Category: Yoshimasa Hayashi

‘A World Order That Favors Freedom’: QUAD Foreign Ministers Meet in Melbourne, Australia

February 11, 2022
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The four foreign ministers of the QUAD nations, Australia, the United States, India, and Japan, met on Feb. 11 in Melbourne for the fourth iteration of the talks. High on the agenda are issues like regional security—including Russia, China, and North Korea—economic engagement, new technologies, climate change, humanitarian issues, and the response to COVID-19. Australian…

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US, Japan to Rebuild Trade Ties With New Forum, Meetings

November 18, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The United States and Japan announced on Wednesday a new trade partnership to boost cooperation on labor, environment, and digital trade issues, with an emphasis on “third country concerns,” a reference to China’s state-driven economic policies. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, who is in Tokyo to meet with new Japanese government ministers, said initial meetings…

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CCP-Critic Named Japan’s Human Rights Advisor, Fulfilling Election Promise

November 11, 2021
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday selected a critic of China’s ruling communist party to be his human rights advisor—a post he promised to create in an election pledge to lead a government that would be vocal about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) human rights violations. Local media reported on Monday that former defense minister…

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