Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea met on Tuesday to discuss areas of common interests.
The leaders of Japan and China have discussed the planned state visit to Japan by the Chinese president next spring, as well as North Korean issues.
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Key words : leaders from China Japan and South common interest
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Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea sat down Tuesday to discuss some common interests.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chaired the summit. He says they reaffirmed the importance of free trade amid the trade dispute between Beijing and Washington.
Li said, "We all advocated upholding the principles of free trade and agreed to promote economic integration. Free trade is needed to support multilateralism and to maintain world peace."
Premier Li, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in gathered for the first time since May last year.
In their joint announcement, the leaders referred to the issue of North Korea, which is threatening to escalate its provocations.
South Korean President Moon said, "We agreed to continue closely communicating and cooperating to bring denuclearization and permanent peace to the Korean Peninsula. We agreed that this is a mutual interest for our countries."
Japanese Prime Minister Abe said, "I pointed out that the North's repeated ballistic missile launches violate UN Security Council resolutions and threaten regional security. I said it's important to continue supporting a process, initiated by the US and North Korea, aimed at the complete denuclearization of North Korea."
Leaders from the three countries plan to meet again next year in South Korea.
Key words : Abe and Chinese
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have discussed Xi's planned state visit to Japan next spring, as well as North Korean issues.
The two met in Beijing for 45 minutes on Monday.
Abe and Xi agreed to have their administrations continue working to make Xi's visit smooth and meaningful.
Abe expressed his determination to continue cooperation in order to maintain the current thaw in relations with China.
Abe told Xi that Japan and China have a great responsibility for the peace and stability of the region and the world.
He added that Japan wants to show the world that the country is ready to fulfill that responsibility, alongside China.
Abe and Xi also discussed North Korea, which has become increasingly provocative ahead of the year-end deadline it set for US concessions on denuclearization talks.
The two leaders confirmed that Japan and China will work together toward the shared goal of fully denuclearizing North Korea. They also reaffirmed the importance of implementing UN Security Council resolutions against the country.
Abe also sought China's help in resolving the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea.
Xi asked Abe to back a draft UN Security Council resolution presented by China and Russia asking that sanctions on North Korea be eased.
Abe also touched on the East China Sea, which includes waters around the Senkaku Islands.
Japan controls the islands. China and Taiwan claim them. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory, in terms of history and international law. It says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved over them.
Abe stressed that a genuine thaw in ties won't come without stability in the region. The two leaders agreed to facilitate cooperation between their defense officials in order to make the waters a "sea of peace, cooperation and friendship."
Abe also conveyed to Xi his concerns about the ongoing unrest in Hong Kong. Abe stressed the importance of ensuring the territory's freedom and prosperity under the "one country two systems" principle.
The summit came as China faces international scrutiny for its handling of Uighur ethnic minorities in the western region of Xinjiang. Abe called on Beijing to explain its policies in a transparent manner.
Abe also asked that China ensure that Japanese nationals detained there will be repatriated as promptly as possible, and also lift import controls on Japanese food products.
During their subsequent dinner meeting, Abe stressed the importance of stopping North Korea from making more provocative actions.
Abe also welcomed a "phase one" trade deal stuck by China and the United States. Abe expressed hope that China and the US will address their trade issues through constructive dialogue.
Key words : Abe called for stronger
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for stronger economic cooperation with China and South Korea to help build a "new era" of development.
Abe spoke to business leaders at a gathering held alongside the trilateral summit of the countries' leaders in Chengdu in China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday.
Abe made reference to the city of Chengdu, once the capital of Shu in the historical era of the "Three Kingdoms" that were rivals. He said the leaders of the three countries are not fighting each other as three kingdoms did.
He called on the countries to forge a new era of cooperation.
Abe noted that Japan, China and South Korea make up more than one fifth of the world's GDP. He said they have a great responsibility to help develop the world's economic order and lead global growth.
He said the countries should actively promote interaction even at times when political disagreements arise.
Abe went on to say that they must strongly promote free and fair trade, calling for stronger cooperation for an early conclusion of free trade agreements between the three, as well as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Key words : US-made arrived
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A US-made surveillance drone Global Hawk arrived at a South Korean military base on Monday.
A spokesperson for South Korea's Defense Ministry announced the delivery at a news conference on Monday. But the spokesperson didn't mention any details.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that the large drone is the first of four aircrafts that Seoul plans to introduce in the first half of 2020.
The agency said the aircraft landed at an air force base in Sacheon on southern tip of the Korean Peninsula and is preparing for deployment.
The Global Hawk is equipped with infrared sensors and radar that can seek and monitor targets on the ground, even at night or in bad weather.
South Korea plans to strengthen its monitoring of North Korea, which has repeatedly launched ballistic missiles. Pyongyang is expected to oppose Seoul's introduction of the surveillance drone.
Key words : five Japanese released
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Five Japanese fishing boats and their crew have been released one week after the boats were seized by Russian authorities on suspicion of illegal fishing.
Russian border guards inspected the boats when they were fishing near the Habomai Islands, which are controlled by Russia and claimed by Japan.
The boats were taken to a port on Kunashiri Island, which is also claimed by Japan.
Twenty-four Japanese crew members were on board. They were fishing for octopus under an agreement between Japan and Russia.
The Russian border guards said they had discovered more than six tons of undeclared octopus in the boats.
On Tuesday, a Russian court fined the crew 6.4 million rubles, or about 103,000 dollars.
The Russian border guards told NHK that the crewmembers were released on Tuesday morning after the payment was confirmed.
Key words : Russian foreign
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed concerns over a US plan to deploy intermediate-range missiles in Japan.
The US Department of Defense announced earlier this year that it will start development of new intermediate-range missiles, following the expiration of a key nuclear treaty with Russia which bans development of such weapons.
The Pentagon has also indicated that the new intermediate-range missiles will be deployed in the countries of US allies in Europe and Asia.
Lavrov said on state-run television on Sunday that he discussed the matter with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi when the two met last week.
Lavrov is believed to have conveyed Russia's concerns about the new US intermediate-range missiles that can be loaded on the US missile defense system known as Aegis Ashore which Japan plans to introduce.
Motegi reportedly told Lavrov that Japan alone will control the missile defense system if it's installed in the country.
Lavrov said on the TV program that the anti-missile system could be used to launch rockets which, if installed in Japan or other Asian countries, can reach targets in Russia's Ural region.
He also expressed concerns that the rockets can reach China, which is Russia's strategic partner.
In recent years, Russia and China have stepped up their military cooperation apparently to counter moves taken by the United States.
Key words : A court Saudi
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A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey last year.
The kingdom's prosecutors on Monday said the court in Riyadh ruled that the five defendants were directly involved in the journalist's death.
The names of those sentenced to death have not been made public. They were among 11 people put on trial in connection with the killing of Khashoggi in October last year.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been accused of being involved, but he has denied ordering the killing.
The prosecutors also announced that there was no evidence against two close aides to the crown prince, who were rumored to have been involved in the killing.
The United Nations has questioned the transparency of the trial, but the Saudi government appeared eager to bring the case to an early end.
Key words : welfare
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Japan's welfare ministry estimates that the number of births in the country for the whole of this year will fall below 900,000 for the first time. The decline would be faster than the government's earlier prediction.
The ministry annually estimates the number of births each year based on the figures from January through October.
It says there will likely be 864,000 births this year, the lowest since record keeping began in 1899.
It comes two years earlier than a forecast by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research for births to fall below 870,000.
The estimate is 54,000 fewer than the actual number of births last year. It would be the second-largest year-on-year decline, following 1988-89, when births fell by more than 67,000.
The number of deaths for the whole of this year is forecast to reach 1,376,000, up 14,000 from last year and the highest since the end of World War Two.
The estimated births and deaths would mean a population decline of 512,000, and a 13th consecutive contraction since 2007.
The figure is up 68,000 from last year, and the first to surpass 500,000.
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