Japan

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...

The top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan emphasized their “resolve” against North Korea’s “grave” security threats and its growing military cooperation with Russia during a meeting in Tokyo on Thursday, the State Department said.Lee...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Saturday to work together with South American countries to tackle global challenges including climate change, economic disparity and poverty.Kishida made the remarks in a speech in Sao Paulo on Japan’s policies toward Latin...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will announce the creation of a ministerial-level dialogue framework on decarbonization at a meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris early May, he said in a recent written interview with...