Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan would consider “with responsibility” how to deal with semiconductor trade, after he and US President Joe Biden held talks in Washington.
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The US is in discussions with Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea to restrict semiconductor exports to China, and it needs all parties to agree on a deal, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said in an interview.
Japan should do more to pressure China on human rights, an adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a rare interview, backing a path that could increase tensions between Asia’s biggest economies.
China condemned a motion on Uyghur human rights adopted by Japan’s parliament, ratcheting up tensions between the neighbors just days before Beijing hosts the Winter Olympics.
The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo issued a warning Monday about foreigners being stopped and searched by Japanese police in what it said were suspected to be “racial profiling incidents.”
Japan’s ambassador to Afghanistan held talks with senior members of the Taliban in Kabul, urging the group to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for terrorism, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.