World Jul 20 Prime Minister Ishiba’s coalition loses majority in Japan’s upper house election Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition failed Monday to secure a majority in the 248-seat upper house in a crucial parliamentary election, NHK public television said.
World Jul 15 Japan says China’s escalating military activity its biggest strategic challenge Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China. The report highlights China's growing military activity near Japan’s southwestern coasts and the Pacific as a major strategic challenge.
World Jun 19 As Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary nears, Japan’s royal couple honor A-bomb victims Emperor Naruhito has repeatedly stressed the importance to remember and keep telling the tragedy of the war to younger generations.
World Jun 09 Explosion at U.S. base on Okinawa injures 4 Japanese soldiers Japanese officials say an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers.
World May 13 During meetings in Japan, WTO chief says global trade is facing a crisis The head of the global trade watchdog says global free trade is facing a “crisis” as U.S. President Donald Trump disrupts world commerce with his fast-changing tariffs and other policies.
Politics Apr 16 Trump to join his top economic advisers for trade negotiations with Japan at the White House The Republican president said in a social media post that he’ll attend the meeting alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick who have a central role in his trade and tariff policies.
World Apr 15 Japan’s chief trade negotiator to visit Washington for tariff talks this week The visit is to "build a relationship of trust" between the two sides, with Japan requesting the U.S. side to drop the tariff measures, Hayashi said on Wednesday.
World Mar 25 Court in Japan orders dissolution of Unification Church The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
World Mar 24 Wildfires in Japan force residents to evacuate homes in mountains Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blaze in the mountains.
World Feb 07 WATCH: Trump talks trade with Japan’s prime minister President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit with Japan as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the White House for their first face-to-face meeting.