Leading Japan lawmaker seeks Trump meeting during New York visit, NHK reports
By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – A senior figure in Japan’s ruling party will travel to New York next week and is seeking a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according…
China, Japan coast guards patrol disputed East China Sea waters
BEIJING/Tokyo (Reuters) – The China Coast Guard said on Friday it patrolled the “territorial waters” of Diaoyu Islands, also known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands, in the East China Sea. Japan…
US, Japan signal support for Texas high-speed rail plan
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The governments of the United States and Japan signalled support for a plan to build the first high-speed rail in the U.S. using Japanese bullet trains after their leaders…
Britain announces Indo-Pacific military exercises with US, Japan
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will hold regular joint military exercises in the Indo-Pacific with the United States and Japan from 2025, seeking to boost security in the region, the British Ministry of…
With eyes on China, US and Japan vow new security collaboration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised a “new era” of U.S.-Japan strategic cooperation on Wednesday, laying out a series of projects from co-development of…
China constantly coerces Japan and Philippines, US envoy to Japan Emanuel says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China constantly uses coercion and pressures other countries, including Japan and the Philippines, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said on Monday. Emanuel made the remark at a Center…
US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to hold South China Sea exercises
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Defence forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct “maritime cooperative activity” on April 7 to support a free and open Indo-Pacific, the…
Analysis-Why Japan is not giving up on fraught U.S. Steel deal
By John Geddie, Katya Golubkova and Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – Days after President Joe Biden joined his election rival Donald Trump in voicing concern about a Japanese purchase of U.S. Steel,…
US plans trilateral summit with Japan, South Korea in July, Japanese media report
TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States government is arranging a summit between President Joe Biden and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in July, on the sidelines of a NATO summit in…
Japan finally screens ‘Oppenheimer’, with trigger warnings, unease in Hiroshima
By Irene Wang HIROSHIMA (Reuters) – Best picture winner “Oppenheimer” finally premiered in Japan on Friday, eight months after a controversial grassroots marketing push and concerns about how its nuclear theme would…
Japan relaxes military export curbs for planned jet fighter
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government on Tuesday relaxed military equipment export restrictions, the second change in less than four months, to allow future overseas sales of an advanced jet…
US, Japan urge nations not to deploy nuclear weapons in orbit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Japan on Monday proposed a U.N. Security Council resolution stressing that nations should comply with a treaty that bars putting nuclear weapons in space, a…
Japan Inc opens door to more women directors, but managers remain rare
By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – Mitsuko Tottori’s appointment as Japan Airlines’ next president makes her something of a rarity in Japan – a female head of a well known company. While…
At Japan Airlines, bankruptcy helped lay groundwork for first female boss
By Maki Shiraki and Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – The seeds of former flight attendant Mitsuko Tottori’s rise to the top of Japan Airlines (JAL) were planted in the aftermath of the…
IMF sees Japan committed to flexible exchange rate
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities are committed to a flexible exchange rate, which acts as a shock absorber and supports the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy objective, a senior International Monetary Fund…
Russia to Japan: Drop territorial claim if you want a peace treaty
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev told Japan on Tuesday it would have to drop territorial claims to a group of Pacific islands if it wanted to…
Japan dark-horse premier candidate calls for ending BOJ’s negative rate policy
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan must immediately end its negative interest rate policy as it has allowed companies to delay efforts to boost productivity…
Japan December jobless rate falls to 2.4%
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate fell to 2.4% in December from the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate compared with economists’ median forecast of 2.5%…
Japan Dec industrial output seen rising; outlook uncertain: Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output likely expanded in December thanks to the easing of supply constraints, although the outlook for this month appears to be cloudy amid disruption…
Kirin sees Japan whisky ‘renaissance’ driving 50% export of premium brand
By Rocky Swift and Mayu Sakoda TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese whisky “renaissance” will help Kirin Holdings more than double exports of its premium brand by 2025, the company’s master blender said.…
Japan exports soar to record in Dec; China shipments make long-awaited rebound
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s exports surged to record highs in December, with shipments to the U.S. soaring to their strongest-ever level while those to China were also robust, logging their…
Japan Jan factory activity languishes, but service sector picks up – PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity shrank for the eight consecutive month in January amid weak demand, but the service sector saw strong gains as new business picked up, a private business…
Japan seen missing primary budget surplus target in FY2025
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s primary budget balance is expected to remain in the red in the fiscal year 2025/26 when policymakers had hoped to achieve a surplus, the Cabinet Office estimates showed,…
Marketmind: Bulls bank on Japan inflation cooling further
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The number one focus for investors in Asia on Friday will be the latest Japanese consumer inflation figures,…
US Deputy Treasury Secretary to discuss use of new Russia sanctions authority in trip to Europe, Japan
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Europe and Japan this month, where he will coordinate with partners on the use of a new…
Marketmind: China GDP, Japan CPI the guiding lights
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Financial market activity in Asia on Monday will be lighter than usual with U.S. markets closed for the…
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