Japan-EU Relations
Timothy Langley

EU-Japan Relations | Mission Japan​

The EU Ambassador H.E. Patricia Flor, sheds light on the recently signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the lesser-known Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), data protection, and how Brexit will likely affect EU-Japan relations.

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Casino Brand 2020
Timothy Langley

Integrated Resorts in japan

Casino legislation has just passed in the most recent Diet session. Now the bureaucrats must finalize the contents of the basic Integrated Resorts (IRs) regulations.

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Double Election in Osaka
Timothy Langley

Double Election in Osaka

Election alert: double election in Osaka. As Japan gets ready for the unified local elections, Osaka sees prefecture Governor Matsui

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3/11 in Review
Timothy Langley

3/11 in Rearview

After 8 years, the Fukushima disaster still casts its shadow on Japanese politics. Opinion polls show general opposition to any

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Japan-Russia Agreement
Timothy Langley

Japan-Russia Peace Agreement

On the sidelines of the ASEAN-Russia Summit in Singapore last November, Prime Minister Abe and President Putin both compromised to

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Japan Middle East Relations
Timothy Langley

Japan-Middle East Relations

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a Jewish global human rights organization based in Los Angeles, California (U.S.). Rabbi Abraham Cooper

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Mission Japan
Timothy Langley

Mission Japan: Russia

In this episode of Mission Japan, we are honored to welcome H.E. Mikhail Galuzin, Russian Ambassador to Japan. We explore the origins of Russo-Japanese relations, the Russian community in Japan and the economic components of a thrilling trading relation. The Ambassador also gives us his insights on the possibility of a future peace treaty agreement and the so-called “Kuril islands issue”, still unresolved with their Japanese counterparts.

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Carlos Ghosn Re-Arrested
Timothy Langley

Carlos Ghosn Re-Arrested

The Carlos Ghosn scandal continues, with the former Nissan chairman being rearrested over charges of understated income. The international community

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Immigration Bill Update?
Timothy Langley

Immigration Bill Update?

It seems as though Abe’s Team has an allergy to the ‘I’ word: why can’t immigration be called immigration? Days

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