Japan


Jokowi asked to review international economic agreements
An Indonesia economist asks President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to review all agreements on economic cooperation with other countries especially with Japan.
Azerbaijan, Japan to ink agreement on mutual protection of investments
Azerbaijan and Japan plan to sign a bilateral investment treaty. Japan is involved in the country's energy and infrastructure sectors.
EU to exempt JR companies from world trade rules
The European Union has agreed to omit three of Japan’s biggest rail companies from a trade agreement at the WTO in the hope that it will open up the Japanese market to European suppliers under a possible bilateral FTA.
INTA debates EU-Japan trade
The European Commission made it very clear that it would be difficult to see the end of negotiations if nothing happens in terms of taxation of cars in Japan.
Six years after JPEPA: PHL the world's toxic waste dump site?
Six years after the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) was signed, Philippines may be becoming the world's dump site for toxic waste.
Pacific trade pact hindered by secrecy in US-Japan talks: Chile
Secrecy about trade negotiations between the United States and Japan is hampering progress on a broader Pacific trade pact, a senior Chilean official said on Friday.
US-Japan trade talks hit new farm exports snag
A Japanese government source said US negotiators staged a "hostage-taking" by suddenly threatening not to lift tariffs on Japanese auto parts unless Tokyo met US demands on agriculture.
Investment protection for Asian investors in Africa
African countries have entered into over 400 bilateral investment treaties which investors from Asia may take advantage of.
Japanese lawyers are filing for judicial review of TPP
On September 19 and 20, Tokyo Shimbun reported that Japanese lawyers are preparing a lawsuit to stop the TPP negotiations and declare the TPP to be unconstitutional.
Japan, US remain apart in trade talks, dealing blow for TPP
Japan and the United States failed to make progress in bilateral talks, both sides said on Wednesday, dealing a blow for hopes of sealing an ambitious multilateral trade deal this year.