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Mexican president urges Japan to enter TPP negotiations

April 8, 2013 11:16
Tokyo, Apr 8 (EFE).- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Japan had his "backing and support" for entering the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, an effort to create a free trade area spanning the Asia-Pacific region. Mexico considers it vital to "work more closely and achieve greater trade" with Japan, the world's third-largest economy, Peña Nieto said in a press conference.

Mexico backs Japan joining talks on Pacific trade pact

April 8, 2013 07:46
Visiting Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced his support Monday for Japan's plan to join talks on forging a huge Pacific-wide free trade zone. "We have expressed support for Japan's participation in TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) talks," Pena Nieto told a joint press conference after a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Japanese premier said last month he wants to take part in talks on forging the huge trade pact. But he faces significant opposition from his own powerful farming lobby, which has long sheltered under steep tariffs.

Mexico to back Japan joining TPP

April 8, 2013 00:15
Visiting Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will likely announce his support for Japan's plan to join talks on forging a huge Pacific-wide free trade zone on Monday, officials said. Tokyo expects Pena Nieto will back its participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations during talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later on Monday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters. "We expect Mexico will show a positive attitude on Japan's early participation in TPP negotiations" during summit talks, Suga said Monday.

Japan rides the 'Abenomics' wave under new premier

April 3, 2013 01:45
The stock market is roaring, the yen has plunged and Tokyo is jumping into a string of long-delayed trade talks, prompting some to ask a question not heard in years: is Japan back? Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is basking in approval ratings topping 70 percent, marks his 100th day in office on Thursday, with some observers lauding an impressive start.

Japan seeks summit with Chinese leaders: minister

March 24, 2013 06:00
Japan will seek a bilateral summit between its prime minister and China's new leaders as early as May as part of efforts to defuse an ongoing diplomatic row, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday. Kishida, speaking on public broadcaster NHK, said the meeting may be possible on the sidelines of the annual trilateral summit with China and South Korea, which usually takes place in May. "As for a Japan-China summit meeting, we recognise the importance of communication between national leaders," Kishida said.

Japan PM Abe's Pacific trade pact gambit pays off, for now

March 18, 2013 01:45
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first politically risky step of declaring the country's intent to join talks on a U.S.-led Pacific Rim free trade pact appears to be paying off as his record high ratings edge even higher.

Japan PM hopes to meet China, S. Korea heads to ease ties

March 17, 2013 06:31
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday he hoped to meet the Chinese and South Korean leaders soon to improve relations strained by separate territorial rows. But his ruling party also pledged the same day to push for changes to Japan's pacifist constitution -- a move likely to stir unease in both the countries, which were among victims of Tokyo's 20th century militarism.

Japan PM warns defence academy graduates of 'provocations'

March 17, 2013 03:15
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on new graduates of Japan's National Defence Academy Sunday to guard the country against "provocations" as tensions simmer with China over the sovereignty of an island chain. In a dramatic speech, he emphasised that the security situation had changed since the students started their course four years ago. "Unlike four years ago... provocations are continuing against our country's territorial land, sea and air," Abe told the graduation ceremony at the school in Yokosuka outside Tokyo.

Abe says Japan wants in on pan-Pacific trade talks

March 15, 2013 05:45
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan wants to take part in talks aimed at forging a huge free trade agreement that could involve 40 percent of the world's economy. "I have decided to join negotiations for the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership," Abe told a news conference. "The vast Pacific Ocean is becoming an inland sea for a huge economic bloc." "What the TPP is aiming to achieve is to make the Pacific Ocean a sea where goods, services and investment are freely exchanged.

Japan seeks to join U.S.-led Trans-Pacific trade talks amid reform hopes

March 15, 2013 05:45
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Friday that Tokyo will seek to join talks on a U.S.-led Pacific free trade pact which proponents say will tap vibrant regional growth, open Japan to tough competition and boost momentum for reforms needed to revive the long-stagnant economy.
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