Japan, China and South Korea are making final arrangements to hold foreign ministerial talks in Tokyo on March 22, around two months after Donald Trump took office as U.S. president, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. On the sidelines of the first such trilateral meeting in over a year,… Read
China has moved a buoy it had installed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone near the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, in an apparent gesture to improve strained ties with the neighboring country. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a press conference that the hydrometeorological buoy… Read
Japan on Wednesday requested that its steel and aluminum products be exempt from 25 percent tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, who vowed to put the penalties into effect next month, the government's top spokesman said. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the government formally requested the exemption through… Read
Japan and the United States are arranging a late March meeting in Japan between Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to strengthen cooperation and discuss strategies for countering regional security challenges posed by China, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. They are expected to reaffirm… Read
The Japanese and Brazilian governments are making arrangements for Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to visit Japan from March 24 to 27 as a state guest as the countries mark the 130th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations this year, government sources said Tuesday. Japan has not hosted a… Read
Japan said Monday it will carefully monitor developments related to the International Criminal Court after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the court's officials over what he described as illegitimate acts targeting the United States and Israel. Asked why Japan opted out of a recent joint statement… Read
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet approval rate rose 5 points from the previous month to 44% in a February 7-9 poll, recovering to the highest level since his October inauguration, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. Ishiba held his first meeting with United States President Donald Trump on Friday… Read
China's foreign ministry said on Monday it had complained to Japan over "negative" references to China in a statement issued after a meeting between the leaders of Japan and the United States. The "stern representations" and "strong dissatisfaction" was conveyed by the Department of Asian Affairs Director-General Liu Jinsong to… Read
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed modifying a plan for Nippon Steel Corp to acquire United States Steel Corp into an investment during his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, a government source said Sunday. The revised plan, which had been discussed in advance with Nippon Steel, involves making… Read
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to further bolster his nuclear weapons program, state media reported Sunday. Kim has previously made similar warnings, but his latest statement implies again that the North… Read