Tokyo, Jan. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and South Korea's acting president, Choi Sang-mok, agreed Tuesday that their countries will maintain close cooperation to ...

A senior Japanese ruling party lawmaker urged China on Tuesday to lift its blanket ban on Japanese seafood imports, as the countries' ruling parties held a dialogue session for the first time since ...

TOKYO, - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will travel to South Korea on Monday to shore up security cooperation between the East Asian neighbours and their mutual U.S. ally that is meant to ...

Iwaya is also due to meet acting South Korean President Choi Sang-mok, who is standing in for impeached President Yoon. Yoon has been holed up in his hillside villa in Seoul since parliament voted ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Sunday he planned to attend Donald Trump's inauguration as US president on January 20, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government hopes to ...

Takeshi Iwaya said he aimed to meet with other senior officials from the incoming administration to lay the groundwork for a visit by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Japanese foreign minister ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Sunday he will attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president on Jan. 20 as part of efforts to build "a relationship of trust" with the incoming ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will attend Donald Trump's inauguration as US president on Jan 20, ensuring that a high-ranking official from a key Asian ally is on hand ...

It will be Iwaya's first visit to the United States since he became foreign minister in October. Japan, a longtime U.S. ally that enjoyed good relations with Trump during his first administration ...

Tokyo, Jan. 7 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is planning to visit South Korea, the Philippines and Palau from Monday, it was learned Tuesday. In South Korea, which is ...

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