Politics

The leaders of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan hold a joint news conference after their summit at Camp David on Aug. 18.
International relations

U.S., Japan, South Korea agree to hold annual talks after Camp David summit

Biden, Kishida and Yoon also pledge stronger supply chains for chips, critical minerals

19 August 2023
Containerships arrive at a port in Singapore. Trade between Japan and ASEAN nations still involves considerable paperwork. (Photo by Nikkei)
Trade

Japan and ASEAN seek to ease trade through digital shift

Road map to be agreed on this month aims to slash paperwork with private services

18 August 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol met during the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima.
Japan-South Korea ties

U.S., Japan, South Korea to work toward security hotline at summit

Trio aim to institutionalize cooperative relationship beyond individual leaders

18 August 2023
Construction machinery digs in the rubble from buildings demolished by the deadly February earthquakes in Hatay, Turkey, on July 28 (Photo by Sinan Tavsan)
Natural disasters

Turkey set to recycle quake debris covering 'two Manhattans'

Japan-funded project targets some of 200m tonnes of rubble from February disaster

16 August 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, hosts Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit to Seoul in May.
Japan-South Korea ties

Yoon riles foes by extending olive branch to Japan in speech

Opposition blasts South Korean leader for silence on colonial rule

16 August 2023
Japan's Self-Defense Forces take part in a new year joint military drill among Japan, the U.S., Britain and Australia at Narashino exercise field in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 8.
Indo-Pacific

U.S. cements 'game-changing' defense ties with Australia, Japan

Pentagon welcomes new security pact as allies plan fighter training this month

16 August 2023
With a planned new factory in Mexico, Kaga Electronics aims to capture rising demand from companies exiting China. (Photo courtesy of Kaga Electronics)
Supply Chain

Japan's Kaga Electronics to build new Mexican parts-assembly plant

Company aims to tap demand from auto and A/C manufacturers exiting China

16 August 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech celebrating the 78th anniversary of Korean Liberation Day, which marks the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul on Aug. 15.
Politics

South Korea's Yoon calls for military info sharing with Japan, U.S.

In Liberation Day speech, president stresses values of freedom and human rights

15 August 2023
At the table, from left, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meet during a NATO summit in 2022. The leaders will hold a standalone three-way meeting for the first time this week. 
International relations

U.S. aims to link alliances with Tokyo, Seoul at Camp David summit

Biden, Kishida, Yoon hope to cement coordination through regular talks

15 August 2023
North Korea's Kim Jong Un, center, with Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Li Hongzhong, right, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Pyongyang on July 27. (KCNA via Reuters)
Opinion

Biden-Kishida-Yoon summit can build platform for 3-way cooperation

Trio has to respond to North Korean threats and military exchanges with Russia

14 August 2023
A missile that the official Korean Central News Agency calls hypersonic is test-fired at an undisclosed location in North Korea in 2022. (KCNA via Reuters)
Defense

Japan and U.S. in talks on new missile to intercept hypersonics

Kishida and Biden expected to reach agreement at Friday's summit

14 August 2023
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with folk artists after addressing the nation during Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort in Delhi in 2022.
Your Week in Asia

India, Indonesia, Singapore leaders to speak; Kishida-Yoon-Biden summit

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

13 August 2023
Cyberspace is increasingly referred to as the fifth battleground. (Photo by Nikkei)
International relations

Japan to set up cyberdefense network that includes Pacific islands

Information-sharing to be used to fend off attacks with eye on Russia and China

13 August 2023
Foreign housekeepers can work in some parts of Japan under a special program. (Photo courtesy of Bears housekeeping agency)
Japan immigration

Japan to grant longer stays for foreign housekeepers

Government eyes 3-year extension as demand for services grows

12 August 2023
Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces conduct a drill in Okinawa. The JSDF and the Defense Ministry seek to apply more civilian technology to defense applications.
Defense

Japan Defense Ministry seeks talks with academia on dual-use tech

Drone and autonomous-driving tech holds promise for military purposes

12 August 2023
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping could meet on the sidelines of key international gatherings this fall. (Photos by Nikkei)
International relations

Japan, China eye fall summit as tensions shadow treaty anniversary

Fukushima water release, Senkakus remain flashpoints in bilateral relations

12 August 2023
Guidelines proposed by Japan's government will target generative AI services such as ChatGPT.
Technology

How does generative AI learn? Japan prepares disclosure rules

Tokyo plans corporate guidance this year, seeking transparency on data and risks

12 August 2023
The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Aug.5, eve of the 78th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear attack: Japan was already essentially defeated before the city was destroyed. (Photo by Yo Inoue)
Opinion

The wartime legacies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki haunt humanity

Atomic bombings were more about demonstrating power than securing surrender

11 August 2023
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Samidare, left, and helicopter carrier JS Izumo dock side-by-side in Vietnam in June during an Indo-Pacific deployment.  
Indo-Pacific

Japan destroyer tests Sri Lanka shipyard with eye on future use

Ship conducts first overseas maintenance, stops at Malacca Strait choke point

11 August 2023
A staffer at Japan's Defense Ministry guides local residents at a vaccination center in Tokyo.
Defense

Japan Defense Ministry seeks 500 staffers for cybersecurity, R&D

Recruiting drive comes amid reports of hacking by China

11 August 2023
Biden, Kishida and Yoon met on the sidelines of May's G7 summit held in Hiroshima, Japan. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
Japan-South Korea ties

Japan, U.S. and South Korea move toward yearly leaders' summits

Kishida, Biden and Yoon to agree to new framework during Camp David meeting

11 August 2023
Flights between China and Japan currently sit at about 10% of pre-pandemic levels. (Photo by Yusuke Hinata)
International relations

China walks line with Japan on group travel, Fukushima release

Beijing takes both soft and hard stance ahead of G20 summit

11 August 2023
Chinese tourists visit Sensoji Temple in Tokyo: Japan imposes strict visa requirements for individual Chinese visitors. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
Travel & Leisure

China approves Japan, U.S., other destinations for group tourism

South Korea, Australia, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Turkey also included in list

10 August 2023
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The Big Story

Coastal towns brace for Fukushima water release, from Japan to Jeju

Distrust of TEPCO and fear for small businesses fuel anxiety, despite IAEA approval

9 August 2023
Japan's former Prime Minister Taro Aso speaks during the Ketagalan Forum in Taipei on Aug. 8. 
Taiwan tensions

In Taiwan, Aso says Japan must show 'will to fight' to deter China

Former prime minister meets with presidential front-runner William Lai

8 August 2023