Tokyo Notes

But could excessive caution and pandering to farmers prevent it reaping a free trade harvest?

Footage shows the Chinese fishing boat ramming into Japanese vessels, putting the onus now on Tokyo to respond.

Japan’s main opposition party could ultimately harm its own interests through its relentless criticism of the government.

Beijing lays blame for last-minute torpedoing of meeting on Tokyo’s ‘groundless distortions’ of isle issue.

Japan has struck a deal with India that will slash trade tariffs. But the nuclear issue still casts a shadow over ties.

Odds were in favour of the LDP heavyweight. We shouldn’t read too much into the DPJ’s defeat.

Tokyo reportedly turns down Beijing’s offer to jointly develop oil and gas deposits off disputed islets.

As the UN biodiversity meeting opens in Nagoya, marauding bears and toads highlight ecological dangers.

The yen keeps rising. But is there anything Japan’s government can do to stop it?

Japan’s govt asks Google to change its map to exclude Diaoyu from a description of the Senkaku Islands.

A veteran Japanese politician risks political suicide by choosing to contest Hokkaido’s No. 5 Constituency.

The defence minister suggests an effective blanket ban on arms exports needs rethinking.