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TOKYO (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz touched down in Japan on Saturday with six of his ministers, looking to strengthen economic ties with Tokyo ...

Goods worth around 298 billion euros were traded between the two countries in 2022, up around 21% from a year before, according to data from the German statistics office. Kishida spoke of the “close and strong relations between our countries that is at a level not reached before,” at the opening of the meeting, while Scholz said he looked forward to discussing issues including global security. Germany holds such consultations with a number of countries including France and China, but to hold its first such consultation with Japan is of high political and symbolic importance, German officials say.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday hosted Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Tokyo for the first German-Japanese government consultations which included a joint ...

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Japan and Germany pledged closer defence ties and cooperation on diversifying supply chains as Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met ...

A joint statement issued by the defence ministers of both countries said they would work on new deployments by Germany's military in the region, as well as joint exercises. Scholz said relations with Japan had been raised to a "new level" in Saturday's talks and that both countries were keen to learn the "right lessons" from the economic dependencies revealed by pandemic disruptions and the war in Ukraine. Scholz is on his second trip to Japan in less than a year, and came with six ministers for government-to-government talks as Berlin works to boost its profile in the Asia-Pacific region, and ahead of the G7 summit being hosted this May by Japan in Hiroshima.

Amid global supply chain tensions, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida kicked off a "government consultation" involving Cabinet members ...

Japan and Germany agreed on Saturday to coordinate closely on financial jitters stemming from problems among Western banks while carefully monitoring global ...

In the first high-ministerial government consultations held between the two countries, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reached out to Tokyo to seek to reduce ...

“The current challenges of our time make it clear: It is important to expand cooperation with close partners and acquire new partners. In a joint statement, the two countries said they will work on establishing “a legal framework for bilateral defense and security cooperation activities,” including ways to protect critical infrastructures, trade routes and to secure future supply of sustainable energy. Germany and Japan agreed on Saturday to strengthen cooperation on economic security in the aftermath of tensions over global supply chains and the economic impact of the war in Ukraine.

The growing season has become completely reversed thanks to kerosene-burning greenhouses and the big prices paid for the earliest, best berries.

And instead of heaters, some farmers in Tochigi use something called a “water curtain,” a trickle of water that envelopes the outside of greenhouses, keeping temperatures inside constant, though that requires access to ample groundwater. If she could use groundwater, which generally stays at a constant temperature, to protect the crown from freezing temperatures, she wouldn’t have to rely on industrial heating, she surmised. A young mother of one, with another on the way, she had spent much of the lockdown days of the pandemic reading up on climate change. She stresses that her cultivation methods are a work in progress. “I realized I needed to change the way I farmed, for the sake of my kids,” she said. Strawberry varieties in Japan are sold with whimsical names like Beni Hoppe (“red cheeks”), Koinoka (“scent of love”), Bijin Hime (“beautiful princess”). One study found, for example, that tomatoes grown locally in heated greenhouses in the Britain had a But the bottom line, Professor Miller said, is that “it’s ideal if you can eat both in-season, and locally, so your food is produced without having to add major energy expenditures.” Now, strawberries are a major Christmas staple in Japan, adorning Christmas cakes sold across the country all December. “And we looked at all aspects, including transport, or what it takes to produce fertilizer — even then, heating had the biggest footprint.” Fruits and veggies are grown in greenhouses all over the world, of course. “Peak strawberry season went from April to March to February to January, and finally hit Christmas,” said Daisuke Miyazaki, chief executive at Ichigo Tech, a Tokyo-based strawberry consulting firm.

Japan and Germany agreed on Saturday to coordinate closely on financial jitters stemming from problems among Western banks while carefully monitoring global ...

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Hiroko speaks to journalist Kumi Taguchi during Dateline's documentary about prepping in Japan. Credit: SBS Dateline. “In the event of an earthquake, this is ...

Naoshi Hirata is an emeritus professor of seismology at the University of Tokyo. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. The latest test occurred last week, just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan met at a summit in Tokyo. It has also incorporated ‘refuge parks’ into its urban planning which double as survival hubs in case of a disaster. The Tōhoku earthquake - which registered 9 on the Richter scale - and tsunami eradicated entire towns and villages. This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launching drill at the Sunan international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, March 16 2023. Underground are water reservoirs and storehouses containing food for entire districts. Even if the house is crushed, this survives,” Hiroko told SBS Dateline. While earthquakes are common in Japan, with around 1,500 every year, experts have been predicting that Japan is due for a mega earthquake. Its position, topography and climate makes the country particularly vulnerable to earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and volcanic eruptions. After two days, we’ll need to get out." Parents such as Hiroko are taking extreme measures to protect their families.

Hayanose, Saga Pref. – Kisao Nishi swiftly handpicks three crimson stigmas from a blooming saffron flower before moving onto another. November is a busy time ...

November is a busy time for him — with the help of an assistant, he works against the clock to harvest one of the world’s most expensive and sought-after spices. Inside, rows and rows of mauve saffron flowers peek out from stacked wooden shelves. He beckons me to an unassuming nearby house.

Scholz, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and several ministers met in Tokyo for talks are focusing on international cooperation, as Berlin seeks to reduce ...

His predecessors Angela Merkel and Gerhard Schröder went to China first. It plans to participate in exercises again this year. A separate ministerial post has also been created for the key issue.

More aircraft carrying aid are due to arrive in Türkiye, as NATO Allies and partners continue to provide assistance following the devastating earthquakes in ...

NATO Allies also recently agreed to provide temporary housing for an additional 4,000 people in Türkiye. Allied armed forces have also set up field clinics in Türkiye for quake victims. Allies and partners have flown around ten thousand tents, blankets and pieces of medical equipment from Pakistan to Türkiye in recent weeks.

'More planes carrying aid are due to arrive in Türkiye,' NATO says - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. “Japan’s decision to deploy aid to Türkiye as part of a NATO-coordinated air-bridge is a historic first, and demonstrates again how Japan’s cooperation with NATO helps to bolster international peace and security," NATO's spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said in a statement. As part of a NATO-coordinated air-bridge, Japan sent relief aid to quake-hit Türkiye, the military alliance said on Saturday.

South Korea's Defence Ministry initiated the process to normalise the General Security of Military Information Agreement, which is a military ...

(ANI) He made these remarks in Tokyo after meeting with [South Korea](/topic/south-korea)n President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday. They also reiterated the significance of the "free and open Indo-Pacific" and their commitment to cooperating to defend the global rules-based order.