EU tempts Japan on fusion deal
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The European Union offers Japan a package of incentives to persuade it to give up its bid to host the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactor.
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Japan and North Korea are scheduled to hold talks this week on Japanese citizens kidnaped by Pyongyang decades ago who remain missing.
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Climate change, energy, closer trade ties and North Korea's nuclear weapon's program will be high on the agenda at talks starting Monday among European Union and Asian foreign ministers.
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The Tokyo and London stock exchanges said Friday that they had agreed to work on a business alliance aimed at boosting their international presence.
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Japan and the European Union will launch talks next month to enhance economic cooperation in the first step to a long-shot possibility of a free trade deal, officials said Wednesday.
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Japan is sticking to a six-party framework to build the world's first prototype nuclear fusion reactor even if the European Union opts to push ahead with its own project, a Japanese official said.
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Talks on where to build the world's  first nuclear fusion reactor ended without a deal on Tuesday  but the European Union said Japan and the United States no  longer firmly opposed its bid to put the plant in France.
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Description: The European Union offers to share its peaceful nuclear technology with Iran -- if Iran drops efforts to enrich uranium that can be used for weaponry.
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The European Union is confident of a deal on Tuesday for France to host a &#36;12 billion global nuclear fusion project after Japan signaled it would give up its bid in return for compensation, an EU source said on Monday.
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Officials from six nations and the European Union signed a long-awaited, $12.8 billion pact Tuesday to build a nuclear fusion reactor aimed at developing a cheaper, cleaner and safer energy source.Comment
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North Korea accepted a proposal by Japan to discuss the sensitive issue of Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese citizens as they try to smooth the way toward diplomatic ties, a Japanese official said on Tuesday.
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PARIS -- Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe, and limitless energy. A multinational pact signed yesterday may bring that dream a step closer to reality.
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Talks on where to build the world's first nuclear fusion reactor ended without a deal on Tuesday but the European Union said Japan and the United States no longer firmly opposed its bid to put the plant in France.
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Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to boost co-operation in their missile defence programs - an important first step in carrying out new defence guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s strict postwar pacifism.
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Japan and the United States will meet Jan. 13 to bolster cooperation in missile defense and discuss the ongoing realignment of U.S. troops in Japan, a news report said.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 9  - The European Union said Tuesday it was prepared to forge ahead with a revolutionary nuclear energy project if negotiations with Japan and other backers on where to locate it break down.
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The European Union (news - web sites) warned on Tuesday it may go ahead and build the world&#39;s first nuclear fusion reactor with whatever partners