Japan pledged increased assistance for Central Asia ranging from antiterrorism measures to infrastructure development for goods distribution when foreign ministers from Tokyo and the region gathered Saturday in the Uzbek capital.

• Date: 09.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 09.08.2010  |  from japantimes.co.jp

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada's reiteration of support last week for the Iranian fuel swap proposal outlined in the Tehran Declaration is the latest sign of a strategic reorientation in Japanese international nuclear policy.

• Date: 04.08.2010  |  Published on EGF: 04.08.2010  |  Energy  |  from worldpoliticsreview.com

France's prime minister sought to ease Japanese fears over instability in the 16-member eurozone on Friday, by urging business leaders in Tokyo not to turn away from the embattled euro single currency.

• Date: 17.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.07.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Japan, long critical of Indian nuclear policy, is discussing a civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement that could be signed by the end of the year when the Indian prime minister visits Tokyo, Harsh V Pant comments for ISN Security Watch.

• Date: 13.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 13.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from ethz.ch

American politicians often extol natural gas as abundant, cleaner-burning than other fossil fuels, and domestically produced, unlike Middle Eastern oil. But the process of extracting it is raising concerns among people with wells in their backyards.

• Date: 12.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 12.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from nytimes.com

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi said Wednesday that the Bushehr nuclear power plant is to become operational in the Iranian month of Shahrivar (August 23 to September 22), the official IRNA news agency reported.

• Date: 07.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 08.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from cri.cn

India may dispatch a special envoy to try to win over the Japanese public in the wake of opposition from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to negotiations for a civilian nuclear cooperation pact.

• Date: 07.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 07.07.2010  |  Energy  |  from japantimes.co.jp

President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday listed three guidelines for the development of the Far East, including mounted economic ties with Asia.

• Date: 03.07.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.07.2010  |  Markets  |  from tmcnet.com