Japan

| SOUTH KOREA – CHINA – JAPAN

As the tariffs imposed by US President Trump heat up the trade war, the three countries are looking for new ways of working together. The summit got underway today until tomorrow in Seoul. The South Koreans and Japanese are concerned about tariffs on cars. Meanwhile, Beijing announces countermeasures if Washington continues the trade war.


Iyus, an Indonesian who first arrived in Japan in 2013, will work as a tour bus driver. Tokyo aims to welcome thousands of foreign workers to address labor shortages in various sectors, including transportation.

| 22/02/2025
| JAPAN

A Taliban delegation is in Tokyo to meet Japanese officials and discuss humanitarian assistance and possible investments, while the Japanese government reiterated the importance of respect for human rights. The talks, organised by a private institution, end this Sunday. Afghanistan’s opposition slammed the meeting with government officials.

| 20/02/2025
| AFGHANISTAN – JAPAN

Akihiro Arimoto, father of Keiko, one of the 17 people captured by North Korean agents between 1977 and 1983 according to the Japanese government, dies at 96. His death leaves Sakie Yokota as the only surviving parent of kidnap victims; her daughter Megumi was taken when she was 14.

| 19/02/2025
| JAPAN – NORTH KOREA
by Vladimir Rozanskij

Japan is one of the destinations for the relokanty who left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, also due to the presence of a group of compatriots particularly committed to the opposition to Putin and to the demonstrations in favour of peace.

| 19/02/2025
| JAPAN

The prestigious award, considered the ‘Nobel of religions’, was awarded this year to an international NGO founded in 2009 and active in dozens of Muslim-majority countries for the promotion of women's rights. ‘It strengthens peaceful coexistence by creating a basis for interfaith dialogue’. The award will be presented in Tokyo on 14 May.

| 18/02/2025
| JAPAN

After the slowdown of the pandemic years (and smart working), the number of arrivals in 2024 from other prefectures returned to 2019 levels. Still, despite the Ishiba government’s “revitalisation” plans, non-metropolitan areas continue to lose residents.

| 31/01/2025
| JAPAN
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| MYANMAR
 
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| 03/04/2025
| CAMBODIA - UNITED STATES
 
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| 02/04/2025
| CHINA
 
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| VATICAN - ASIA
 
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| 01/04/2025
| MYANMAR
 
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| 31/03/2025
| VATICAN – OCEANIA
 
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| 28/03/2025
| PHILIPPINES
 
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| 28/03/2025
| ISRAEL - PALESTINE
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