China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan’s release of treated …
Japan Auto Trade ‘Unfair’, Could Buy More US Oil, Trump Tells Fox News
Tokyo is scrambling to find ways to get Washington to exempt Japan’s automakers from 25% automobile industry-specific tariffs, which are hurting the country’s manufacturing sector. Japan also faces a 24% so-called reciprocal tariff rate starting on July 9 unless it can negotiate a deal.
Trump says U.S. could send letters setting tariff rates rather than extend deadline — ‘Dear Mr. Japan, here’s the story’
President Donald Trump said that although trade negotiations are still ongoing, he would rather send countries a letter that lays out the tariff rates they face and not extend the July 9 deadline, …
US to set tariff rates by sending letters to other countries, Trump says: ‘Dear Mr. Japan’
President Donald Trump threatened to dictate the terms of trade to nations that have yet to reach a deal with the United States. In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Trump …
Sri Lanka gets foreign funds of US$1.9bn in 2024 led by ADB, Japan begins loans
Sri Lanka had received 1,918 million US dollars in foreign finance in 2024, with the Asian Development Bank giving 862 million dollars, while Japan also started giving loans after defaulted debt was …
Measures to Ease Inflation Must be Speedy, Says Japan’s Ishiba
Any measures to ease inflation in Japan must be speedy and shouldn’t impede the government’s ability to fund social services, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday, in a comment …
How sleeping in old schools is reviving rural Japan
As Japan’s dwindling population increasingly migrates to cities, 450 rural schools close each year. Now, some are being transformed into unique inns.
Man executed in Japan after killing and dismembering 9 people he met on Twitter
Japan’s most recent execution, in July 2022, was of a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping district of Akihabara in 2018. Japan’s crime rate …
Panasonic exits refrigerator, washing machine segments in India amid losses
Panasonic is exiting from the refrigerator and washing machine segments in India, as part of global restructuring of business by the Japanese appliances and consumer electronics major.
Japan Hangs Man Convicted in Serial Killings of Nine People
Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years.