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NHK
06-08-2025
- Politics
- NHK
4 of Japanese descent in Philippines seek Japanese citizenship
Four people of Japanese descent who say they were left behind in the Philippines in the chaotic conclusion of World War Two have lodged citizenship claims with Japanese courts. Eighty years on from the end of the war, there are still about 50 such people in the Philippines pursuing citizenship claims in Japan. They say they were born to Japanese fathers who immigrated to the Philippines before the war and Filipino mothers, but remain stateless due to a lack of documents proving their fathers were Japanese citizens. A supporting group told reporters on Tuesday the four people, aged 79 to 82, have filed cases in family courts in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The group says it has assisted in conducting DNA analyses and gathering material to substantiate blood ties between each of the four and their fathers and other relatives. It says family courts have so far granted citizenship to 324 people of Japanese descent. Ishii Kyoko, the group's secretary general, says some people are still trying to determine the identity of their fathers, which makes it even harder to find proof of their Japanese lineage. She said the average age of people pursuing such claims is 83, so time is running out. One of the four plaintiffs, Takei Jose, is 82 years old. He is scheduled to visit Japan on Wednesday, with support from the Japanese Foreign Ministry. He will meet with relatives in Osaka, western Japan.
Arab News
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Japanese FM offers support for Palestine in talk with Salameh
TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi met with Estephan Anton Salameh, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Palestine, at CEAPAD IV and expressed his hope that the conference would contribute to promoting CEAPAD's objectives of expanding assistance to Palestine. The Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (CEAPAD IV) was held in Kuala Lumpur and Foreign Minister Iwaya reiterated Japan's support for a two-state solution for Palestine and its commitment to assisting Palestinian state-building efforts. According to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Minister Salameh expressed his appreciation for Japan's continued support for Palestine, including through its initiatives such as CEAPAD. He also elaborated on the grave humanitarian situation in Gaza, stating that an immediate ceasefire is essential for advancing Palestinian development. Iwaya expressed deep concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza and stated that Japan has been calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible.
Arab News
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Japan ‘seriously concerned' after Iran stops cooperating with IAEA
TOKYO: Japan has expressed 'serious concern' over Iran's decision to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. 'Japan attaches great importance to the activities of the IAEA in verifying Iran's nuclear program and expresses serious concern over this announcement,' the country's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. 'The engagement of the IAEA is essential for resolving Iran's nuclear issue.' Iranian authorities announced on Wednesday that they would no longer cooperate with the agency. Japan had been urging Iran to continue to cooperate with the IAEA and said all necessary diplomatic efforts to achieve this will go on, in cooperation with the international community and relevant organizations. 'Japan has consistently emphasized the importance of resolving Iran's nuclear issue through dialogue, based on the position that Iran's development of nuclear weapons must never be allowed, for the sake of maintaining the international nuclear non-proliferation regime,' the Foreign Ministry added.
NHK
24-06-2025
- Politics
- NHK
Japan protests China's new structure construction in E. China Sea over gas field
Japan has lodged a protest with China after detecting work installing a new structure near the median line between the two countries in the East China Sea. The structure appears to be related to gas field development in the area. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the activity has been confirmed on the Chinese side of the line, known as the geographical equidistance line. The director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kanai Masaaki, issued a protest to a senior diplomat from the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo. The Japanese side said it is extremely regrettable that China is moving forward with unilateral development in the waters. It called on China to resume talks on the implementation of the "June 2008 Agreement." Tokyo and Beijing agreed in 2008 on joint development of gas fields in the East China Sea. But negotiations have stalled. The Japanese ministry says the structure being set up by China is the 20th of its kind, following the one confirmed in May.
Reuters
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Japan protests against new Chinese structure in East China Sea
TOKYO/BEIJING, June 24 (Reuters) - China has initiated the installation of a new structure on the west side of the geographical equidistance between Japan and China in the East China Sea, the Japanese foreign ministry said on Tuesday, adding it has lodged a protest with China. The ministry said in a statement "It is extremely regrettable" that China is pressing ahead with unilateral development when the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf in the East China Sea have not yet been delimited. Japan requests that China cease its unilateral development and to resume talks on the implementation of a 2008 agreement, in which the two countries agreed to cooperate on natural resources development in the East China Sea, it also said. There was no immediate response from the Chinese foreign ministry to Reuters' inquiries on the matter. Japan's ties with China have been plagued by a territorial dispute over a group of Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, as well as the legacy of Japan's past military aggression.
