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MUNSTER, Germany -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken strongly condemned the latest round of North Korean ballistic missile launches on the sidelines of a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in Munster, Germany.

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Japan, Germany to enhance cooperation against China

MUNSTER -- Japan and Germany confirmed Thursday that the two countries will deepen security and defense cooperation in consideration of China's increasingly hegemonic moves.

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Japan eyes hosting meeting with Central Asia foreign ministers

The government is considering hosting a December meeting between the foreign ministers of Japan and five Central Asian nations of the former Soviet bloc, according to several Japanese government sources.

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Foreign minister's visits underline Japan's focus on S.E. Asian nations

KUALA LUMPUR -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has concluded his visits to major countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with a meeting with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

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Japan to expel Russia consul as ties worsen over Ukraine

Japan has ordered the Russian consul in the northern city of Sapporo to leave the country within six days in retaliation for Moscow’s expulsion of a Japanese diplomat last month for alleged espionage

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Japanese foreign minister says Japan has ordered Russian consul to leave by Oct. 10 -Kyodo

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi ordered a Russian consul in Sapporo to leave Japan by October 10, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday.

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Japan consul ‘blindfolded and restrained’ during FSB interrogation in Russia

Tokyo demands apology from Moscow after diplomat subjected to ‘coercive interrogation’ in Vladivostok

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Japan to coordinate with Sri Lanka creditors to resolve debt crisis

Japan will coordinate with other creditors to resolve Sri Lanka's deepening financial crisis, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday, urging all creditor nations to gather and discuss the South Asian nation's debt at the same table.

Reuters

Japan Grants Tunisia $100 Million in Aid

Japan has granted Tunisia $100 million in aid to fight the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tunisia's state news agency TAP reported on Saturday, citing Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who is attending a summit in the North African country. TAP quoted Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad…

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Japan to pledge around $30 billion in African aid at conference - Sankei

Japan is set to promise some $30 billion in aid for African development at a conference to be held in Tunisia this weekend, the Sankei Shimbun daily reported on Friday.

Reuters

Japan to look into summit meet with China - Nikkei quotes Japan minister

Japan will look into holding a summit meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Nikkei business daily quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi as saying in an interview on Friday.

Reuters

Xi ‘let missiles fall in Japanese waters’

TOKYO: Chinese President Xi Jinping personally decided to let ballistic missiles launched by the military during recent drills near Taiwan fall in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to deter Tokyo’s interference in any cross-strait contingency, according to sources close to the matter.

Bangkok Post

Factbox-Profiles of Japanese cabinet ministers after Kishida reshuffle

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, dropping some ministers with links to the Unification Church.

Reuters

Japan keeps finance minister, foreign minister in new cabinet line-up

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has confirmed the line-up of his new cabinet, with Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki remaining in his post, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

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Taiwan says China making simulated attack on main island

Reports of further incursions over median line in military drills, as US and allies condemn use of missiles

Reuters

Japan remains open to dialogue with China -Japan foreign minister

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday that Japan remains open to dialogue with China as keeping communications intact is all the more important when ties are strained.

Bangkok Post

Asean, Japan to boost maritime security cooperation

Foreign ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Thursday pledged to cooperate in promoting maritime security in the Indo-Pacific in a veiled counter to China's muscle-flexing in regional waters.

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Hayashi, Blinken affirm Taiwan policy

WASHINGTON -- Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday and confirmed that Tokyo and Washington had not changed their basic position on Taiwan, where China is increasing military pressure.

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Hayashi plans talks with Wang at ASEAN meet

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is planning to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be held in Cambodia early next month, government sources said.

Reuters

Japan's Hayashi says 'logic of brute force' gaining traction in Indo-Pacific

Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi sounded the alarm about China's behavior in the Indo-Pacific during a visit to Washington on Friday, saying the "logic of brute force" was gaining more traction over the rule of law in the region.

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U.S., Japan to cooperate on semiconductors as part of new economic dialogue

The United States and Japan launched a new high-level economic dialogue on Friday aimed at pushing back against China and countering the disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Japanese foreign minister: executions will further isolate Myanmar

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Monday that the Myanmar junta's execution of four democracy activists will further isolate Myanmar in the international community, and is a matter of deep concern.

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Japan calls for S. Korea's steps to resolve row after talks

Japan’s foreign minister says he expects South Korea to take appropriate steps toward resolving the countries’ wartime disputes, warning that a mishandling especially of the issue of forced Korean laborers would cause “grave” consequences for their bilateral ties

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Japan, South Korea foreign ministers meet to mend ties

Foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan have held talks in Tokyo in what both sides said was a renewed effort to improve bilateral relations

Bangkok Post

Private funeral for slain former PM Abe held in Tokyo

TOKYO: Family and friends of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe gathered at a Tokyo temple Tuesday for a private funeral, as mourners outside condemned the leader's "despicable" murder.

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