one of its military planes to breach Japanese airspace in August, diplomatic sources said Saturday, seemingly attributing the blame to the Japanese defense force’s activities prior to the unprecedented intrusion. Beijing has not acknowledged any wrongdoing or outlined measures to prevent a recurrence, the sources…