Japan

China is expanding its influence over Global South developing and emerging countries using its economic clout amid rising discontent with the international order led by the West, a Japanese government think tank said Tuesday.An annual report on China by...

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is arranging talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Dec 25. During the envisioned meeting, Iwaya and Wang are expected to affirm China’s readiness to lift a ban on imports of Japanese seafood.North Korea’s...

Japan and Finland agreed during their summit Tuesday to start negotiations on a pact to allow the transfer of defense equipment, citing the increasingly interconnected security environments of Europe and the Indo-Pacific region.Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Finnish...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to advancing trilateral cooperation with South Korea, which has faced political turbulence since last week.Austin emphasized the importance of trilateral cooperation during his...

Japanese government officials expressed concerns Saturday that the ongoing political turmoil in South Korea may derail improving relations between the two countries.The administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol could be a “lame duck,” a Japanese Foreign Ministry...

Japan and Sweden agreed Wednesday to deepen cooperation in areas ranging from the economy to security by elevating bilateral ties to a “strategic partnership” at the first summit of their current leaders.Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, backed Sweden’s move...

Defense chiefs of South Korea, United States, Japan, the Philippines and Australia discussed multilateral cooperation on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministerial meeting in Laos.In their first joint meeting held in Vientiane, the...

Japan’s former Environment Minister and leading prime ministerial candidate Shinjiro Koizumi said he would respect the central bank’s independence in setting monetary policy if he is chosen to lead the country, according to a television program on Wednesday."I will...

Shigeru Ishiba, the former Japanese defense minister running in the ruling party’s leadership race, said on Tuesday that a complete exit from deflation is a crucially important task for the country."I don’t think private consumption has recovered strongly yet...

Japan, the United States and the European Union are planning to reinforce countermeasures against the illicit trade in counterfeit products in cooperation with online marketplace operators, sources familiar with the matter said.With the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...