Japan-US relations
Japan, US set framework for talks on trade, broader ties
World
November 17, 2021
Japan, US set framework for talks on trade, broader ties
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Trade Representative Katharine Tai and Japan’s trade and industry minister agreed Wednesday to work to resolve…
Iran’s Rouhani to visit Japan amid heightened tensions with US
Middle East
December 17, 2019
Iran’s Rouhani to visit Japan amid heightened tensions with US
TOKYO (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Japan on Dec. 20-21 and meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as…
Abe mum on reports he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
World
February 18, 2019
Abe mum on reports he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined Monday to say if he had nominated President Donald Trump for…
Thousands protest US bases on Okinawa after Japan woman’s murder
World
June 19, 2016
Thousands protest US bases on Okinawa after Japan woman’s murder
Thousands of people gathered on the Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday in one of the biggest demonstrations in two…
Obama stirs debate with Hiroshima visit
World
May 27, 2016
Obama stirs debate with Hiroshima visit
Barack Obama on Friday becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, site of the world's first atomic bombing,…
Thousands in Japan rally against US base on Okinawa
World
February 21, 2016
Thousands in Japan rally against US base on Okinawa
Thousands of people surrounded Japan's parliament on Sunday to protest against government plans to relocate a US military base on…