Chinese coastguard vessels began patrols of the contested waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday, a day after Beijing said ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the latest ...

China has removed a contentious buoy it placed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone near the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, Tokyo and Beijing ... Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said, adding ...

TOKYO, March 7 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday expressed its "full confidence" that the United States (US) will fulfil its ...

Many analysts warn that U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, along with ongoing tariff threats, are creating uncertainty and disruption in the U.S. economy, and such unpredictability is making it ...

Japan''s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi on Wednesday expressed regret over the U.S. decision to impose additional tariffs without exempting Japan, stating that such broad trade restrictions ...

"We've already begun communicating with the U.S. side," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters. "Our country will respond appropriately while carefully examining the specific ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday. "What's important is the substance of our defense capabilities," Hayashi told a news conference. "It's not that the amount and the GDP ...

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.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attends at a press conference in Tokyo Monday, March 3, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) ...

Beijing and Tokyo have also been working ... Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said he would "refrain from making any prejudiced comments regarding the background and ...