Leading the growth is the financial sector, buoyed by the return of positive interest rates to Japan thanks to the Bank of Japan’s rate hikes …
How Japan prime minister’s homework on Trump paid off
Ishiba’s homework paid off. Apart from when Trump mistakenly referred to Nippon Steel as “Nissan”, there weren’t many eye-raising moment like the many other announcements by the US president. In fact …
North Korea’s Kim slams US-South Korea-Japan partnership and vows to boost his nuclear program
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has 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 …
Japan PM Ishiba, after meeting Trump, voices optimism over averting tariffs
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed optimism on Sunday that his country could avoid higher U.S. tariffs, saying President Donald Trump had “recognised” Japan’s huge investment in the U.S.
Four Japanese arrested at Myanmar border
Four Japanese nationals have been arrested in Mae Sot district of Tak province after illegally crossing the Thailand-Myanmar border to Myawaddy , police said on Saturday.
Trump tells Ishiba at the White House that he wants to slash the US trade deficit with Japan
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. Trump added that he isn’t taking the possibility of levying tariffs against Japan off the table,
The sorrow, hope and longing of Japan’s ‘Missing Post Office’
An old post office in southern Japan has become a destination, both tourist and postal, for people who are not yet ready to let go of their loved ones.
Trump says Japan will ‘soon’ begin importing LNG from Alaska. But gas exports couldn’t happen until 2031, even in the best case.
President Donald Trump said Friday that Japan would soon begin importing record amounts of liquefied natural gas from Alaska. But plans for the $44 billion Alaska LNG project — the lone LNG export …
How Japan’s rise in the 90s shaped Trump’s perspective on tariffs
When Donald Trump’s fortunes took a downturn in the 90s and he needed to raise cash fast, he sailed his 282ft (85m) superyacht, the Trump Princess, to Asia hoping he could attract Japan’s wealthy. It …
Britain’s L&G sells US protection unit to Japanese insurer for $2.3 billion
British life insurer Legal & General said on Friday it would sell its U.S. protection business to Japan’s Meiji Yasuda for $2.3 billion in cash, in one of the biggest strategic moves so far under CEO …