New Delhi, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan and India can build the foundations of an Indo-Pacific economic zone through their cooperation in the semiconductor field, a senior official at an Indian think tank has suggested in a recent interview with Jiji Press.   Harsh Pant, vice president of studies and foreign policy at the Observer Research Foundation, said that while China….Read more

The “association for Indo-Pacific cooperation,” a group comprising experts in industry, academia, and government and chaired by former Japanese Ambassador to France Iimura Yutaka, submitted a set of proposals on a free and open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Murai Hideki and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Horii Iwao on Nov. 21. The proposals call for the establishment….Read more

All national papers wrote that Prime Minister Kishida sent a telegram to Argentina’s President-elect Milei on Tuesday congratulating him on his victory in the recent leadership race. “I would like to join hands with you to further develop our traditionally positive bilateral relationship with as a ‘strategic partner,’” Kishida was quoted as saying in the telegram.  

All national dailies reported that Prime Minister Kishida is making arrangements to visit Central and South America in January 2024. The papers said the premier is expected to visit Brazil, which will be the G20 host next year, Chile, a member of the TPP, and Paraguay, the only nation in South America that maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan. The dailies….Read more

Yomiuri reported that Foreign Minister Kamikawa met with her Chilean counterpart van Klaveren in San Francisco on Monday. The paper said the two ministers agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation in the areas of key minerals, including copper and lithium, and clean energy, including hydrogen and ammonia.

NHK, NTV, TBS, and TV Asahi reported that National Security Secretariat Secretary General Akiba left for Beijing this morning to coordinate with the Chinese side an envisaged summit between Prime Minister Kishida and Chinese President Xi on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in San Francisco next week. NHK said that a plan has emerged to hold a Japan-China summit….Read more

TOKYO — The government on Friday named Takako Ito as Japan’s new ambassador to Chile, effective the same day.   Ito, 62, a former envoy to Ethiopia, joined the Foreign Ministry in 1985 and previously worked at the Japanese Embassy in Indonesia and at the consulate general in Toronto in Canada.

Yomiuri reported that the GOJ has decided to provide $3 million in emergency grant aid to Afghanistan, which has been struck by powerful earthquakes. The paper said the financial support will be provided through international organizations such as the World Food Program. The daily added that Japan will also provide $1.46 million to the nation through ODA.