Sanae Takaichi is often compared to Margaret Thatcher, but the analogy fails because Japan today is not 1980s Britain and her success depends on pragmatism, not ideology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/10/10/ideology-must-not-guide-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #defense #china #southkorea #us
Japan is reportedly considering the purchase of Ford F-150 pickup trucks for use as government vehicles in an effort to fulfill pledges made during trade negotiations with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/economy/f150-import-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #cars #carmakers #trucks #tariffs #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #manufacturing
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s likely first female prime minister, will face key diplomatic challenges with the U.S., China and South Korea, while addressing economic and demographic issues, if she is appointed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/08/japan/will-takaichi-be-the-leader-japan-needs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #defense #china #southkorea #us
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be the Pentagon's top Asia official has urged Japan to ramp up its defense budget, saying Tokyo “has long underemphasized spending for its own defense.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/japan-us-defense-spending-pentagon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #defense #budgets #shigeruishiba #defenseministry #indopacific #johnnoh #sanaetakaichi
U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed the choice of conservative Sanae Takaichi to be Japan's first female prime minister, calling her a person of "wisdom and strength." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/politics/trump-hails-takaichi-pm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations
After being elected Liberal Democratic Party president, Sanae Takichi — who will almost certainly become Japan's next prime minister — could transform politics in the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/06/japan/sanae-takaichi-ldp-questions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #trade #usjapanrelations #yasukuni
Japanese and U.S. business leaders issued a joint statement Friday demanding that their governments "secure transparency and predictability of international trade and investment." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/03/japan-us-business-leaders-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations #trade #tariffs
U.S. federal shutdown affects Americans in Japan and diplomatic talks, though some essential consular services at the U.S. Embassy are still being offered https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/02/economy/us-shutdown-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapanrelations #us #donaldtrump #democrats #republicans #congress
Foreign policy experience aside, the next prime minister will have to deal with the U.S. president’s “quirks” in the practice of diplomacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/01/japan/trump-effect-on-the-ldp-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #defense #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #toshimitsumotegi #yoshimasahayashi #takayukikobayashi #budgets #china #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump
Liberal Democratic Party leadership candidate Sanae Takaichi has mooted a U.S. tariff deal do-over when asked about Japan's $550 billion investment pledge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/29/economy/takaichi-tariff-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ldp #sanaetakaichi #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
On defense and foreign policy, the five candidates vying to be the LDP's next president largely align. But the nuanced differences they do have could mean significantly distinct policies depending on who is elected. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/japan/politics/ldp-leadership-race-candidates-foreign-defense-policies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #defense #sanaetakaichi #shinjirokoizumi #toshimitsumotegi #yoshimasahayashi #takayukikobayashi #budgets #china #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on pharmaceutical imports will not apply to countries with negotiated agreements with the U.S. that contain provisions on drugs, according to a White House official. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/27/economy/pharmaceutical-tariffs-wont-apply-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #pharmaceuticals #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
Japan might be spared U.S. President Donald Trump's 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals as it has a most-favored-nation agreement with the U.S. that should cover these products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/economy/japan-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
U.S. President Donald Trump may add Japan to his upcoming Asia trip. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/japan/politics/trump-japan-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations #ldp #apec #asean
Japan is recalibrating its core foreign policy principles to navigate an assertive China, a transactional U.S. and a shifting regional order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/23/world/japan-foreign-policy-in-uncharted-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #aukus #thequad #asean #indopacific
Japan’s growing security challenges from China, North Korea and Russia, combined with doubts about U.S. commitments, raise the question of whether it should consider developing its own nuclear deterrent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/23/japan/can-japan-arm-itself-with-nuclear-weapons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #us #usjapanrelations #nuclearweapons #defense #china #russia #northkorea
Japan, South Korea and the U.S. reaffirmed their “resolute commitment” to Pyongyang's “complete denuclearization,” pouring cold water on heated speculation that Donald Trump could soon meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/japan/politics/us-japan-south-korea-denuclearization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #usjapanrelations #us #northkorea #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #takeshiiwaya #marcorubio #leejaemyung #kimjongun #missiles #china #taiwan
Japan would be a "capable participant" in the evolving U.S.-U.K.-Australia defense partnership, an unreleased U.S. State Department assessment to Congress has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/japan-role-in-us-uk-australia-defense-pact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #defense #defenseministry #sdf #aukus
Japan and India can secure sustained U.S. engagement in the Indo-Pacific by building energy, technology and defense partnerships so commercially and strategically compelling that Washington cannot afford to walk away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/17/world/japan-india-us-indo-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #usjapanrelations #indiajapanrelations #india #us #aukus #thequad #indopacific
The Bank of Japan is set to sit tight and hold the policy rate at 0.5% at its meeting this week even as inflation remains high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/markets/boj-preview-september-2025-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy
