Takashi Tsuji

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EU eyes security, defense partnerships with Japan and South Korea

Jun 23, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

BRUSSELS -- The European Union is seeking security and defense partnerships with Japan and South Korea, a move that could lead to broader joint development project in the defense industry, Nikkei has learned. The security environment in Europe and Asia is changing dramatically, a senior European Commission official told Nikkei. We hope to develop partnerships with Japan and South Korea to work more closely together.
G7 to create Ukraine aid fund using income from frozen Russian assets

Jun 11, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

BRUSSELS -- The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations will set up a fund to support Ukraine, using income generated from frozen Russian assets, Nikkei has learned. The fund will be created under an international organization such as the World Bank, with contributions in the form of "Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration" (ERA) loans.
G7 set to form Ukraine aid fund using income from frozen Russian assets

Jun 11, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

BRUSSELS -- The Group of Seven will set up a fund to support Ukraine, using income from frozen Russian assets, Nikkei has learned. The fund will be created under an international organization, such as the World Bank. The United States, Britain, Japan and other countries will contribute to the fund in the form of loans. The profits from the investment of the frozen assets will be used to repay these loans.
Chinese firms facing EU probe exit from Romanian solar project

May 13, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

BRUSSELS -- Two Chinese groups have withdrawn from a solar project in Romania after the European Union launched a fair competition investigation against them, an EU official said Monday. A subsidiary of LONGi Green Energy Technology, a leading maker of solar panels, is no longer pursuing the project to build the photovoltaic park, Thierry Breton, the European commissioner for the internal market, said in a statement.
NATO could be drawn into Taiwan conflict, affiliated report finds

Apr 15, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

BRUSSELS -- NATO could become involved in a potential Taiwan conflict if fighting reaches U.S. territory in the Pacific, a NATO Defense College researcher argues in an analysis released Monday. The paper from the Rome-based research and education institution, titled "NATO and a Taiwan contingency," is an academic report rather than the bloc's formal position. But analysis of Taiwan's situation in relation to NATO is rare, and it could serve as a reference in the alliance's strategic planning.
Japan and EU to develop cutting-edge materials for chips and EVs

Mar 30, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

BRUSSELS -- Japan and the European Union plan to formally collaborate on development of advanced materials in such fields as chips and EV batteries, in part to reduce their dependence on China, Nikkei has learned. The plan to create a framework for cooperation in April was revealed by Iliana Ivanova, the European Commission's commissioner responsible for innovation and research, in an interview with Nikkei.
Sake's narrow escape from EU ban highlights trade blind spot

Mar 16, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

VERONA, Italy -- Although Japanese sake narrowly avoided a European Union import ban resulting from a new packaging regulation, the close call highlighted the difficulty of navigating the bloc's complex trade rules. "Isn't sake a distilled alcoholic beverage?" Japanese diplomats were stunned by a question from a European Commission official in early January. Sake is brewed, not distilled, from sake rice.
EU exempts Japanese sake from packaging recycling rules

Mar 5, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

BRUSSELS -- European Union officials have cleared Japanese sake from a new set of regulations on food packaging that would have impeded exports to the common market. EU members reached a broad agreement on draft rules Monday. The regulations will require businesses that make or sell alcohol to put at least 10% of their products in reusable or refillable containers.
Sake, scallops and wagyu face hurdles in EU under packaging rules

Mar 1, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Takashi Tsuji

BRUSSELS -- New regulations on food packaging being considered by the European Union could make it tougher for Japan to export signature products like sake, scallops and wagyu beef to a major global market. The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament are set to begin negotiations as early as Monday to finalize the measure, which, once approved, would take effect in 2030.
EU raises ante on emissions cuts with eye on China rivalry

Feb 7, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Kazunari Hanawa |Takashi Tsuji |Ryosuke Hanafusa

TOKYO/BRUSSELS/HOUSTON -- The ambitious climate plan recently unveiled by the European Union appears to double as a call to bolster the region's renewable energy industry against competition from low-cost China. The European Commission on Tuesday released a proposal to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 90% from the level in 1990 by 2040.