ISDS Case Map
Japan
Anti-whaling protesters have called for Kiwis to boycott Japanese goods over the slaughter of whales as the protest ship Ady Gil sank in the Southern Ocean.
South Korea and Japan failed to pin down the exact date to resume bilateral free trade negotiations during their latest talks.
Japan and Mongolia on Thursday agreed to hold working-level talks to study whether the two countries should conclude a bilateral free trade agreement, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.
Australia should not agree to a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan unless the Asian nation stops whaling in the Southern Ocean, the Australian Greens say.
South Korea and Japan will hold the fourth round of their bilateral free trade talks next week in Seoul next week, Seoul's trade ministry said Wednesday
The Japanese government said Wednesday it will accelerate efforts to get Pacific Rim economies to create a free-trade area during a series of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meetings next year
A group of 75,000 automotive industry workers has slammed the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry for lack of earnest efforts to negotiate a delay in the tariff elimination of imported vehicles under the signed Japan Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stressed the need for a free trade pact with Europe in a phone conversation on Thursday with incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy, the foreign ministry said.
The US government wants Japan to join talks for a proposed free trade agreement involving Pacific Rim countries, Nikkei English News said. Australia, Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia, Singapore, Chile, New Zealand and Brunei have said they will enter the negotiations.
The “horrors” of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) continue to haunt the country.
