WASHINGTON, United States - Tokyo's trade minister said Monday he had asked US government officials to exempt Japan from vehicle and metal tariffs, but there was no sign Washington would ...

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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday expressed its "full confidence" that the United ...

A Japanese high court has ruled that Japan’s refusal to legally recognize same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a latest ...

The Trump administration has stated it wants Taiwan to spend 10 percent of its GDP and for Japan to spend 3 percent of its ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday Japan has formally asked the United States for an exemption of Trump administration 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday signaled a negative view over the possibility of Japan attending future meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Monday. “Under the severe security environment, nuclear deterrence is indispensable to defend the people’s lives and assets, as well as Japan ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2025. -- Kyodo TOKYO, March 7 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday expressed its "full confidence" that ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Japan’s national security is the primary reason it will not participate as an observer at the conference, which starts Monday in New York.

Asked about Alaska L.N.G. at a news conference on Wednesday, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said that if good business relations were maintained, “investment in the U.S ...