Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday abruptly canceled his trip to a NATO leaders’ summit this week, a day before his ...

Candidates for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) presidential election (from L-R), Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Chief ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Israel had struck at the core of the Islamic regime’s nuclear programme, ...

China’s Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP ... a letter from the U.S. asking for its best proposals on trade talks, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday. In other news, the ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who joined US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi for virtual "2+2" talks on Jan ...

Japan is expected to spend $6.3 billion in an effort to thwart the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday lauded the country’s ...

Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, told reporters that Tokyo views Trump’s decision positively but that Japan would continue talks on other tariffs levied by the Trump ...

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index climbed 2.69%, while the Shanghai Composite Index jumped 1.29%. On Wall Street on Wednesday, ... Yoshimasa Hayashi, told a regular briefing.

Japan’s chief Cabinet secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, ... while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was up more than 4% and Shanghai's SSE Composite Index was up about 1.6%.

Mr Hayashi said Mr Ishiba is mulling travelling to the US for direct talks with Mr Trump at an appropriate time. Trump imposed a 25% levy on auto imports and 24% on other goods from Japan (Image ...

Hayashi said he would not disclose the "specifics of what is being considered" when asked if Japan was considering arbitration by the World Trade Organization or reciprocal tariffs. Japan's Nikkei ...