Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his intention to promote economic cooperation and investment pacts in the Asia-Pacific region. 
The co-chair of Ministerial meeting of the 11-member Trans Pacific Partnership have announced new agreement.
International delegates at a nuclear disarmament conference in Vatican City have called for a unified push to create a nuclear-free world.
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Key words : Abe expressed investment
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his intention to promote economic cooperation and investment pacts in the Asia-Pacific region.
Abe attended the second day of summit talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang on Saturday.
Leaders from 21 Pacific-rim economies, including US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, discussed ways to adjust trade and investment environments to the digital age.
They also discussed promoting economic cooperation in the region, primarily through free trade.
Abe stressed that free trade is crucial to the region's peace and prosperity. He warned that protectionism would shrink the global economy and would be unbeneficial to any country.
Abe also emphasized the importance of eliminating unfair trade practices and concluding regional trade agreements based on high standards.
He said that he will proactively work for promoting economic cooperation and investment deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP.
On the sidelines, Abe and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau agreed that the 2 leaders will work together to ensure the new TPP pact comes into force based on a broad agreement reached at the ministerial level.
Abe is scheduled to hold the 6th Japan-China summit with Xi to exchange views on North Korean issues and the situation in the South and East China seas.
He is expected to ask the Chinese leader to help him host a trilateral summit that would bring together Japan, China and South Korea within the year.
Abe attended the second day of summit talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang on Saturday.
Leaders from 21 Pacific-rim economies, including US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, discussed ways to adjust trade and investment environments to the digital age.
They also discussed promoting economic cooperation in the region, primarily through free trade.
Abe stressed that free trade is crucial to the region's peace and prosperity. He warned that protectionism would shrink the global economy and would be unbeneficial to any country.
Abe also emphasized the importance of eliminating unfair trade practices and concluding regional trade agreements based on high standards.
He said that he will proactively work for promoting economic cooperation and investment deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP.
On the sidelines, Abe and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau agreed that the 2 leaders will work together to ensure the new TPP pact comes into force based on a broad agreement reached at the ministerial level.
Abe is scheduled to hold the 6th Japan-China summit with Xi to exchange views on North Korean issues and the situation in the South and East China seas.
He is expected to ask the Chinese leader to help him host a trilateral summit that would bring together Japan, China and South Korea within the year.
Key words : ministerial meeting Motegi
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Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister has announced that the 11 members of the Trans Pacific Partnership have reached an agreement to push ahead with a pact without the US.
The new agreement will be called the "Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the TPP".
Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said "we have checked again what we agreed at the ministerial meeting on Friday, and we have drawn up a TPP ministerial statement.
Ministers have been meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam in an effort to strike a deal. The new agreement will come into force 60 days after six out of the 11 member countries ratify the deal.
Japan, a co-chair at the meeting, said on Thursday that an in-principle agreement had been reached. Canada disputed the claim. Its international trade minister tweeted that "despite reports, there was no agreement in principle on the TPP."
A meeting of national leaders scheduled for Friday was postponed at the request of the Canadian government.
But the nations have since been able to come to terms and an official announcement is out.
The original TPP agreement was signed in early 2016 with12 members, including the US.
But it was thrown into limbo after President Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the pact in January.
Japan and the remaining participants have been continuing talks to revive the agreement in an aim to promote free trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
The new agreement will be called the "Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the TPP".
Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said "we have checked again what we agreed at the ministerial meeting on Friday, and we have drawn up a TPP ministerial statement.
Ministers have been meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam in an effort to strike a deal. The new agreement will come into force 60 days after six out of the 11 member countries ratify the deal.
Japan, a co-chair at the meeting, said on Thursday that an in-principle agreement had been reached. Canada disputed the claim. Its international trade minister tweeted that "despite reports, there was no agreement in principle on the TPP."
A meeting of national leaders scheduled for Friday was postponed at the request of the Canadian government.
But the nations have since been able to come to terms and an official announcement is out.
The original TPP agreement was signed in early 2016 with12 members, including the US.
But it was thrown into limbo after President Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the pact in January.
Japan and the remaining participants have been continuing talks to revive the agreement in an aim to promote free trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
Key words : head of business chairman
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The head of a powerful Japanese business organization has welcomed a broad new agreement reached during the TPP ministerial talks.
Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, said that the Japanese government has been playing a leading role in the negotiations, since the US withdrew, and that the new deal is the result of the government's efforts.
Sakakibara said the agreement is strategically significant because there are concerns that protectionism and inward-looking policies are spreading across the world.
He said that the new pact will advance efforts to set comprehensive and high-standard rules on trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, said that the Japanese government has been playing a leading role in the negotiations, since the US withdrew, and that the new deal is the result of the government's efforts.
Sakakibara said the agreement is strategically significant because there are concerns that protectionism and inward-looking policies are spreading across the world.
He said that the new pact will advance efforts to set comprehensive and high-standard rules on trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.
Key words : delegates climate
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Delegates from developed and developing countries are again divided at the UN climate conference on the issue of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
Participants at the COP23 in Bonn, Germany, are discussing rules to implement the international framework on tackling global warming from 2020, known as the Paris Agreement.
Delegates from developing countries are demanding a verification of emission reduction targets.
Representatives from India and China want industrialized nations to announce their achievements as well as their shortcomings.
On the other hand, developed nations say verification is not necessary.
The European Union delegation told a news conference that there is no time for discussing the issue at the plenary meeting.
Japan's chief negotiator Tamaki Tsukada told NHK that the plenary meeting does not need to deal with an issue that was previously addressed. He called requests for such verification "nonsense".
Tsukada said the ongoing conference needs to discuss the rules for implementing the Paris Agreement. He said developing nations are obstructing the conference by reviving old discussions.
Experts say a diminished presence of the United States which previously led the negotiation is behind the impasse. The Trump administration announced that the US will withdraw from the Paris accord.
Participants at the COP23 in Bonn, Germany, are discussing rules to implement the international framework on tackling global warming from 2020, known as the Paris Agreement.
Delegates from developing countries are demanding a verification of emission reduction targets.
Representatives from India and China want industrialized nations to announce their achievements as well as their shortcomings.
On the other hand, developed nations say verification is not necessary.
The European Union delegation told a news conference that there is no time for discussing the issue at the plenary meeting.
Japan's chief negotiator Tamaki Tsukada told NHK that the plenary meeting does not need to deal with an issue that was previously addressed. He called requests for such verification "nonsense".
Tsukada said the ongoing conference needs to discuss the rules for implementing the Paris Agreement. He said developing nations are obstructing the conference by reviving old discussions.
Experts say a diminished presence of the United States which previously led the negotiation is behind the impasse. The Trump administration announced that the US will withdraw from the Paris accord.
Key words : international delegate disarmament
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International delegates at a nuclear disarmament conference in Vatican City have called for a unified push to create a nuclear-free world.
The 2-day conference opened on Friday. The Vatican organized the event, following the adoption in July of a landmark UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons. More than 200 people, including Nobel Peace Prize winners and atomic bomb survivors, are taking part.
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, was among the speakers on the first day. The group won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Fihn said that the UN treaty is the beginning of the end for nuclear weapons.
UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu also spoke.
She said the United Nations strongly criticizes North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs, and that political will is necessary to resolve the issue.
Japanese atomic bomb survivor Masako Wada is scheduled to speak on Saturday. She was presented to Pope Francis and asked for his cooperation in an international signature-collecting campaign to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
The Pope said he hopes that the voices of Japanese atomic bomb survivors will serve as a warning for the next generation.
The 2-day conference opened on Friday. The Vatican organized the event, following the adoption in July of a landmark UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons. More than 200 people, including Nobel Peace Prize winners and atomic bomb survivors, are taking part.
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, known as ICAN, was among the speakers on the first day. The group won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Fihn said that the UN treaty is the beginning of the end for nuclear weapons.
UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu also spoke.
She said the United Nations strongly criticizes North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs, and that political will is necessary to resolve the issue.
Japanese atomic bomb survivor Masako Wada is scheduled to speak on Saturday. She was presented to Pope Francis and asked for his cooperation in an international signature-collecting campaign to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
The Pope said he hopes that the voices of Japanese atomic bomb survivors will serve as a warning for the next generation.
Key words : States drill apparent
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The United States navy has begun a rarely performed drill in the Sea of Japan, mobilizing 3 aircraft carriers. The exercise is an apparent show of might against North Korea.
The 3 strike groups led by vessels USS Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz are in waters east of North Korea for the 4-day drill from Saturday.
A senior US armed forces officer said the unusual exercise is the first in the western Pacific since 2007. The US sent 2 carriers to the Sea of Japan in June for a war game.
A US naval source says the objective is for crewmembers and pilots to rehearse smooth joint operations of the 3 strike groups.
Vessels from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean Navy will also join bilateral drills with the United States.
President Donald Trump emphasized the capabilities of the US military in a speech in Seoul earlier this week. He warned North Korea not to try US resolve to defend its allies. Trump urged other countries to put maximum pressure on Pyongyang.
The 3 strike groups led by vessels USS Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz are in waters east of North Korea for the 4-day drill from Saturday.
A senior US armed forces officer said the unusual exercise is the first in the western Pacific since 2007. The US sent 2 carriers to the Sea of Japan in June for a war game.
A US naval source says the objective is for crewmembers and pilots to rehearse smooth joint operations of the 3 strike groups.
Vessels from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean Navy will also join bilateral drills with the United States.
President Donald Trump emphasized the capabilities of the US military in a speech in Seoul earlier this week. He warned North Korea not to try US resolve to defend its allies. Trump urged other countries to put maximum pressure on Pyongyang.
Key words : north ruling
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North Korea has repeated its condemnation of a navy drill involving 3 US carrier strike groups in the Sea of Japan.
The USS Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz began the exercise on Saturday in waters east of North Korea. The drill is scheduled to continue for 4 days.
The ruling Workers' Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, stated on Saturday that the United States is conducting a noisy military drill, with nuclear aircraft carriers, on the waters around the Korean Peninsula.
The paper said the move is raising tensions in the region to extreme levels.
It denounced US President Donald Trump, saying he could trigger a nuclear war at any time.
Vessels from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean Navy will take part in bilateral drills with the US at some point during the exercise.
The USS Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz began the exercise on Saturday in waters east of North Korea. The drill is scheduled to continue for 4 days.
The ruling Workers' Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, stated on Saturday that the United States is conducting a noisy military drill, with nuclear aircraft carriers, on the waters around the Korean Peninsula.
The paper said the move is raising tensions in the region to extreme levels.
It denounced US President Donald Trump, saying he could trigger a nuclear war at any time.
Vessels from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean Navy will take part in bilateral drills with the US at some point during the exercise.
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