Overnight Japan news

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• INTERVIEW: Japan Should Use TPP to Revitalize Economy

With former Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi, now adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on diplomatic affairs.

• Senkakus Within Scope of Japan-U.S. Security Treaty: U.S. Ambassador

• New Komeito Leader to Visit China from Tues.

Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of New Komeito, the junior coalition partner in the new government “hopes to help the two countries mend their relations”

• US Official Suggests Tokyo Help Calm Tensions (WSJ – Gated)

A senior U.S. official issued a subtle but clear message to the Japanese government suggesting Tokyo tone down its rhetoric and actions in its intensifying territorial spat with Beijing.