Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has embarked on an official two-day visit to Japan’s Niigata where she will participate …
Will Japan fight?
Japan plans to double its defence budget by 2027 and acquire long-range missiles to make its Self-Defence Forces (SDF) fiercer. But it has not fired a shot in battle since 1945. Will Japan fight?
Japan, South Korea partnership funds to go to chips, energy
Top business leaders from Japan and South Korea will use a fund meant to underscore the two countries’ burgeoning ties to strengthen their cooperation in energy, industry and other sectors …
Toyota plans big electric vehicle push in China
Toyota’s new chief executive has promised to accelerate its electric vehicle push in China as it forecast a 10 per cent increase in annual operating profit to ¥3tn ($22bn), the highest for a Japanese …
Exclusive: Japan is in talks to open a NATO office as Ukraine war makes world less stable, foreign minister says
Japan is in talks to open a NATO liaison office, the first of its kind in Asia, the country’s foreign minister told CNN in an exclusive interview on Wednesday, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made the world less stable.
Mitsubishi Heavy expects record defence orders as Japan builds up its forces
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Wednesday said it expects to see record defence orders this business year as Japan embarks on its biggest military build up since World War Two.
Exclusive: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Is Turning a Once Pacifist Japan Into a Military Power
As he welcomes the G7 to Hiroshima, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to turn a once pacifist Japan into a military power
G-7 Finance Leaders Set to Grapple With Bank Risks, Debt Impasse
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s wealthiest nations gather in Japan this week with a growing list of urgent issues to discuss, from the risk of more bank failures and the …
US, South Korea, Japan sub forces leaders make history meeting aboard USS Maine
The Bangor-based Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maine hosted senior military leadership from the three countries during a stop in Guam.
Japan, US, South Korea negotiate sharing of North Korean missile data
The United States, South Korea and Japan are planning to create an agreement on sharing North Korea’s missile launch data. South Korea and Japan are both key U.S. allies.