ISDS Case Map
Japan
Japanese Minister of Agriculture Koya Nishikawa faces a fresh donation scandal after a Liberal Democratic Party chapter he heads was found to have received 1 million yen in donation from a sugar industry group right before Japan joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks in 2013.
Japan and the United States remain divided over tariffs and issues such as intellectual property rights in their negotiations on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to a Japanese government official.
Japan and the US are moving closer to reaching agreement on market opening measures needed to conclude a Pacific Rim trade pact, a top US envoy said Friday, urging Japanese business leaders to help bridge the last, difficult disagreements.
Japan is pushing for intellectual property rules in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership that will undermine and delay access to affordable generic medecine in Asia.
Japan and Mongolia signed a free trade agreement Tuesday that is expected to open the landlocked frontier market to more Japanese auto exports and strengthen Tokyo's leverage with a key partner in its dealings with North Korea.
Tokyo announces the signing of a bilateral investment treaty with Kiev, which it highlights as opening Ukraine farmland and mineral resources to Japanese investors.
The Abe administration has proposed sharply cutting Japan’s tariff on a certain amount of US pork over a 10-year period in talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to sources.
It is obvious a breakthrough is imminent, according to veteran Asia trade talks watcher Chris Nelson, senior vice president of Samuels International Associates.
In a much anticipated move, Japan has given a nod to Indonesia’s proposal to review an economic partnership agreement to further step up bilateral economic relations.
Japan has offered to import more rice from the United States in a compromise aimed at pushing forward the Asia-Pacific regional trade talks, the Nikkei reported on Sunday.
