The Japanese government has confirmed the first Japanese fatality in last month's 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/japan/japanese-national-death-in-myanmar-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #myanmarjapanrelations #foreignministry #yoshimasahayashi
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's meetings with U.S. President Donal Trump may be his best asset — even if the rest of the LDP isn’t sure he’s the right man for the job. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/11/japan/politics/ishiba-trump-negotiations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #sanaetakaichi #takayukikobayashi #toshimitsumotegi #yoshimasahayashi #ldp #donaldtrump #tariffs #usjapanrelations
https://www.alojapan.com/1241740/japan-and-u-s-appoint-tariff-negotiators-after-ishiba-trump-phone-call/ Japan and U.S. appoint tariff negotiators after Ishiba-Trump phone call #DonaldTrump #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #RyoseiAkazawa #tariffs #trade #TradeWar #u.s. #U.S.JapanRelations #YoshimasaHayashi Japan and the United States appointed chief tariff negotiators just hours after a brief call between the leaders of the two countries set the stage for the de-escalation of a crisis spinning out of control for days. Ryosei Akaza…
Japan is extending its sanctions against North Korea, set to expire this month, for two years due to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile development programs and its abduction of Japanese nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-sanctions-extension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #yoshimasahayashi #missiles #un
Japan and the United States have appointed their leads for tariff negotiations, taking the first step in deescalating and resolving a trade war that has unsettled the financial markets and threatens the global economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/politics/akazawa-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ryoseiakazawa #us #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #yoshimasahayashi #tariffs #trade #tradewar
https://www.europesays.com/1976993/ Japan picks economy minister Akazawa to head trade talks with US #BankOfJapan #BilateralDiscussions #DonaldTrump #Economy #japan #RyoseiAkazawa #ScottBessent #ShigeruIshiba #TradeNegotiator #YoshimasaHayashi
Japan is considering a “speedy” response following the shock announcement that the United States not only included it in a list of countries targeted with new tariffs but also levied on it a surprising 24% rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/03/economy/trump-tariff-japan-response/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapanrelations #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #japaneseeconomy #globaleconomy #yoshimasahayashi #yojimuto
Japan promises ‘bold and speedy’ response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs https://www.byteseu.com/889021/ #DonaldTrump #GlobalEconomy #Japan #JapaneseEconomy #tariffs #trade #U.S.JapanRelations #YojiMuto #YoshimasaHayashi
The Japanese government has sent officials to Myanmar to coordinate on the planned dispatch of an emergency relief team to the Southeast Asian nation hit by a magnitude-7.7 earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/japan-sends-staff-to-myanmar-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #myanmar #earthquakes #yoshimasahayashi
Two separate wildfires in Okayama and Ehime prefectures that started over the weekend continue to blaze, having destroyed at least 370 hectares of land between them as firefighters tried to put them out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/okayama-ehime-forest-fires/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okayama #ehime #kumamoto #selfdefenseforces #yoshimasahayashi
Japan has protested a statement made by China describing a discussion held between Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi, according to Japan’s top government spokesperson. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/politics/japan-protests-ishiba-wang-meet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #shigeruishiba #wangyi #yoshimasahayashi #takeshiiwaya
U.S. President Donald Trump has complained about the one-sided nature of his country's bilateral security agreement with Japan. In response, the Japanese government underlined the pact's cooperative element. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/07/japan/politics/trump-japan-us-security-treaty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #defense #yoshimasahayashi
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi has signaled that Japan is unlikely to attend future meetings of signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/politics/hayashi-negative-future-meetings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshimasahayashi #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #us #nihonhidankyo #nobelprize
The Japanese government is wary of the possibility of North Korea beefing up its military capabilities using the practical combat experience it gains from the participation of its troops in Russia's war against Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/24/japan/politics/japan-wary-n-koreas-combat-experience/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #northkorea #russia #russiaukrainewar #sdf #kimjongun #yoshimasahayashi
Hungarian police took disciplinary action taken against five officers for failing to respond to a Japanese woman's reports of domestic abuse by her ex-husband. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/japan/crime-legal/hungary-murder-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hungary #hungaryjapanrelations #budapest #yoshimasahayashi
https://www.europesays.com/1843645/ Hungarian police discipline officers over Japanese woman’s death #budapest #hír #hungary #HungaryJapanRelations #Magyarország #YoshimasaHayashi
The Cabinet approved two bills on "active" cyberdefense security Friday, paving the way for Japan to acquire preemptive capability against cyberattacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/07/japan/politics/active-cyber-defense-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cybersecurity #diet #defense #yoshimasahayashi #cdp #yoshihikonoda
Japan remains noncommittal over the United States’ renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/05/japan/politics/japan-gulf-of-mexico/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #mexico #gulfofmexico #donaldtrump #names #yoshimasahayashi
